Colchester vs Waterford

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

Colchester and Waterford 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 3,496 in Waterford). Colchester has the higher median household income ($79,685 vs $75,968 in Waterford). Colchester has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $245,600 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Colchester	Waterford
Population	4,624	3,496
Median age	52.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,685	$75,968
Median home value	$280,500	$245,600
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,618
Housing units	2,331	1,671
Homeownership rate	56.0%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colchester	Waterford
Population	4,788 → 4,624 (-3.4%)	3,008 → 3,496 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$66,685 → $79,685 (+19.5%)	$56,181 → $75,968 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $280,500 (+31.3%)	$197,600 → $245,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,444 (+19.2%)	$1,187 → $1,618 (+36.3%)

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

Waterford

Population

3,0083,496

Median household income

$56,181$75,968

Median home value

$197,600$245,600

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colchester	Waterford
Under 5	4.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.0%
75 and over	13.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colchester	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	75.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colchester	Waterford
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colchester	Waterford
Drove alone	70.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	6.0%
Other means	4.7%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colchester	Waterford
1-unit, detached	52.3%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Colchester	Waterford
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1979	1967