Noank vs Stonington

A side-by-side comparison of Noank and Stonington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Noank has the higher population (1,617 vs 934 in Stonington). Noank has the higher median household income ($114,479 vs $103,333 in Stonington). Stonington has the higher median home value ($824,700 vs $571,900 in Noank).

Population, income & housing

	Noank	Stonington
Population	1,617	934
Median age	57.2 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$114,479	$103,333
Median home value	$571,900	$824,700
Median gross rent	$1,172	$1,433
Housing units	867	808
Homeownership rate	84.6%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.7%	71.9%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noank	Stonington
Population	1,432 → 1,617 (+12.9%)	934 → 934 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$123,971 → $114,479 (-7.7%)	$82,115 → $103,333 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$416,900 → $571,900 (+37.2%)	$590,900 → $824,700 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,172 (+17.2%)	$1,418 → $1,433 (+1.1%)

Noank

Population

1,4321,617

Median household income

$123,971$114,479

Median home value

$416,900$571,900

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,172

Stonington

Population

934934

Median household income

$82,115$103,333

Median home value

$590,900$824,700

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Noank	Stonington
Under 5	3.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	3.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	22.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	21.3%	29.4%
75 and over	16.1%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noank	Stonington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noank	Stonington
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.0%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noank	Stonington
Drove alone	67.3%	59.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	5.7%
Public transit	1.9%	0.7%
Walked	2.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	12.1%	27.3%
Other means	14.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noank	Stonington
1-unit, detached	73.7%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	34.9%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Noank	Stonington
Poverty rate	3.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.12	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1950	1938