Gales Ferry vs Noank

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

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

Noank has the higher population (1,617 vs 1,027 in Gales Ferry). Noank has the higher median home value ($571,900 vs $282,800 in Gales Ferry). Since 2019, Gales Ferry's population has grown faster (+14.2% vs +12.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Gales Ferry	Noank
Population	1,027	1,617
Median age	40.7 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$114,479
Median home value	$282,800	$571,900
Median gross rent	$2,178	$1,172
Housing units	511	867
Homeownership rate	75.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gales Ferry	Noank
Population	899 → 1,027 (+14.2%)	1,432 → 1,617 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $91,083 (-7.8%)	$123,971 → $114,479 (-7.7%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $282,800 (+22.3%)	$416,900 → $571,900 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,178 (+31.8%)	$1,000 → $1,172 (+17.2%)

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

Noank

Population

1,4321,617

Median household income

$123,971$114,479

Median home value

$416,900$571,900

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gales Ferry	Noank
Under 5	13.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	0.5%
25 to 34	2.2%	3.8%
35 to 44	17.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	20.1%	22.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	21.3%
75 and over	5.7%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gales Ferry	Noank
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gales Ferry	Noank
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	20.1%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gales Ferry	Noank
Drove alone	76.0%	67.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gales Ferry	Noank
1-unit, detached	99.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gales Ferry	Noank
Poverty rate	34.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1963	1950