Jewett City vs Niantic

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

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

Jewett City has the higher population (3,412 vs 3,302 in Niantic). Niantic has the higher median household income ($82,604 vs $55,590 in Jewett City). Niantic has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $196,600 in Jewett City).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett City	Niantic
Population	3,412	3,302
Median age	41.9 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,590	$82,604
Median home value	$196,600	$370,200
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,473
Housing units	1,561	2,014
Homeownership rate	37.3%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett City	Niantic
Population	3,385 → 3,412 (+0.8%)	2,935 → 3,302 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$49,311 → $55,590 (+12.7%)	$75,375 → $82,604 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,600 (+24.0%)	$294,200 → $370,200 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,100 (+10.3%)	$1,218 → $1,473 (+20.9%)

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

Niantic

Population

2,9353,302

Median household income

$75,375$82,604

Median home value

$294,200$370,200

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett City	Niantic
Under 5	1.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	8.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	17.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	19.9%
75 and over	2.5%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett City	Niantic
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett City	Niantic
No high school diploma	15.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	43.8%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett City	Niantic
Drove alone	71.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.7%
Public transit	1.2%	3.1%
Walked	10.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	17.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett City	Niantic
1-unit, detached	22.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	37.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	5.3%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jewett City	Niantic
Poverty rate	16.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1960	1954