Bigelow Corners vs Candlewood Orchards

A side-by-side comparison of Bigelow Corners and Candlewood Orchards: population, income, housing, and more.

Bigelow Corners and Candlewood Orchards are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bigelow Corners has the higher population (841 vs 683 in Candlewood Orchards). Candlewood Orchards has the higher median household income ($120,469 vs $117,396 in Bigelow Corners). Bigelow Corners has the higher median home value ($443,300 vs $368,000 in Candlewood Orchards).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
Population	841	683
Median age	26.3 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$117,396	$120,469
Median home value	$443,300	$368,000
Housing units	193	262
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
Population	782 → 841 (+7.5%)	590 → 683 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$109,444 → $117,396 (+7.3%)	$110,556 → $120,469 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$381,300 → $443,300 (+16.3%)	$298,800 → $368,000 (+23.2%)

Bigelow Corners

Population

782841

Median household income

$109,444$117,396

Median home value

$381,300$443,300

Candlewood Orchards

Population

590683

Median household income

$110,556$120,469

Median home value

$298,800$368,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
Under 5	33.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	8.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	1.9%
35 to 44	5.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	7.5%
65 to 74	2.0%	22.3%
75 and over	13.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	72.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	41.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
Drove alone	77.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	15.1%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow Corners	Candlewood Orchards
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.7%
Average household size	4.36	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1971	1957