Gales Ferry vs Stonington

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

Gales Ferry and Stonington 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 934 in Stonington). Stonington has the higher median home value ($824,700 vs $282,800 in Gales Ferry). Since 2019, Gales Ferry's population has grown faster (+14.2% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
Population	1,027	934
Median age	40.7 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$103,333
Median home value	$282,800	$824,700
Median gross rent	$2,178	$1,433
Housing units	511	808
Homeownership rate	75.1%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	71.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
Population	899 → 1,027 (+14.2%)	934 → 934 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $91,083 (-7.8%)	$82,115 → $103,333 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $282,800 (+22.3%)	$590,900 → $824,700 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,178 (+31.8%)	$1,418 → $1,433 (+1.1%)

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

Stonington

Population

934934

Median household income

$82,115$103,333

Median home value

$590,900$824,700

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
Under 5	13.3%	0.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	1.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	2.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	17.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	20.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	29.4%
75 and over	5.7%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	87.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
Drove alone	76.0%	59.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	19.2%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
1-unit, detached	99.0%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	34.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gales Ferry	Stonington
Poverty rate	34.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.46	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1963	1938