Inglenook vs Poplar Plains

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

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

Poplar Plains has the higher population (1,203 vs 1,162 in Inglenook). Poplar Plains has the higher median household income ($210,625 vs $104,375 in Inglenook). Poplar Plains has the higher median home value ($1,210,200 vs $392,500 in Inglenook).

Population, income & housing

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
Population	1,162	1,203
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,375	$210,625
Median home value	$392,500	$1,210,200
Housing units	432	474
Homeownership rate	96.9%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	91.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
Population	989 → 1,162 (+17.5%)	1,262 → 1,203 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$81,711 → $104,375 (+27.7%)	$250,001 → $210,625 (-15.8%)
Median home value	$217,700 → $392,500 (+80.3%)	$1,126,800 → $1,210,200 (+7.4%)

Inglenook

Population

9891,162

Median household income

$81,711$104,375

Median home value

$217,700$392,500

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)

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
Under 5	5.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	23.4%	28.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	1.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	23.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.9%
75 and over	0.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	39.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
No high school diploma	17.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	53.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
Drove alone	60.6%	38.7%
Carpooled	27.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	13.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	46.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Inglenook	Poplar Plains
Poverty rate	2.5%	2.0%
Average household size	3.25	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	37	49
Median year structure built	1967	1963