Jewett City vs Oxoboxo River

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

Jewett City and Oxoboxo River 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 2,912 in Oxoboxo River). Oxoboxo River has the higher median household income ($78,415 vs $55,590 in Jewett City). Oxoboxo River has the higher median home value ($231,100 vs $196,600 in Jewett City).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
Population	3,412	2,912
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,590	$78,415
Median home value	$196,600	$231,100
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,272
Housing units	1,561	1,279
Homeownership rate	37.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
Population	3,385 → 3,412 (+0.8%)	2,825 → 2,912 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$49,311 → $55,590 (+12.7%)	$65,395 → $78,415 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,600 (+24.0%)	$172,700 → $231,100 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,100 (+10.3%)	$1,235 → $1,272 (+3.0%)

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

Oxoboxo River

Population

2,8252,912

Median household income

$65,395$78,415

Median home value

$172,700$231,100

Median gross rent

$1,235$1,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
Under 5	1.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.8%
75 and over	2.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
No high school diploma	15.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
Drove alone	71.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	15.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
1-unit, detached	22.7%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	37.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Jewett City	Oxoboxo River
Poverty rate	16.0%	23.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1960	1972