Lakes East vs South Wilton

A side-by-side comparison of Lakes East and South Wilton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Wilton has the higher population (1,453 vs 1,295 in Lakes East). Lakes East has the higher median household income ($211,728 vs $157,446 in South Wilton). South Wilton has the higher median home value ($780,800 vs $563,900 in Lakes East).

Population, income & housing

	Lakes East	South Wilton
Population	1,295	1,453
Median age	42.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$211,728	$157,446
Median home value	$563,900	$780,800
Housing units	475	619
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	67.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakes East	South Wilton
Population	1,389 → 1,295 (-6.8%)	1,372 → 1,453 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$145,667 → $211,728 (+45.4%)	$198,438 → $157,446 (-20.7%)
Median home value	$444,000 → $563,900 (+27.0%)	$651,700 → $780,800 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,167 → $2,219 (-29.9%)

Lakes East

Population

1,3891,295

Median household income

$145,667$211,728

Median home value

$444,000$563,900

South Wilton

Population

1,3721,453

Median household income

$198,438$157,446

Median home value

$651,700$780,800

Median gross rent

$3,167$2,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakes East	South Wilton
Under 5	3.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	27.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	2.5%	3.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	23.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.8%
75 and over	4.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakes East	South Wilton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	66.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.0%
Two or more races	11.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakes East	South Wilton
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	7.6%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	60.2%	38.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakes East	South Wilton
Drove alone	54.9%	52.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.9%	30.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakes East	South Wilton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakes East	South Wilton
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1962	1983