Litchfield vs Northwest Harwinton

A side-by-side comparison of Litchfield and Northwest Harwinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northwest Harwinton has the higher population (3,126 vs 1,274 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($107,024 vs $97,977 in Northwest Harwinton). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $323,600 in Northwest Harwinton).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
Population	1,274	3,126
Median age	46.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,024	$97,977
Median home value	$378,900	$323,600
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,474
Housing units	617	1,414
Homeownership rate	71.8%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
Population	1,245 → 1,274 (+2.3%)	3,011 → 3,126 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,024 (+27.8%)	$106,417 → $97,977 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $378,900 (+8.3%)	$276,500 → $323,600 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,246 (+14.8%)	$1,406 → $1,474 (+4.8%)

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

Northwest Harwinton

Population

3,0113,126

Median household income

$106,417$97,977

Median home value

$276,500$323,600

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
Under 5	2.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	17.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	15.3%
75 and over	12.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	10.4%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
Drove alone	60.5%	86.6%
Carpooled	20.2%	3.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
1-unit, detached	75.2%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Northwest Harwinton
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1938	1961