Groton vs Long Hill

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

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

Groton has the higher population (9,343 vs 4,292 in Long Hill). Long Hill has the higher median household income ($84,338 vs $69,811 in Groton). Groton has the higher median home value ($278,900 vs $169,200 in Long Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Groton	Long Hill
Population	9,343	4,292
Median age	38.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,811	$84,338
Median home value	$278,900	$169,200
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,646
Housing units	5,193	2,373
Homeownership rate	41.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groton	Long Hill
Population	9,030 → 9,343 (+3.5%)	4,369 → 4,292 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$52,859 → $69,811 (+32.1%)	$57,672 → $84,338 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$221,800 → $278,900 (+25.7%)	$110,900 → $169,200 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,179 (+16.3%)	$1,335 → $1,646 (+23.3%)

Groton

Population

9,0309,343

Median household income

$52,859$69,811

Median home value

$221,800$278,900

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,179

Long Hill

Population

4,3694,292

Median household income

$57,672$84,338

Median home value

$110,900$169,200

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groton	Long Hill
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	11.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	19.6%	32.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.0%
75 and over	6.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groton	Long Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	59.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	19.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groton	Long Hill
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groton	Long Hill
Drove alone	71.0%	70.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.2%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	13.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.7%
Worked from home	4.4%	18.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groton	Long Hill
1-unit, detached	38.5%	17.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	27.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	33.0%
20 or more units	13.3%	44.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Groton	Long Hill
Poverty rate	19.5%	12.0%
Average household size	1.99	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1968	1984