New Preston vs Northwest Harwinton

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

New Preston 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 1,121 in New Preston). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median household income ($97,977 vs $60,526 in New Preston). New Preston has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $323,600 in Northwest Harwinton).

Population, income & housing

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
Population	1,121	3,126
Median age	51.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$97,977
Median home value	$447,300	$323,600
Median gross rent	$531	$1,474
Housing units	640	1,414
Homeownership rate	80.6%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
Population	856 → 1,121 (+31.0%)	3,011 → 3,126 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$100,652 → $60,526 (-39.9%)	$106,417 → $97,977 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$377,700 → $447,300 (+18.4%)	$276,500 → $323,600 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $531 (-60.8%)	$1,406 → $1,474 (+4.8%)

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

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)

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
Under 5	9.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	21.1%	15.3%
75 and over	9.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
Drove alone	38.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	6.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.8%	8.8%
Other means	9.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
1-unit, detached	97.2%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Preston	Northwest Harwinton
Poverty rate	24.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1972	1961