Ball Pond vs Noroton Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Ball Pond and Noroton Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Ball Pond and Noroton Heights are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Noroton Heights has the higher population (2,949 vs 2,623 in Ball Pond). Noroton Heights has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $142,727 in Ball Pond). Noroton Heights has the higher median home value ($1,168,600 vs $372,900 in Ball Pond).

Population, income & housing

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
Population	2,623	2,949
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$142,727	$250,001
Median home value	$372,900	$1,168,600
Median gross rent	$1,823	$2,426
Housing units	890	1,067
Homeownership rate	86.5%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	80.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
Population	2,618 → 2,623 (+0.2%)	2,892 → 2,949 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$113,269 → $142,727 (+26.0%)	$171,625 → $250,001 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$322,000 → $372,900 (+15.8%)	$969,000 → $1,168,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,823 (+22.8%)	$3,116 → $2,426 (-22.1%)

Ball Pond

Population

2,6182,623

Median household income

$113,269$142,727

Median home value

$322,000$372,900

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,823

Noroton Heights

Population

2,8922,949

Median household income

$171,625$250,001

Median home value

$969,000$1,168,600

Median gross rent

$3,116$2,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	24.1%	24.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	18.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.0%
75 and over	5.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.2%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	49.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
Drove alone	80.2%	45.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	14.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	30.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
1-unit, detached	96.6%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ball Pond	Noroton Heights
Poverty rate	3.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.95	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1963	1952