Compo vs Pemberwick

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

Compo and Pemberwick 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 3,455 in Pemberwick). Compo has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $134,375 in Pemberwick). Compo has the higher median home value ($1,356,900 vs $892,600 in Pemberwick).

Population, income & housing

	Compo	Pemberwick
Population	3,561	3,455
Median age	44.0 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$134,375
Median home value	$1,356,900	$892,600
Median gross rent	—	$2,382
Housing units	1,281	1,428
Homeownership rate	82.7%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.6%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Compo	Pemberwick
Population	3,800 → 3,561 (-6.3%)	4,083 → 3,455 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$170,500 → $250,001 (+46.6%)	$98,438 → $134,375 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$1,021,700 → $1,356,900 (+32.8%)	$650,800 → $892,600 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $1,405 (+3.9%)	$1,977 → $2,382 (+20.5%)

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

Pemberwick

Population

4,0833,455

Median household income

$98,438$134,375

Median home value

$650,800$892,600

Median gross rent

$1,977$2,382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Compo	Pemberwick
Under 5	9.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.5%
75 and over	9.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Compo	Pemberwick
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	83.5%
Black or African American	9.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Compo	Pemberwick
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	10.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	7.5%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Compo	Pemberwick
Drove alone	41.5%	72.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.6%
Public transit	14.5%	4.6%
Walked	3.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Compo	Pemberwick
1-unit, detached	86.8%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Compo	Pemberwick
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	37	19
Median year structure built	1967	1957