Colchester vs Willimantic

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

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

Willimantic has the higher population (17,774 vs 4,624 in Colchester). Colchester has the higher median household income ($79,685 vs $41,972 in Willimantic). Colchester has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $180,600 in Willimantic).

Population, income & housing

	Colchester	Willimantic
Population	4,624	17,774
Median age	52.0 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,685	$41,972
Median home value	$280,500	$180,600
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,060
Housing units	2,331	7,007
Homeownership rate	56.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colchester	Willimantic
Population	4,788 → 4,624 (-3.4%)	17,358 → 17,774 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$66,685 → $79,685 (+19.5%)	$40,122 → $41,972 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $280,500 (+31.3%)	$148,900 → $180,600 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,444 (+19.2%)	$877 → $1,060 (+20.9%)

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

Willimantic

Population

17,35817,774

Median household income

$40,122$41,972

Median home value

$148,900$180,600

Median gross rent

$877$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colchester	Willimantic
Under 5	4.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	23.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	6.6%
75 and over	13.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colchester	Willimantic
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	42.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colchester	Willimantic
No high school diploma	4.0%	18.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colchester	Willimantic
Drove alone	70.6%	70.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	2.4%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	5.7%
Other means	4.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colchester	Willimantic
1-unit, detached	52.3%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	36.4%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	18.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Colchester	Willimantic
Poverty rate	7.8%	26.8%
Average household size	2.07	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1979	1955