Falls Village vs West Cornwall

A side-by-side comparison of Falls Village and West Cornwall: population, income, housing, and more.

Falls Village and West Cornwall are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falls Village has the higher population (452 vs 56 in West Cornwall). West Cornwall has the higher median household income ($148,125 vs $54,792 in Falls Village). Falls Village has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $341,700 in West Cornwall).

Population, income & housing

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
Population	452	56
Median age	43.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,792	$148,125
Median home value	$431,300	$341,700
Median gross rent	$2,096	—
Housing units	262	49
Homeownership rate	89.1%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
Population	451 → 452 (+0.2%)	62 → 56 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$91,111 → $54,792 (-39.9%)	$66,250 → $148,125 (+123.6%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $431,300 (+58.5%)	$236,100 → $341,700 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $2,096 (+90.5%)	—

Falls Village

Population

451452

Median household income

$91,111$54,792

Median home value

$272,100$431,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$2,096

West Cornwall

Population

6256

Median household income

$66,250$148,125

Median home value

$236,100$341,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	20.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	4.4%	5.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	2.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	24.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.9%
75 and over	4.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
No high school diploma	1.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
Drove alone	50.7%	20.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	14.3%
Walked	0.0%	17.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.5%	20.0%
Other means	1.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
1-unit, detached	98.5%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falls Village	West Cornwall
Poverty rate	34.7%	39.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938