Baltic vs Gales Ferry

A side-by-side comparison of Baltic and Gales Ferry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baltic has the higher population (1,266 vs 1,027 in Gales Ferry). Gales Ferry has the higher median home value ($282,800 vs $202,000 in Baltic). Since 2019, Gales Ferry's population has grown faster (+14.2% vs +2.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
Population	1,266	1,027
Median age	33.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,907	—
Median home value	$202,000	$282,800
Median gross rent	$1,239	$2,178
Housing units	522	511
Homeownership rate	38.0%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
Population	1,237 → 1,266 (+2.3%)	899 → 1,027 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$63,942 → $89,907 (+40.6%)	$98,750 → $91,083 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$178,000 → $202,000 (+13.5%)	$231,300 → $282,800 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,239 (+7.5%)	$1,652 → $2,178 (+31.8%)

Baltic

Population

1,2371,266

Median household income

$63,942$89,907

Median home value

$178,000$202,000

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,239

Gales Ferry

Population

8991,027

Median household income

$98,750$91,083

Median home value

$231,300$282,800

Median gross rent

$1,652$2,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
Under 5	4.4%	13.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	0.9%	1.4%
25 to 34	29.7%	2.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	20.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.5%
75 and over	3.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	90.3%
Black or African American	9.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
No high school diploma	12.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
Drove alone	84.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.8%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
1-unit, detached	27.0%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	40.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baltic	Gales Ferry
Poverty rate	10.0%	34.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1938	1963