Candlewood Shores vs Mamanasco Lake

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

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

Candlewood Shores has the higher population (534 vs 462 in Mamanasco Lake). Mamanasco Lake has the higher median household income ($243,750 vs $178,510 in Candlewood Shores). Mamanasco Lake has the higher median home value ($856,600 vs $399,400 in Candlewood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Candlewood Shores	Mamanasco Lake
Population	534	462
Median age	41.8 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$178,510	$243,750
Median home value	$399,400	$856,600
Housing units	334	183
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	76.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candlewood Shores	Mamanasco Lake
Population	963 → 534 (-44.5%)	523 → 462 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$103,333 → $178,510 (+72.8%)	$202,670 → $243,750 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $399,400 (+14.6%)	$685,900 → $856,600 (+24.9%)

Candlewood Shores

Population

963534

Median household income

$103,333$178,510

Median home value

$348,500$399,400

Mamanasco Lake

Population

523462

Median household income

$202,670$243,750

Median home value

$685,900$856,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Mamanasco Lake
Under 5	2.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	0.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	18.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	1.1%
55 to 64	17.0%	29.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.7%
75 and over	7.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Mamanasco Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candlewood Shores	Mamanasco Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	9.2%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	0.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	48.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Mamanasco Lake
Drove alone	66.3%	41.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.7%
Public transit	1.2%	7.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	40.1%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Mamanasco Lake
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	Mamanasco Lake
Poverty rate	5.4%	1.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1955	1982