Bantam vs New Preston

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

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

New Preston has the higher population (1,121 vs 762 in Bantam). New Preston has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $51,406 in Bantam). New Preston has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $292,000 in Bantam).

Population, income & housing

	Bantam	New Preston
Population	762	1,121
Median age	49.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,406	$60,526
Median home value	$292,000	$447,300
Median gross rent	$666	$531
Housing units	468	640
Homeownership rate	45.5%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bantam	New Preston
Population	660 → 762 (+15.5%)	856 → 1,121 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$43,194 → $51,406 (+19.0%)	$100,652 → $60,526 (-39.9%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $292,000 (+68.0%)	$377,700 → $447,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $666 (+6.6%)	$1,354 → $531 (-60.8%)

Bantam

Population

660762

Median household income

$43,194$51,406

Median home value

$173,800$292,000

Median gross rent

$625$666

New Preston

Population

8561,121

Median household income

$100,652$60,526

Median home value

$377,700$447,300

Median gross rent

$1,354$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bantam	New Preston
Under 5	7.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	21.1%
75 and over	13.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bantam	New Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bantam	New Preston
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bantam	New Preston
Drove alone	84.8%	38.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	1.2%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	40.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bantam	New Preston
1-unit, detached	48.3%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bantam	New Preston
Poverty rate	12.7%	24.0%
Average household size	1.86	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1950	1972