Conning Towers-Nautilus Park vs Mystic

A side-by-side comparison of Conning Towers-Nautilus Park and Mystic: population, income, housing, and more.

Conning Towers-Nautilus Park and Mystic are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Conning Towers-Nautilus Park has the higher population (8,590 vs 4,441 in Mystic). Mystic has the higher median household income ($146,042 vs $78,738 in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park). Mystic has the higher median home value ($493,200 vs $260,500 in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park).

Population, income & housing

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
Population	8,590	4,441
Median age	24.5 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,738	$146,042
Median home value	$260,500	$493,200
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,688
Housing units	2,694	2,475
Homeownership rate	20.5%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
Population	9,785 → 8,590 (-12.2%)	4,249 → 4,441 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$56,449 → $78,738 (+39.5%)	$94,102 → $146,042 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $260,500 (+26.3%)	$428,500 → $493,200 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,691 → $1,776 (+5.0%)	$1,341 → $1,688 (+25.9%)

Conning Towers-Nautilus Park

Population

9,7858,590

Median household income

$56,449$78,738

Median home value

$206,300$260,500

Median gross rent

$1,691$1,776

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)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
Under 5	12.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	9.6%
18 to 24	25.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	20.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	3.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	3.6%	14.6%
75 and over	4.5%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	80.6%
Black or African American	6.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.0%
Asian	3.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.7%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	33.8%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
Drove alone	62.4%	67.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	12.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.2%	22.8%
Other means	0.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
1-unit, detached	23.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	39.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Mystic
Poverty rate	5.7%	1.8%
Average household size	2.84	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1979	1948