Newtown vs Tokeneke

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

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

Tokeneke has the higher population (2,466 vs 1,968 in Newtown). Tokeneke has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $161,000 in Newtown). Tokeneke has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $465,400 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Newtown	Tokeneke
Population	1,968	2,466
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$161,000	$250,001
Median home value	$465,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,150	$3,107
Housing units	784	824
Homeownership rate	88.4%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	95.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newtown	Tokeneke
Population	1,879 → 1,968 (+4.7%)	2,533 → 2,466 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$140,625 → $161,000 (+14.5%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$397,600 → $465,400 (+17.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,125 → $2,150 (+1.2%)	$2,625 → $3,107 (+18.4%)

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

Tokeneke

Population

2,5332,466

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,625$3,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newtown	Tokeneke
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	3.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	19.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	6.1%
75 and over	7.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newtown	Tokeneke
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newtown	Tokeneke
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	1.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	2.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	57.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	38.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newtown	Tokeneke
Drove alone	67.5%	44.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.3%
Public transit	1.6%	24.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	27.4%	24.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newtown	Tokeneke
1-unit, detached	95.8%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
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	Tokeneke
Poverty rate	2.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.80	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1961	1957