Greenwich vs Stamford

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

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

Stamford has the higher population (135,806 vs 14,528 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($136,154 vs $107,474 in Stamford). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,486,100 vs $614,300 in Stamford).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwich	Stamford
Population	14,528	135,806
Median age	44.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$136,154	$107,474
Median home value	$1,486,100	$614,300
Median gross rent	$2,121	$2,207
Housing units	6,684	57,958
Homeownership rate	52.0%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwich	Stamford
Population	13,287 → 14,528 (+9.3%)	129,309 → 135,806 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$109,500 → $136,154 (+24.3%)	$93,059 → $107,474 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$1,128,800 → $1,486,100 (+31.7%)	$532,700 → $614,300 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,803 → $2,121 (+17.6%)	$1,812 → $2,207 (+21.8%)

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

Stamford

Population

129,309135,806

Median household income

$93,059$107,474

Median home value

$532,700$614,300

Median gross rent

$1,812$2,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwich	Stamford
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwich	Stamford
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	42.5%
Black or African American	6.0%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.6%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwich	Stamford
No high school diploma	5.0%	11.6%
High school graduate	10.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	37.7%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwich	Stamford
Drove alone	48.6%	59.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.6%
Public transit	15.3%	9.6%
Walked	8.2%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.5%	16.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwich	Stamford
1-unit, detached	34.6%	34.2%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	20.5%	34.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenwich	Stamford
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1955	1972