Groton vs Willimantic

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

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

Willimantic has the higher population (17,774 vs 9,343 in Groton). Groton has the higher median household income ($69,811 vs $41,972 in Willimantic). Groton has the higher median home value ($278,900 vs $180,600 in Willimantic).

Population, income & housing

	Groton	Willimantic
Population	9,343	17,774
Median age	38.6 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,811	$41,972
Median home value	$278,900	$180,600
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,060
Housing units	5,193	7,007
Homeownership rate	41.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groton	Willimantic
Population	9,030 → 9,343 (+3.5%)	17,358 → 17,774 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$52,859 → $69,811 (+32.1%)	$40,122 → $41,972 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$221,800 → $278,900 (+25.7%)	$148,900 → $180,600 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,179 (+16.3%)	$877 → $1,060 (+20.9%)

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

Willimantic

Population

17,35817,774

Median household income

$40,122$41,972

Median home value

$148,900$180,600

Median gross rent

$877$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groton	Willimantic
Under 5	3.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	23.3%
25 to 34	19.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groton	Willimantic
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	42.6%
Black or African American	9.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groton	Willimantic
No high school diploma	8.7%	18.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groton	Willimantic
Drove alone	71.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.7%
Public transit	2.6%	4.5%
Walked	13.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groton	Willimantic
1-unit, detached	38.5%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	27.4%	36.4%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	18.5%
20 or more units	13.3%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Groton	Willimantic
Poverty rate	19.5%	26.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1968	1955