Compo vs Saugatuck

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

Compo and Saugatuck 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 3,091 in Saugatuck). Compo has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $208,242 in Saugatuck). Saugatuck has the higher median home value ($1,408,500 vs $1,356,900 in Compo).

Population, income & housing

	Compo	Saugatuck
Population	3,561	3,091
Median age	44.0 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$208,242
Median home value	$1,356,900	$1,408,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,245
Housing units	1,281	1,335
Homeownership rate	82.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.6%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Compo	Saugatuck
Population	3,800 → 3,561 (-6.3%)	3,102 → 3,091 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$170,500 → $250,001 (+46.6%)	$175,395 → $208,242 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$1,021,700 → $1,356,900 (+32.8%)	$1,104,400 → $1,408,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $1,405 (+3.9%)	$1,880 → $2,245 (+19.4%)

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

Saugatuck

Population

3,1023,091

Median household income

$175,395$208,242

Median home value

$1,104,400$1,408,500

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Compo	Saugatuck
Under 5	9.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.0%
75 and over	9.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Compo	Saugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	9.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Compo	Saugatuck
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	10.0%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	7.5%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Compo	Saugatuck
Drove alone	41.5%	54.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	14.5%	10.1%
Walked	3.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	34.2%	31.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Compo	Saugatuck
1-unit, detached	86.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Compo	Saugatuck
Poverty rate	6.7%	1.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1967	1973