Lakeville vs New Preston

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

Lakeville 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 641 in Lakeville). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($95,156 vs $60,526 in New Preston). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($822,200 vs $447,300 in New Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeville	New Preston
Population	641	1,121
Median age	56.3 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,156	$60,526
Median home value	$822,200	$447,300
Median gross rent	—	$531
Housing units	348	640
Homeownership rate	73.2%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeville	New Preston
Population	1,040 → 641 (-38.4%)	856 → 1,121 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$72,875 → $95,156 (+30.6%)	$100,652 → $60,526 (-39.9%)
Median home value	$337,100 → $822,200 (+143.9%)	$377,700 → $447,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,173 (+5.3%)	$1,354 → $531 (-60.8%)

Lakeville

Population

1,040641

Median household income

$72,875$95,156

Median home value

$337,100$822,200

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,173

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)

	Lakeville	New Preston
Under 5	2.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	5.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	26.5%	18.3%
65 to 74	17.5%	21.1%
75 and over	7.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeville	New Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeville	New Preston
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	11.1%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	40.6%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeville	New Preston
Drove alone	51.0%	38.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.4%	40.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeville	New Preston
1-unit, detached	78.7%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeville	New Preston
Poverty rate	15.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1951	1972