Litchfield vs Torrington

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

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

Torrington has the higher population (35,481 vs 1,274 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($107,024 vs $69,611 in Torrington). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $195,800 in Torrington).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Torrington
Population	1,274	35,481
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,024	$69,611
Median home value	$378,900	$195,800
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,101
Housing units	617	17,047
Homeownership rate	71.8%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Torrington
Population	1,245 → 1,274 (+2.3%)	34,489 → 35,481 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,024 (+27.8%)	$63,172 → $69,611 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $378,900 (+8.3%)	$153,700 → $195,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,246 (+14.8%)	$949 → $1,101 (+16.0%)

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

Torrington

Population

34,48935,481

Median household income

$63,172$69,611

Median home value

$153,700$195,800

Median gross rent

$949$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Litchfield	Torrington
Under 5	2.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	17.1%	10.9%
75 and over	12.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Torrington
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	72.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Torrington
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	10.4%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Torrington
Drove alone	60.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	20.2%	8.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Torrington
1-unit, detached	75.2%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Torrington
Poverty rate	4.7%	13.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1961