Saugatuck vs Westport Village

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

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

Saugatuck has the higher population (3,091 vs 2,863 in Westport Village). Westport Village has the higher median household income ($222,650 vs $208,242 in Saugatuck). Saugatuck has the higher median home value ($1,408,500 vs $1,208,300 in Westport Village).

Population, income & housing

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
Population	3,091	2,863
Median age	49.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$208,242	$222,650
Median home value	$1,408,500	$1,208,300
Median gross rent	$2,245	$3,326
Housing units	1,335	1,282
Homeownership rate	73.8%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.0%	81.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
Population	3,102 → 3,091 (-0.4%)	2,984 → 2,863 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$175,395 → $208,242 (+18.7%)	$183,750 → $222,650 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$1,104,400 → $1,408,500 (+27.5%)	$1,036,800 → $1,208,300 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,880 → $2,245 (+19.4%)	$1,685 → $3,326 (+97.4%)

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

Westport Village

Population

2,9842,863

Median household income

$183,750$222,650

Median home value

$1,036,800$1,208,300

Median gross rent

$1,685$3,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
Under 5	5.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	4.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	18.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.2%
75 and over	9.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	81.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.5%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	14.5%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	7.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	37.2%	45.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
Drove alone	54.1%	46.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	10.1%	15.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	32.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
1-unit, detached	75.3%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Saugatuck	Westport Village
Poverty rate	1.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1973	1967