Noroton vs Old Greenwich

A side-by-side comparison of Noroton and Old Greenwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Greenwich has the higher population (6,904 vs 5,522 in Noroton). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Old Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,668,200 vs $1,545,300 in Noroton).

Population, income & housing

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
Population	5,522	6,904
Median age	37.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$1,545,300	$1,668,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	1,964	2,482
Homeownership rate	71.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.8%	84.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
Population	5,743 → 5,522 (-3.8%)	6,844 → 6,904 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$220,650 → $250,001 (+13.3%)	$222,794 → $250,001 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$1,223,400 → $1,545,300 (+26.3%)	$1,561,200 → $1,668,200 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,384 → $3,501 (+3.5%)	$2,127 → $3,501 (+64.6%)

Noroton

Population

5,7435,522

Median household income

$220,650$250,001

Median home value

$1,223,400$1,545,300

Median gross rent

$3,384$3,501

Old Greenwich

Population

6,8446,904

Median household income

$222,794$250,001

Median home value

$1,561,200$1,668,200

Median gross rent

$2,127$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
Under 5	8.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	2.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.5%
75 and over	6.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.9%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	6.8%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	46.5%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.3%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
Drove alone	39.3%	38.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.0%
Public transit	22.1%	19.8%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	30.1%	38.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
1-unit, detached	78.0%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.9%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Noroton	Old Greenwich
Poverty rate	7.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	40	37
Median year structure built	1961	1967