Norwich vs Pawcatuck

A side-by-side comparison of Norwich and Pawcatuck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norwich has the higher population (39,992 vs 5,475 in Pawcatuck). Pawcatuck has the higher median household income ($75,820 vs $64,185 in Norwich). Pawcatuck has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $231,300 in Norwich).

Population, income & housing

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
Population	39,992	5,475
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,185	$75,820
Median home value	$231,300	$330,700
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,152
Housing units	19,057	2,760
Homeownership rate	54.0%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
Population	39,260 → 39,992 (+1.9%)	5,305 → 5,475 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$57,052 → $64,185 (+12.5%)	$58,007 → $75,820 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $231,300 (+40.9%)	$243,600 → $330,700 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,203 (+13.4%)	$950 → $1,152 (+21.3%)

Norwich

Population

39,26039,992

Median household income

$57,052$64,185

Median home value

$164,200$231,300

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,203

Pawcatuck

Population

5,3055,475

Median household income

$58,007$75,820

Median home value

$243,600$330,700

Median gross rent

$950$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
Under 5	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	82.1%
Black or African American	10.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	6.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.5%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
Drove alone	76.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
1-unit, detached	43.9%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	32.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Norwich	Pawcatuck
Poverty rate	14.9%	11.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1958	1953