Newtown vs Wilton Center

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

Newtown and Wilton Center 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 1,730 in Wilton Center). Newtown has the higher median household income ($161,000 vs $116,081 in Wilton Center). Wilton Center has the higher median home value ($493,400 vs $465,400 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Newtown	Wilton Center
Population	1,968	1,730
Median age	43.7 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$161,000	$116,081
Median home value	$465,400	$493,400
Median gross rent	$2,150	$1,433
Housing units	784	889
Homeownership rate	88.4%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newtown	Wilton Center
Population	1,879 → 1,968 (+4.7%)	788 → 1,730 (+119.5%)
Median household income	$140,625 → $161,000 (+14.5%)	$67,917 → $116,081 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$397,600 → $465,400 (+17.1%)	$330,900 → $493,400 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,125 → $2,150 (+1.2%)	$3,139 → $1,433 (-54.3%)

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

Wilton Center

Population

7881,730

Median household income

$67,917$116,081

Median home value

$330,900$493,400

Median gross rent

$3,139$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newtown	Wilton Center
Under 5	4.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	21.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.3%
75 and over	7.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newtown	Wilton Center
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	62.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newtown	Wilton Center
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	11.8%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newtown	Wilton Center
Drove alone	67.5%	57.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	35.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newtown	Wilton Center
1-unit, detached	95.8%	29.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	27.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newtown	Wilton Center
Poverty rate	2.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.80	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1961	1986