Candlewood Shores vs Rock Ridge

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

Candlewood Shores and Rock Ridge 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 453 in Rock Ridge). Rock Ridge has the higher median household income ($222,159 vs $178,510 in Candlewood Shores). Rock Ridge has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $399,400 in Candlewood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Candlewood Shores	Rock Ridge
Population	534	453
Median age	41.8 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$178,510	$222,159
Median home value	$399,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	334	185
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candlewood Shores	Rock Ridge
Population	963 → 534 (-44.5%)	686 → 453 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$103,333 → $178,510 (+72.8%)	$250,001 → $222,159 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $399,400 (+14.6%)	$1,484,000 → $2,000,001 (+34.8%)

Candlewood Shores

Population

963534

Median household income

$103,333$178,510

Median home value

$348,500$399,400

Rock Ridge

Population

686453

Median household income

$250,001$222,159

Median home value

$1,484,000$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Rock Ridge
Under 5	2.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	19.2%
75 and over	7.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Rock Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candlewood Shores	Rock Ridge
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Rock Ridge
Drove alone	66.3%	62.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	30.3%
Other means	7.8%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candlewood Shores	Rock Ridge
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	Rock Ridge
Poverty rate	5.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1955	1978