Niantic vs Oxoboxo River

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

Niantic and Oxoboxo River 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 2,912 in Oxoboxo River). Niantic has the higher median household income ($82,604 vs $78,415 in Oxoboxo River). Niantic has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $231,100 in Oxoboxo River).

Population, income & housing

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
Population	3,302	2,912
Median age	57.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,604	$78,415
Median home value	$370,200	$231,100
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,272
Housing units	2,014	1,279
Homeownership rate	68.7%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
Population	2,935 → 3,302 (+12.5%)	2,825 → 2,912 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$75,375 → $82,604 (+9.6%)	$65,395 → $78,415 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$294,200 → $370,200 (+25.8%)	$172,700 → $231,100 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,473 (+20.9%)	$1,235 → $1,272 (+3.0%)

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

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)

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
Under 5	4.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	20.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	19.9%	9.8%
75 and over	13.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.8%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
No high school diploma	1.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
Drove alone	68.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	15.7%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	10.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
1-unit, detached	76.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Niantic	Oxoboxo River
Poverty rate	3.7%	23.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1954	1972