Bantam vs Norfolk

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

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

Bantam has the higher population (762 vs 608 in Norfolk). Norfolk has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $51,406 in Bantam). Norfolk has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $292,000 in Bantam).

Population, income & housing

	Bantam	Norfolk
Population	762	608
Median age	49.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,406	$85,313
Median home value	$292,000	$325,000
Median gross rent	$666	$1,112
Housing units	468	337
Homeownership rate	45.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bantam	Norfolk
Population	660 → 762 (+15.5%)	504 → 608 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$43,194 → $51,406 (+19.0%)	$44,107 → $85,313 (+93.4%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $292,000 (+68.0%)	$223,500 → $325,000 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $666 (+6.6%)	$686 → $1,112 (+62.1%)

Bantam

Population

660762

Median household income

$43,194$51,406

Median home value

$173,800$292,000

Median gross rent

$625$666

Norfolk

Population

504608

Median household income

$44,107$85,313

Median home value

$223,500$325,000

Median gross rent

$686$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bantam	Norfolk
Under 5	7.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.9%	9.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	25.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	23.5%
75 and over	13.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bantam	Norfolk
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bantam	Norfolk
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bantam	Norfolk
Drove alone	84.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bantam	Norfolk
1-unit, detached	48.3%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	17.5%
20 or more units	13.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bantam	Norfolk
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.4%
Average household size	1.86	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1950	1938