Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region vs Northwest Hills Planning Region

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

Northeastern Connecticut 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.

Northwest Hills Planning Region has the higher population (112,848 vs 95,829 in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region). Northwest Hills Planning Region has the higher median household income ($91,035 vs $87,564 in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region). Northwest Hills Planning Region has the higher median home value ($311,700 vs $281,300 in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region).

Population, income & housing

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Population	95,829	112,848
Median age	43.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,564	$91,035
Median home value	$281,300	$311,700
Median gross rent	$1,153	$1,169
Housing units	41,629	55,665
Homeownership rate	76.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Population	95,687 → 95,829 (+0.1%)	112,696 → 112,848 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$83,119 → $87,564 (+5.3%)	$87,971 → $91,035 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$268,500 → $281,300 (+4.8%)	$296,800 → $311,700 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,119 → $1,153 (+3.0%)	$1,149 → $1,169 (+1.7%)

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

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)

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.1%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	82.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	35.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Drove alone	81.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
1-unit, detached	74.1%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Northwest Hills Planning Region
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1973	1966