Gales Ferry vs Groton Long Point

A side-by-side comparison of Gales Ferry and Groton Long Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Gales Ferry and Groton Long Point are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gales Ferry has the higher population (1,027 vs 511 in Groton Long Point). Groton Long Point has the higher median home value ($897,400 vs $282,800 in Gales Ferry). Since 2019, Gales Ferry's population has grown faster (+14.2% vs +10.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
Population	1,027	511
Median age	40.7 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$122,500
Median home value	$282,800	$897,400
Median gross rent	$2,178	$2,313
Housing units	511	592
Homeownership rate	75.1%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	78.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
Population	899 → 1,027 (+14.2%)	461 → 511 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $91,083 (-7.8%)	$111,667 → $122,500 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $282,800 (+22.3%)	$730,800 → $897,400 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,178 (+31.8%)	$2,357 → $2,313 (-1.9%)

Gales Ferry

Population

8991,027

Median household income

$98,750$91,083

Median home value

$231,300$282,800

Median gross rent

$1,652$2,178

Groton Long Point

Population

461511

Median household income

$111,667$122,500

Median home value

$730,800$897,400

Median gross rent

$2,357$2,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
Under 5	13.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	9.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	2.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	17.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	20.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	23.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	20.7%
75 and over	5.7%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
Drove alone	76.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
1-unit, detached	99.0%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gales Ferry	Groton Long Point
Poverty rate	34.9%	10.8%
Average household size	2.46	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1963	1953