Greenwich vs Norwalk

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwich and Norwalk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norwalk has the higher population (91,375 vs 14,528 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($136,154 vs $105,301 in Norwalk). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,486,100 vs $535,000 in Norwalk).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwich	Norwalk
Population	14,528	91,375
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$136,154	$105,301
Median home value	$1,486,100	$535,000
Median gross rent	$2,121	$2,010
Housing units	6,684	38,038
Homeownership rate	52.0%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwich	Norwalk
Population	13,287 → 14,528 (+9.3%)	88,599 → 91,375 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$109,500 → $136,154 (+24.3%)	$85,769 → $105,301 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$1,128,800 → $1,486,100 (+31.7%)	$435,800 → $535,000 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,803 → $2,121 (+17.6%)	$1,685 → $2,010 (+19.3%)

Greenwich

Population

13,28714,528

Median household income

$109,500$136,154

Median home value

$1,128,800$1,486,100

Median gross rent

$1,803$2,121

Norwalk

Population

88,59991,375

Median household income

$85,769$105,301

Median home value

$435,800$535,000

Median gross rent

$1,685$2,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwich	Norwalk
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.3%
75 and over	8.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwich	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	42.7%
Black or African American	6.0%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwich	Norwalk
No high school diploma	5.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	10.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	37.7%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwich	Norwalk
Drove alone	48.6%	67.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.2%
Public transit	15.3%	7.0%
Walked	8.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.5%	13.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwich	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	34.6%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	12.9%
20 or more units	20.5%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenwich	Norwalk
Poverty rate	8.9%	10.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1955	1967