Northwest Harwinton vs Winsted

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

Northwest Harwinton 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 3,126 in Northwest Harwinton). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median household income ($97,977 vs $66,058 in Winsted). Northwest Harwinton has the higher median home value ($323,600 vs $214,000 in Winsted).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
Population	3,126	7,074
Median age	48.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,977	$66,058
Median home value	$323,600	$214,000
Median gross rent	$1,474	$1,193
Housing units	1,414	3,952
Homeownership rate	89.4%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
Population	3,011 → 3,126 (+3.8%)	7,121 → 7,074 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$106,417 → $97,977 (-7.9%)	$51,684 → $66,058 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$276,500 → $323,600 (+17.0%)	$149,900 → $214,000 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,406 → $1,474 (+4.8%)	$960 → $1,193 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
Under 5	2.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	14.5%
75 and over	9.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
Drove alone	86.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
1-unit, detached	90.9%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	30.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Northwest Harwinton	Winsted
Poverty rate	5.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.31	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1961	1945