Lakeville vs Norfolk

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

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

Lakeville has the higher population (641 vs 608 in Norfolk). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($95,156 vs $85,313 in Norfolk). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($822,200 vs $325,000 in Norfolk).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeville	Norfolk
Population	641	608
Median age	56.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,156	$85,313
Median home value	$822,200	$325,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,112
Housing units	348	337
Homeownership rate	73.2%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeville	Norfolk
Population	1,040 → 641 (-38.4%)	504 → 608 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$72,875 → $95,156 (+30.6%)	$44,107 → $85,313 (+93.4%)
Median home value	$337,100 → $822,200 (+143.9%)	$223,500 → $325,000 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,173 (+5.3%)	$686 → $1,112 (+62.1%)

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

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)

	Lakeville	Norfolk
Under 5	2.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	9.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	25.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	26.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	17.5%	23.5%
75 and over	7.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeville	Norfolk
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeville	Norfolk
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	11.1%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	40.6%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeville	Norfolk
Drove alone	51.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.4%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeville	Norfolk
1-unit, detached	78.7%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeville	Norfolk
Poverty rate	15.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1951	1938