Jewett City vs Mystic

A side-by-side comparison of Jewett City and Mystic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mystic has the higher population (4,441 vs 3,412 in Jewett City). Mystic has the higher median household income ($146,042 vs $55,590 in Jewett City). Mystic has the higher median home value ($493,200 vs $196,600 in Jewett City).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett City	Mystic
Population	3,412	4,441
Median age	41.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,590	$146,042
Median home value	$196,600	$493,200
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,688
Housing units	1,561	2,475
Homeownership rate	37.3%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett City	Mystic
Population	3,385 → 3,412 (+0.8%)	4,249 → 4,441 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$49,311 → $55,590 (+12.7%)	$94,102 → $146,042 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,600 (+24.0%)	$428,500 → $493,200 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,100 (+10.3%)	$1,341 → $1,688 (+25.9%)

Jewett City

Population

3,3853,412

Median household income

$49,311$55,590

Median home value

$158,600$196,600

Median gross rent

$997$1,100

Mystic

Population

4,2494,441

Median household income

$94,102$146,042

Median home value

$428,500$493,200

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett City	Mystic
Under 5	1.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.6%
75 and over	2.5%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett City	Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett City	Mystic
No high school diploma	15.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	43.8%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett City	Mystic
Drove alone	71.0%	67.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.5%
Walked	10.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.2%	22.8%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett City	Mystic
1-unit, detached	22.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	37.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.3%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jewett City	Mystic
Poverty rate	16.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.29	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1960	1948