Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region vs Western Connecticut Planning Region

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

Southeastern Connecticut 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 279,025 in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region). Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher median household income ($124,553 vs $84,185 in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region). Western Connecticut Planning Region has the higher median home value ($625,400 vs $293,900 in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region).

Population, income & housing

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Population	279,025	621,232
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,185	$124,553
Median home value	$293,900	$625,400
Median gross rent	$1,316	$2,060
Housing units	125,728	250,108
Homeownership rate	65.4%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Population	280,293 → 279,025 (-0.5%)	620,666 → 621,232 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$80,330 → $84,185 (+4.8%)	$118,930 → $124,553 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$275,900 → $293,900 (+6.5%)	$595,600 → $625,400 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,254 → $1,316 (+4.9%)	$1,952 → $2,060 (+5.5%)

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region

Population

280,293279,025

Median household income

$80,330$84,185

Median home value

$275,900$293,900

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,316

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)

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.8%
75 and over	7.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	59.7%
Black or African American	5.0%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Drove alone	76.3%	61.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.7%
Public transit	1.3%	7.4%
Walked	2.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.6%	19.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
1-unit, detached	61.5%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	7.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Western Connecticut Planning Region
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1969	1971