Colchester vs Mystic

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

Colchester and Mystic 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 4,441 in Mystic). Mystic has the higher median household income ($146,042 vs $79,685 in Colchester). Mystic has the higher median home value ($493,200 vs $280,500 in Colchester).

Population, income & housing

	Colchester	Mystic
Population	4,624	4,441
Median age	52.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,685	$146,042
Median home value	$280,500	$493,200
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,688
Housing units	2,331	2,475
Homeownership rate	56.0%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colchester	Mystic
Population	4,788 → 4,624 (-3.4%)	4,249 → 4,441 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$66,685 → $79,685 (+19.5%)	$94,102 → $146,042 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $280,500 (+31.3%)	$428,500 → $493,200 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,444 (+19.2%)	$1,341 → $1,688 (+25.9%)

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

Mystic

Population

4,2494,441

Median household income

$94,102$146,042

Median home value

$428,500$493,200

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colchester	Mystic
Under 5	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	9.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	17.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.6%
75 and over	13.1%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colchester	Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	80.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colchester	Mystic
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colchester	Mystic
Drove alone	70.6%	67.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.7%	22.8%
Other means	4.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colchester	Mystic
1-unit, detached	52.3%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colchester	Mystic
Poverty rate	7.8%	1.8%
Average household size	2.07	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1979	1948