Jewett City vs Old Mystic

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

Jewett City and Old Mystic 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 3,189 in Old Mystic). Old Mystic has the higher median household income ($119,444 vs $55,590 in Jewett City). Old Mystic has the higher median home value ($324,600 vs $196,600 in Jewett City).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
Population	3,412	3,189
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,590	$119,444
Median home value	$196,600	$324,600
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,823
Housing units	1,561	1,365
Homeownership rate	37.3%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
Population	3,385 → 3,412 (+0.8%)	3,383 → 3,189 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$49,311 → $55,590 (+12.7%)	$83,716 → $119,444 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,600 (+24.0%)	$238,400 → $324,600 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,100 (+10.3%)	$1,408 → $1,823 (+29.5%)

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

Old Mystic

Population

3,3833,189

Median household income

$83,716$119,444

Median home value

$238,400$324,600

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
Under 5	1.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.0%
75 and over	2.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
No high school diploma	15.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	43.8%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
Drove alone	71.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	13.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
1-unit, detached	22.7%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	37.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jewett City	Old Mystic
Poverty rate	16.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1960	1979