Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region vs Northwest Hills Planning Region

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

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region and Northwest Hills 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 112,848 in Northwest Hills Planning Region). Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region has the higher median household income ($101,117 vs $91,035 in Northwest Hills Planning Region). Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region has the higher median home value ($359,000 vs $311,700 in Northwest Hills Planning Region).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Population	174,983	112,848
Median age	45.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,117	$91,035
Median home value	$359,000	$311,700
Median gross rent	$1,399	$1,169
Housing units	82,771	55,665
Homeownership rate	75.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Population	175,244 → 174,983 (-0.1%)	112,696 → 112,848 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$99,742 → $101,117 (+1.4%)	$87,971 → $91,035 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$341,300 → $359,000 (+5.2%)	$296,800 → $311,700 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,399 (+4.0%)	$1,149 → $1,169 (+1.7%)

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

Northwest Hills Planning Region

Population

112,696112,848

Median household income

$87,971$91,035

Median home value

$296,800$311,700

Median gross rent

$1,149$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Under 5	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.1%
75 and over	9.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	82.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Drove alone	73.3%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.8%
Public transit	1.2%	1.2%
Walked	2.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.1%	14.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
1-unit, detached	71.8%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Poverty rate	6.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1972	1966