Darien Downtown vs Poplar Plains

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

Darien Downtown and Poplar Plains 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 1,203 in Poplar Plains). Poplar Plains has the higher median household income ($210,625 vs $166,111 in Darien Downtown). Poplar Plains has the higher median home value ($1,210,200 vs $908,200 in Darien Downtown).

Population, income & housing

	Darien Downtown	Poplar Plains
Population	1,329	1,203
Median age	44.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$166,111	$210,625
Median home value	$908,200	$1,210,200
Median gross rent	$2,605	—
Housing units	675	474
Homeownership rate	70.6%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	91.4%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien Downtown	Poplar Plains
Population	1,223 → 1,329 (+8.7%)	1,262 → 1,203 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$136,765 → $166,111 (+21.5%)	$250,001 → $210,625 (-15.8%)
Median home value	$770,400 → $908,200 (+17.9%)	$1,126,800 → $1,210,200 (+7.4%)
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

Poplar Plains

Population

1,2621,203

Median household income

$250,001$210,625

Median home value

$1,126,800$1,210,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien Downtown	Poplar Plains
Under 5	4.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	28.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	1.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	23.5%
55 to 64	2.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.9%
75 and over	22.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien Downtown	Poplar Plains
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%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien Downtown	Poplar Plains
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	5.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.2%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	39.4%	53.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien Downtown	Poplar Plains
Drove alone	36.4%	38.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	20.0%	13.5%
Walked	5.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	46.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien Downtown	Poplar Plains
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	Poplar Plains
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	35	49
Median year structure built	1978	1963