Cheshire vs Housatonic

A side-by-side comparison of Cheshire and Housatonic: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheshire and Housatonic are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Housatonic has the higher population (1,054 vs 584 in Cheshire). Since 2019, Housatonic's population has grown faster (+40.0% vs +8.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire	Housatonic
Population	584	1,054
Median age	59.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$86,920
Median home value	—	$429,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,259
Housing units	357	618
Homeownership rate	83.4%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire	Housatonic
Population	539 → 584 (+8.3%)	753 → 1,054 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$79,107 → $94,167 (+19.0%)	$35,481 → $86,920 (+145.0%)
Median home value	$205,500 → $161,100 (-21.6%)	$275,000 → $429,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,269 → $1,259 (-0.8%)

Cheshire

Population

539584

Median household income

$79,107$94,167

Median home value

$205,500$161,100

Housatonic

Population

7531,054

Median household income

$35,481$86,920

Median home value

$275,000$429,200

Median gross rent

$1,269$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire	Housatonic
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	33.2%	20.4%
65 to 74	20.9%	8.1%
75 and over	4.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire	Housatonic
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire	Housatonic
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	22.8%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire	Housatonic
Drove alone	84.1%	76.9%
Carpooled	15.5%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire	Housatonic
1-unit, detached	81.5%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire	Housatonic
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.5%
Average household size	1.79	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938