Litchfield vs New Hartford Center

A side-by-side comparison of Litchfield and New Hartford Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Litchfield and New Hartford Center are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Hartford Center has the higher population (1,691 vs 1,274 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($107,024 vs $78,487 in New Hartford Center). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $216,700 in New Hartford Center).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
Population	1,274	1,691
Median age	46.1 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$107,024	$78,487
Median home value	$378,900	$216,700
Median gross rent	$1,246	$983
Housing units	617	711
Homeownership rate	71.8%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
Population	1,245 → 1,274 (+2.3%)	1,047 → 1,691 (+61.5%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,024 (+27.8%)	$56,174 → $78,487 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $378,900 (+8.3%)	$208,000 → $216,700 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,246 (+14.8%)	$877 → $983 (+12.1%)

Litchfield

Population

1,2451,274

Median household income

$83,750$107,024

Median home value

$350,000$378,900

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,246

New Hartford Center

Population

1,0471,691

Median household income

$56,174$78,487

Median home value

$208,000$216,700

Median gross rent

$877$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
Under 5	2.7%	19.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	24.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	2.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	8.7%
75 and over	12.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	10.4%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
Drove alone	60.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	20.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
1-unit, detached	75.2%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	New Hartford Center
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938