Coleytown vs Compo

A side-by-side comparison of Coleytown and Compo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Compo has the higher population (3,561 vs 3,479 in Coleytown). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Coleytown has the higher median home value ($1,513,400 vs $1,356,900 in Compo).

Population, income & housing

	Coleytown	Compo
Population	3,479	3,561
Median age	46.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$1,513,400	$1,356,900
Housing units	1,150	1,281
Homeownership rate	95.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.2%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coleytown	Compo
Population	3,682 → 3,479 (-5.5%)	3,800 → 3,561 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$244,583 → $250,001 (+2.2%)	$170,500 → $250,001 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$1,162,300 → $1,513,400 (+30.2%)	$1,021,700 → $1,356,900 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,352 → $1,405 (+3.9%)

Coleytown

Population

3,6823,479

Median household income

$244,583$250,001

Median home value

$1,162,300$1,513,400

Compo

Population

3,8003,561

Median household income

$170,500$250,001

Median home value

$1,021,700$1,356,900

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coleytown	Compo
Under 5	5.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	1.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	21.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.7%
75 and over	6.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coleytown	Compo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coleytown	Compo
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.9%
High school graduate	6.2%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	12.2%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.6%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coleytown	Compo
Drove alone	39.5%	41.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.7%
Public transit	9.8%	14.5%
Walked	0.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.1%	34.2%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coleytown	Compo
1-unit, detached	96.4%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coleytown	Compo
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.7%
Average household size	3.01	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	45	37
Median year structure built	1962	1967