Darien Downtown vs Lakes West

A side-by-side comparison of Darien Downtown and Lakes West: population, income, housing, and more.

Darien Downtown and Lakes West are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Darien Downtown has the higher population (1,329 vs 1,308 in Lakes West). Lakes West has the higher median household income ($244,286 vs $166,111 in Darien Downtown). Darien Downtown has the higher median home value ($908,200 vs $693,200 in Lakes West).

Population, income & housing

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
Population	1,329	1,308
Median age	44.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$166,111	$244,286
Median home value	$908,200	$693,200
Median gross rent	$2,605	—
Housing units	675	416
Homeownership rate	70.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	80.2%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
Population	1,223 → 1,329 (+8.7%)	1,330 → 1,308 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$136,765 → $166,111 (+21.5%)	$184,688 → $244,286 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$770,400 → $908,200 (+17.9%)	$578,100 → $693,200 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $2,605 (+81.4%)	—

Darien Downtown

Population

1,2231,329

Median household income

$136,765$166,111

Median home value

$770,400$908,200

Median gross rent

$1,436$2,605

Lakes West

Population

1,3301,308

Median household income

$184,688$244,286

Median home value

$578,100$693,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	2.9%	22.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.6%
75 and over	22.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	5.0%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.2%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	39.4%	42.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
Drove alone	36.4%	55.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.2%
Public transit	20.0%	3.5%
Walked	5.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	34.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
1-unit, detached	54.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien Downtown	Lakes West
Poverty rate	4.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.15	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	39
Median year structure built	1978	1966