New Preston vs Norfolk

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

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

New Preston has the higher population (1,121 vs 608 in Norfolk). Norfolk has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $60,526 in New Preston). New Preston has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $325,000 in Norfolk).

Population, income & housing

	New Preston	Norfolk
Population	1,121	608
Median age	51.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$85,313
Median home value	$447,300	$325,000
Median gross rent	$531	$1,112
Housing units	640	337
Homeownership rate	80.6%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Preston	Norfolk
Population	856 → 1,121 (+31.0%)	504 → 608 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$100,652 → $60,526 (-39.9%)	$44,107 → $85,313 (+93.4%)
Median home value	$377,700 → $447,300 (+18.4%)	$223,500 → $325,000 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $531 (-60.8%)	$686 → $1,112 (+62.1%)

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

Norfolk

Population

504608

Median household income

$44,107$85,313

Median home value

$223,500$325,000

Median gross rent

$686$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Preston	Norfolk
Under 5	9.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	9.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	25.7%
35 to 44	6.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	18.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	21.1%	23.5%
75 and over	9.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Preston	Norfolk
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	85.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Preston	Norfolk
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Preston	Norfolk
Drove alone	38.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	6.6%	3.2%
Walked	5.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.8%	24.1%
Other means	9.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Preston	Norfolk
1-unit, detached	97.2%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Preston	Norfolk
Poverty rate	24.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1972	1938