Jewett City vs Waterford

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

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

Waterford has the higher population (3,496 vs 3,412 in Jewett City). Waterford has the higher median household income ($75,968 vs $55,590 in Jewett City). Waterford has the higher median home value ($245,600 vs $196,600 in Jewett City).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett City	Waterford
Population	3,412	3,496
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,590	$75,968
Median home value	$196,600	$245,600
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,618
Housing units	1,561	1,671
Homeownership rate	37.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett City	Waterford
Population	3,385 → 3,412 (+0.8%)	3,008 → 3,496 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$49,311 → $55,590 (+12.7%)	$56,181 → $75,968 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,600 (+24.0%)	$197,600 → $245,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,100 (+10.3%)	$1,187 → $1,618 (+36.3%)

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

Waterford

Population

3,0083,496

Median household income

$56,181$75,968

Median home value

$197,600$245,600

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett City	Waterford
Under 5	1.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.0%
75 and over	2.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett City	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett City	Waterford
No high school diploma	15.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	43.8%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett City	Waterford
Drove alone	71.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.9%
Walked	10.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett City	Waterford
1-unit, detached	22.7%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	37.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	5.3%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Jewett City	Waterford
Poverty rate	16.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1960	1967