Conning Towers-Nautilus Park vs Willimantic

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

Conning Towers-Nautilus Park 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 8,590 in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park). Conning Towers-Nautilus Park has the higher median household income ($78,738 vs $41,972 in Willimantic). Conning Towers-Nautilus Park has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $180,600 in Willimantic).

Population, income & housing

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
Population	8,590	17,774
Median age	24.5 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,738	$41,972
Median home value	$260,500	$180,600
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,060
Housing units	2,694	7,007
Homeownership rate	20.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
Population	9,785 → 8,590 (-12.2%)	17,358 → 17,774 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$56,449 → $78,738 (+39.5%)	$40,122 → $41,972 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $260,500 (+26.3%)	$148,900 → $180,600 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,691 → $1,776 (+5.0%)	$877 → $1,060 (+20.9%)

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

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)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
Under 5	12.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	25.7%	23.3%
25 to 34	20.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	3.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	3.6%	6.6%
75 and over	4.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	42.6%
Black or African American	6.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
No high school diploma	3.5%	18.7%
High school graduate	33.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
Drove alone	62.4%	70.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	12.6%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
1-unit, detached	23.5%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	39.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	36.4%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	18.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Willimantic
Poverty rate	5.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.84	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1979	1955