Bantam vs Litchfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bantam and Litchfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Bantam and Litchfield are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Litchfield has the higher population (1,274 vs 762 in Bantam). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($107,024 vs $51,406 in Bantam). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $292,000 in Bantam).

Population, income & housing

	Bantam	Litchfield
Population	762	1,274
Median age	49.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,406	$107,024
Median home value	$292,000	$378,900
Median gross rent	$666	$1,246
Housing units	468	617
Homeownership rate	45.5%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bantam	Litchfield
Population	660 → 762 (+15.5%)	1,245 → 1,274 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$43,194 → $51,406 (+19.0%)	$83,750 → $107,024 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $292,000 (+68.0%)	$350,000 → $378,900 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $666 (+6.6%)	$1,085 → $1,246 (+14.8%)

Bantam

Population

660762

Median household income

$43,194$51,406

Median home value

$173,800$292,000

Median gross rent

$625$666

Litchfield

Population

1,2451,274

Median household income

$83,750$107,024

Median home value

$350,000$378,900

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,246

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bantam	Litchfield
Under 5	7.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	5.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	17.1%
75 and over	13.3%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bantam	Litchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bantam	Litchfield
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bantam	Litchfield
Drove alone	84.8%	60.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bantam	Litchfield
1-unit, detached	48.3%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	13.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bantam	Litchfield
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1950	1938