Colchester vs Long Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Colchester and Long Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Colchester and Long Hill are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colchester has the higher population (4,624 vs 4,292 in Long Hill). Long Hill has the higher median household income ($84,338 vs $79,685 in Colchester). Colchester has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $169,200 in Long Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Colchester	Long Hill
Population	4,624	4,292
Median age	52.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,685	$84,338
Median home value	$280,500	$169,200
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,646
Housing units	2,331	2,373
Homeownership rate	56.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colchester	Long Hill
Population	4,788 → 4,624 (-3.4%)	4,369 → 4,292 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$66,685 → $79,685 (+19.5%)	$57,672 → $84,338 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $280,500 (+31.3%)	$110,900 → $169,200 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,444 (+19.2%)	$1,335 → $1,646 (+23.3%)

Colchester

Population

4,7884,624

Median household income

$66,685$79,685

Median home value

$213,600$280,500

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,444

Long Hill

Population

4,3694,292

Median household income

$57,672$84,338

Median home value

$110,900$169,200

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colchester	Long Hill
Under 5	4.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	32.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.0%
75 and over	13.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colchester	Long Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	59.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	19.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colchester	Long Hill
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colchester	Long Hill
Drove alone	70.6%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	15.7%	18.8%
Other means	4.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colchester	Long Hill
1-unit, detached	52.3%	17.7%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	33.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	44.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Colchester	Long Hill
Poverty rate	7.8%	12.0%
Average household size	2.07	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1979	1984