Route 7 Gateway vs Weston

A side-by-side comparison of Route 7 Gateway and Weston: population, income, housing, and more.

Route 7 Gateway and Weston are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Route 7 Gateway has the higher population (1,032 vs 795 in Weston). Weston has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $132,188 in Route 7 Gateway). Weston has the higher median home value ($1,074,300 vs $706,700 in Route 7 Gateway).

Population, income & housing

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
Population	1,032	795
Median age	51.7 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,188	$250,001
Median home value	$706,700	$1,074,300
Median gross rent	$1,696	—
Housing units	510	289
Homeownership rate	54.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	83.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
Population	882 → 1,032 (+17.0%)	632 → 795 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$66,157 → $132,188 (+99.8%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$518,100 → $706,700 (+36.4%)	$828,700 → $1,074,300 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,022 → $1,696 (-16.1%)	—

Route 7 Gateway

Population

8821,032

Median household income

$66,157$132,188

Median home value

$518,100$706,700

Median gross rent

$2,022$1,696

Weston

Population

632795

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$828,700$1,074,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
Under 5	8.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.9%	0.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	18.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	0.9%	27.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	11.4%
75 and over	35.8%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	9.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
No high school diploma	8.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.9%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	4.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	48.3%
Graduate or professional degree	39.2%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
Drove alone	47.6%	49.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	7.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.3%	33.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
1-unit, detached	18.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	42.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	34.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Route 7 Gateway	Weston
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	2003	1965