Litchfield vs New Preston

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

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

Litchfield has the higher population (1,274 vs 1,121 in New Preston). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($107,024 vs $60,526 in New Preston). New Preston has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $378,900 in Litchfield).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	New Preston
Population	1,274	1,121
Median age	46.1 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,024	$60,526
Median home value	$378,900	$447,300
Median gross rent	$1,246	$531
Housing units	617	640
Homeownership rate	71.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	New Preston
Population	1,245 → 1,274 (+2.3%)	856 → 1,121 (+31.0%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,024 (+27.8%)	$100,652 → $60,526 (-39.9%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $378,900 (+8.3%)	$377,700 → $447,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,246 (+14.8%)	$1,354 → $531 (-60.8%)

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 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)

	Litchfield	New Preston
Under 5	2.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	21.1%
75 and over	12.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	New Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	78.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	New Preston
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	10.4%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	New Preston
Drove alone	60.5%	38.0%
Carpooled	20.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	6.6%
Walked	4.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	40.8%
Other means	0.0%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	New Preston
1-unit, detached	75.2%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	New Preston
Poverty rate	4.7%	24.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1938	1972