Candlewood Shores vs Gaylordsville

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

Candlewood Shores 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 534 in Candlewood Shores). Candlewood Shores has the higher median household income ($178,510 vs $115,398 in Gaylordsville). Gaylordsville has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $399,400 in Candlewood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Candlewood Shores	Gaylordsville
Population	534	659
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$178,510	$115,398
Median home value	$399,400	$467,500
Housing units	334	290
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candlewood Shores	Gaylordsville
Population	963 → 534 (-44.5%)	660 → 659 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$103,333 → $178,510 (+72.8%)	$125,769 → $115,398 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $399,400 (+14.6%)	$282,500 → $467,500 (+65.5%)

Candlewood Shores

Population

963534

Median household income

$103,333$178,510

Median home value

$348,500$399,400

Gaylordsville

Population

660659

Median household income

$125,769$115,398

Median home value

$282,500$467,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Gaylordsville
Under 5	2.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.0%	19.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	14.1%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Gaylordsville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	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	12.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candlewood Shores	Gaylordsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.9%
High school graduate	9.2%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Gaylordsville
Drove alone	66.3%	56.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	16.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	22.5%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candlewood Shores	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 Shores	Gaylordsville
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1955	1973