Newtown vs Ridgebury

A side-by-side comparison of Newtown and Ridgebury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newtown has the higher population (1,968 vs 1,949 in Ridgebury). Ridgebury has the higher median household income ($207,721 vs $161,000 in Newtown). Ridgebury has the higher median home value ($821,100 vs $465,400 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Newtown	Ridgebury
Population	1,968	1,949
Median age	43.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$161,000	$207,721
Median home value	$465,400	$821,100
Median gross rent	$2,150	—
Housing units	784	735
Homeownership rate	88.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	70.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newtown	Ridgebury
Population	1,879 → 1,968 (+4.7%)	2,219 → 1,949 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$140,625 → $161,000 (+14.5%)	$218,750 → $207,721 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$397,600 → $465,400 (+17.1%)	$823,200 → $821,100 (-0.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,125 → $2,150 (+1.2%)	—

Newtown

Population

1,8791,968

Median household income

$140,625$161,000

Median home value

$397,600$465,400

Median gross rent

$2,125$2,150

Ridgebury

Population

2,2191,949

Median household income

$218,750$207,721

Median home value

$823,200$821,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newtown	Ridgebury
Under 5	4.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	20.0%
75 and over	7.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newtown	Ridgebury
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.7%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newtown	Ridgebury
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	11.8%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	45.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newtown	Ridgebury
Drove alone	67.5%	65.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	2.5%
Public transit	1.6%	9.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	21.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newtown	Ridgebury
1-unit, detached	95.8%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newtown	Ridgebury
Poverty rate	2.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1961	1976