Gales Ferry vs Poquonock Bridge

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

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

Poquonock Bridge has the higher population (1,108 vs 1,027 in Gales Ferry). Gales Ferry has the higher median home value ($282,800 vs $190,700 in Poquonock Bridge). Since 2019, Gales Ferry's population has grown faster (+14.2% vs -47.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
Population	1,027	1,108
Median age	40.7 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,907
Median home value	$282,800	$190,700
Median gross rent	$2,178	$1,349
Housing units	511	534
Homeownership rate	75.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	20.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
Population	899 → 1,027 (+14.2%)	2,098 → 1,108 (-47.2%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $91,083 (-7.8%)	$53,523 → $42,907 (-19.8%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $282,800 (+22.3%)	$153,200 → $190,700 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,178 (+31.8%)	$1,158 → $1,349 (+16.5%)

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

Poquonock Bridge

Population

2,0981,108

Median household income

$53,523$42,907

Median home value

$153,200$190,700

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
Under 5	13.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	2.2%	31.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	5.5%
45 to 54	20.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.9%
75 and over	5.7%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	50.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	37.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
No high school diploma	1.2%	31.5%
High school graduate	20.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
Drove alone	76.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
1-unit, detached	99.0%	34.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	33.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	32.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gales Ferry	Poquonock Bridge
Poverty rate	34.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1963	1954