Litchfield vs Winsted

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

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

Winsted has the higher population (7,074 vs 1,274 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($107,024 vs $66,058 in Winsted). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $214,000 in Winsted).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Winsted
Population	1,274	7,074
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,024	$66,058
Median home value	$378,900	$214,000
Median gross rent	$1,246	$1,193
Housing units	617	3,952
Homeownership rate	71.8%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Winsted
Population	1,245 → 1,274 (+2.3%)	7,121 → 7,074 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,024 (+27.8%)	$51,684 → $66,058 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $378,900 (+8.3%)	$149,900 → $214,000 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,246 (+14.8%)	$960 → $1,193 (+24.3%)

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

Winsted

Population

7,1217,074

Median household income

$51,684$66,058

Median home value

$149,900$214,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Litchfield	Winsted
Under 5	2.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	14.5%
75 and over	12.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Winsted
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Winsted
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	10.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Winsted
Drove alone	60.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	20.2%	5.5%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	4.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Winsted
1-unit, detached	75.2%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	30.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Winsted
Poverty rate	4.7%	18.4%
Average household size	2.47	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1945