Northwest Harwinton vs Torrington

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

Northwest Harwinton 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 3,126 in Northwest Harwinton). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median household income ($97,977 vs $69,611 in Torrington). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $195,800 in Torrington).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
Population	3,126	35,481
Median age	48.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,977	$69,611
Median home value	$323,600	$195,800
Median gross rent	$1,474	$1,101
Housing units	1,414	17,047
Homeownership rate	89.4%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
Population	3,011 → 3,126 (+3.8%)	34,489 → 35,481 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$106,417 → $97,977 (-7.9%)	$63,172 → $69,611 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$276,500 → $323,600 (+17.0%)	$153,700 → $195,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,406 → $1,474 (+4.8%)	$949 → $1,101 (+16.0%)

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

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)

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
Under 5	2.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	10.9%
75 and over	9.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
Drove alone	86.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
1-unit, detached	90.9%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Northwest Harwinton	Torrington
Poverty rate	5.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1961	1961