Long Hill vs Mystic

A side-by-side comparison of Long Hill and Mystic: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Hill 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 4,292 in Long Hill). Mystic has the higher median household income ($146,042 vs $84,338 in Long Hill). Mystic has the higher median home value ($493,200 vs $169,200 in Long Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Long Hill	Mystic
Population	4,292	4,441
Median age	32.3 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,338	$146,042
Median home value	$169,200	$493,200
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,688
Housing units	2,373	2,475
Homeownership rate	24.2%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Hill	Mystic
Population	4,369 → 4,292 (-1.8%)	4,249 → 4,441 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$57,672 → $84,338 (+46.2%)	$94,102 → $146,042 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $169,200 (+52.6%)	$428,500 → $493,200 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,646 (+23.3%)	$1,341 → $1,688 (+25.9%)

Long Hill

Population

4,3694,292

Median household income

$57,672$84,338

Median home value

$110,900$169,200

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,646

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)

	Long Hill	Mystic
Under 5	3.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	8.9%	9.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	32.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.6%
75 and over	7.2%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Hill	Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	80.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	19.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.8%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Hill	Mystic
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	24.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Hill	Mystic
Drove alone	70.2%	67.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.8%	22.8%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Hill	Mystic
1-unit, detached	17.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	33.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	44.0%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Hill	Mystic
Poverty rate	12.0%	1.8%
Average household size	1.83	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1984	1948