Naugatuck Valley Planning Region vs Western Connecticut Planning Region

A side-by-side comparison of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and Western Connecticut Planning Region: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher population (621,232 vs 452,303 in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region). Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher median household income ($124,553 vs $86,365 in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region). Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher median home value ($625,400 vs $290,800 in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region).

Population, income & housing

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Population	452,303	621,232
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,365	$124,553
Median home value	$290,800	$625,400
Median gross rent	$1,288	$2,060
Housing units	191,984	250,108
Homeownership rate	67.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Population	451,887 → 452,303 (+0.1%)	620,666 → 621,232 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$82,939 → $86,365 (+4.1%)	$118,930 → $124,553 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $290,800 (+6.3%)	$595,600 → $625,400 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,288 (+5.7%)	$1,952 → $2,060 (+5.5%)

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

Population

451,887452,303

Median household income

$82,939$86,365

Median home value

$273,500$290,800

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,288

Western Connecticut Planning Region

Population

620,666621,232

Median household income

$118,930$124,553

Median home value

$595,600$625,400

Median gross rent

$1,952$2,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.8%
75 and over	7.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	59.7%
Black or African American	10.3%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Drove alone	75.4%	61.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.7%
Public transit	1.5%	7.4%
Walked	1.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.4%	19.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
1-unit, detached	58.9%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Poverty rate	10.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1969	1971