Candlewood Isle vs Gaylordsville

A side-by-side comparison of Candlewood Isle and Gaylordsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gaylordsville has the higher population (659 vs 569 in Candlewood Isle). Candlewood Isle has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $115,398 in Gaylordsville). Candlewood Isle has the higher median home value ($981,000 vs $467,500 in Gaylordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
Population	569	659
Median age	47.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$115,398
Median home value	$981,000	$467,500
Housing units	460	290
Homeownership rate	94.9%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.7%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
Population	485 → 569 (+17.3%)	660 → 659 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$188,393 → $250,001 (+32.7%)	$125,769 → $115,398 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$656,300 → $981,000 (+49.5%)	$282,500 → $467,500 (+65.5%)

Candlewood Isle

Population

485569

Median household income

$188,393$250,001

Median home value

$656,300$981,000

Gaylordsville

Population

660659

Median household income

$125,769$115,398

Median home value

$282,500$467,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
Under 5	11.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	6.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	19.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	14.1%
75 and over	14.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
No high school diploma	12.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	5.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
Drove alone	44.2%	56.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	16.9%
Public transit	12.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	33.6%	22.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
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

	Candlewood Isle	Gaylordsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	48	29
Median year structure built	1938	1973