Niantic vs Old Mystic

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

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

Niantic has the higher population (3,302 vs 3,189 in Old Mystic). Old Mystic has the higher median household income ($119,444 vs $82,604 in Niantic). Niantic has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $324,600 in Old Mystic).

Population, income & housing

	Niantic	Old Mystic
Population	3,302	3,189
Median age	57.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,604	$119,444
Median home value	$370,200	$324,600
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,823
Housing units	2,014	1,365
Homeownership rate	68.7%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niantic	Old Mystic
Population	2,935 → 3,302 (+12.5%)	3,383 → 3,189 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$75,375 → $82,604 (+9.6%)	$83,716 → $119,444 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$294,200 → $370,200 (+25.8%)	$238,400 → $324,600 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,473 (+20.9%)	$1,408 → $1,823 (+29.5%)

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

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)

	Niantic	Old Mystic
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	8.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	20.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	19.9%	10.0%
75 and over	13.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niantic	Old Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niantic	Old Mystic
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	23.6%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niantic	Old Mystic
Drove alone	68.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.1%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	13.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niantic	Old Mystic
1-unit, detached	76.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Niantic	Old Mystic
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1954	1979