Ball Pond vs Westport Village

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

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

Westport Village has the higher population (2,863 vs 2,623 in Ball Pond). Westport Village has the higher median household income ($222,650 vs $142,727 in Ball Pond). Westport Village has the higher median home value ($1,208,300 vs $372,900 in Ball Pond).

Population, income & housing

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
Population	2,623	2,863
Median age	37.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$142,727	$222,650
Median home value	$372,900	$1,208,300
Median gross rent	$1,823	$3,326
Housing units	890	1,282
Homeownership rate	86.5%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	81.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
Population	2,618 → 2,623 (+0.2%)	2,984 → 2,863 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$113,269 → $142,727 (+26.0%)	$183,750 → $222,650 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$322,000 → $372,900 (+15.8%)	$1,036,800 → $1,208,300 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,823 (+22.8%)	$1,685 → $3,326 (+97.4%)

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

Westport Village

Population

2,9842,863

Median household income

$183,750$222,650

Median home value

$1,036,800$1,208,300

Median gross rent

$1,685$3,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
Under 5	6.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	24.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	18.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	7.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	45.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
Drove alone	80.2%	46.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	15.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	32.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
1-unit, detached	96.6%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ball Pond	Westport Village
Poverty rate	3.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	39	38
Median year structure built	1963	1967