Old Greenwich vs Staples

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

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

Staples has the higher population (6,985 vs 6,904 in Old Greenwich). Old Greenwich has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $218,365 in Staples). Old Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,668,200 vs $1,202,800 in Staples).

Population, income & housing

	Old Greenwich	Staples
Population	6,904	6,985
Median age	40.5 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$218,365
Median home value	$1,668,200	$1,202,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,142
Housing units	2,482	2,586
Homeownership rate	85.4%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.3%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Greenwich	Staples
Population	6,844 → 6,904 (+0.9%)	6,952 → 6,985 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$222,794 → $250,001 (+12.2%)	$172,424 → $218,365 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$1,561,200 → $1,668,200 (+6.9%)	$1,087,300 → $1,202,800 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,127 → $3,501 (+64.6%)	$1,913 → $2,142 (+12.0%)

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

Staples

Population

6,9526,985

Median household income

$172,424$218,365

Median home value

$1,087,300$1,202,800

Median gross rent

$1,913$2,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Greenwich	Staples
Under 5	8.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	25.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	2.2%	3.1%
35 to 44	17.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	19.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.8%
75 and over	6.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Greenwich	Staples
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.4%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Greenwich	Staples
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	6.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	43.7%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	40.6%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Greenwich	Staples
Drove alone	38.3%	44.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.8%
Public transit	19.8%	12.9%
Walked	1.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.0%	31.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Greenwich	Staples
1-unit, detached	81.3%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Old Greenwich	Staples
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	37	43
Median year structure built	1967	1967