Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region vs Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

A side-by-side comparison of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region and Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: population, income, housing, and more.

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region and Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region are counties in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region has the higher population (174,983 vs 95,829 in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region). Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region has the higher median household income ($101,117 vs $87,564 in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region). Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region has the higher median home value ($359,000 vs $281,300 in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Population	174,983	95,829
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,117	$87,564
Median home value	$359,000	$281,300
Median gross rent	$1,399	$1,153
Housing units	82,771	41,629
Homeownership rate	75.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Population	175,244 → 174,983 (-0.1%)	95,687 → 95,829 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$99,742 → $101,117 (+1.4%)	$83,119 → $87,564 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$341,300 → $359,000 (+5.2%)	$268,500 → $281,300 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,399 (+4.0%)	$1,119 → $1,153 (+3.0%)

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

Population

175,244174,983

Median household income

$99,742$101,117

Median home value

$341,300$359,000

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,399

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

Population

95,68795,829

Median household income

$83,119$87,564

Median home value

$268,500$281,300

Median gross rent

$1,119$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.5%
75 and over	9.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	87.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	24.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Drove alone	73.3%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.1%	10.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
1-unit, detached	71.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	6.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1972	1973