Pemberwick vs Saugatuck

A side-by-side comparison of Pemberwick and Saugatuck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pemberwick has the higher population (3,455 vs 3,091 in Saugatuck). Saugatuck has the higher median household income ($208,242 vs $134,375 in Pemberwick). Saugatuck has the higher median home value ($1,408,500 vs $892,600 in Pemberwick).

Population, income & housing

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
Population	3,455	3,091
Median age	49.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$134,375	$208,242
Median home value	$892,600	$1,408,500
Median gross rent	$2,382	$2,245
Housing units	1,428	1,335
Homeownership rate	69.8%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
Population	4,083 → 3,455 (-15.4%)	3,102 → 3,091 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$98,438 → $134,375 (+36.5%)	$175,395 → $208,242 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$650,800 → $892,600 (+37.2%)	$1,104,400 → $1,408,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,977 → $2,382 (+20.5%)	$1,880 → $2,245 (+19.4%)

Pemberwick

Population

4,0833,455

Median household income

$98,438$134,375

Median home value

$650,800$892,600

Median gross rent

$1,977$2,382

Saugatuck

Population

3,1023,091

Median household income

$175,395$208,242

Median home value

$1,104,400$1,408,500

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	4.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	19.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.0%
75 and over	9.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.3%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
Drove alone	72.0%	54.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	4.6%	10.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.7%	31.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
1-unit, detached	58.6%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pemberwick	Saugatuck
Poverty rate	4.3%	1.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1957	1973