Bantam vs Northwest Harwinton

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

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

Northwest Harwinton has the higher population (3,126 vs 762 in Bantam). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median household income ($97,977 vs $51,406 in Bantam). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $292,000 in Bantam).

Population, income & housing

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
Population	762	3,126
Median age	49.8 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,406	$97,977
Median home value	$292,000	$323,600
Median gross rent	$666	$1,474
Housing units	468	1,414
Homeownership rate	45.5%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
Population	660 → 762 (+15.5%)	3,011 → 3,126 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$43,194 → $51,406 (+19.0%)	$106,417 → $97,977 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $292,000 (+68.0%)	$276,500 → $323,600 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $666 (+6.6%)	$1,406 → $1,474 (+4.8%)

Bantam

Population

660762

Median household income

$43,194$51,406

Median home value

$173,800$292,000

Median gross rent

$625$666

Northwest Harwinton

Population

3,0113,126

Median household income

$106,417$97,977

Median home value

$276,500$323,600

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
Under 5	7.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.3%
75 and over	13.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
Drove alone	84.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	1.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
1-unit, detached	48.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bantam	Northwest Harwinton
Poverty rate	12.7%	5.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1950	1961