Niantic vs Waterford

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

Niantic 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 3,302 in Niantic). Niantic has the higher median household income ($82,604 vs $75,968 in Waterford). Niantic has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $245,600 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Niantic	Waterford
Population	3,302	3,496
Median age	57.3 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,604	$75,968
Median home value	$370,200	$245,600
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,618
Housing units	2,014	1,671
Homeownership rate	68.7%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niantic	Waterford
Population	2,935 → 3,302 (+12.5%)	3,008 → 3,496 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$75,375 → $82,604 (+9.6%)	$56,181 → $75,968 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$294,200 → $370,200 (+25.8%)	$197,600 → $245,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,473 (+20.9%)	$1,187 → $1,618 (+36.3%)

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

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)

	Niantic	Waterford
Under 5	4.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	8.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	19.9%	13.0%
75 and over	13.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niantic	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niantic	Waterford
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niantic	Waterford
Drove alone	68.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.5%
Public transit	3.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	6.0%
Other means	1.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niantic	Waterford
1-unit, detached	76.8%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	7.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Niantic	Waterford
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1954	1967