Demographics of Old Saybrook town, Connecticut

Old Saybrook town, Connecticut had 10,680 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +216 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Old Saybrook town, in four figures

10,680
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,575 ±20.; +2.1%
Change since July 2020: +216 people.; 57.4 ±1.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $114,333 ±$16,577
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a town, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Old Saybrook town, Connecticut's population grew 2.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Old Saybrook town, Connecticut's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Old Saybrook town, Connecticut's population grew 2.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Old Saybrook town, Connecticut's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,464	100.0	100.0
2021	10,513	100.5	100.2
2022	10,566	101.0	100.7
2023	10,595	101.3	101.6
2024	10,644	101.7	102.5
2025	10,680	102.1	103.1

Population of Old Saybrook town, Connecticut on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,464	—
2021	10,513	+49
2022	10,566	+53
2023	10,595	+29
2024	10,644	+49
2025	10,680	+36

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 57.4 ±1.9: for men 55.5 ±4.7 and for women 58.7 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Old Saybrook town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Under 5	333 ±144	3.1% ±1.4	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,111 ±315	10.5% ±3.0	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	450 ±143	4.3% ±1.4	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,843 ±332	17.4% ±3.1	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,583 ±523	33.9% ±4.9	26.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,255 ±370	30.8% ±3.5	18.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $114,333 ±$16,577, and income per person $76,905 ±$9,262, in 2024 dollars. The median is $95,781 ±$732 in Connecticut and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Old Saybrook town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Connecticut	United States
Under $25,000	406 ±190	8.7% ±4.0	12.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	548 ±186	11.7% ±3.9	13.7% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	486 ±143	10.4% ±3.0	13.3% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	568 ±174	12.2% ±3.6	11.9% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	768 ±183	16.4% ±3.7	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	787 ±171	16.8% ±3.5	11.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,109 ±261	23.7% ±5.3	19.2% ±0.3	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Old Saybrook town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Connecticut	United States
All ages	526 ±215	5.0% ±2.1	10.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 119	0% to 8.2%	13.0% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	57 to 375	1.3% to 8.5%	9.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	254 ±121	5.5% ±2.5	8.9% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Old Saybrook town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Old Saybrook town	Connecticut	United States
Housing units	5,985 ±350	1,541,822 ±276	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	78.1% ±3.0	93.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	21.9% ±4.4	7.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	85.3% ±3.9	66.5% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	14.7% ±4.2	33.5% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$538,200 ±$49,223	$366,900 ±$1,621	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,846 ±$325	$1,488 ±$10	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1967 ±3	1967 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Old Saybrook town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Hispanic or Latino	259 to 861	2.4% to 8.1%	18.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,520 ±388	90.0% ±3.7	61.9% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 129	0% to 1.2%	9.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 139	0% to 1.3%	4.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.9% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	150 to 578	1.4% to 5.5%	4.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Old Saybrook town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Born in the state	5,985 ±565	56.6% ±5.3	53.3% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,798 ±551	35.9% ±5.2	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	10 to 156	0.1% to 1.5%	3.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	709 ±347	6.7% ±3.3	15.7% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	117 to 357	1.1% to 3.4%	8.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	142 to 802	1.3% to 7.6%	7.1% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Old Saybrook town among the places and towns of Connecticut

100th of 168 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Connecticut page.

Places of Connecticut near Old Saybrook town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Griswold town	11,530 ±23
Stafford town	11,511 ±49
Bethel CDP	11,404 ±666
East Windsor town	11,213 ±41
Granby town	11,184 ±36
Old Saybrook town	10,575 ±20
Weston town	10,396 ±24
Somers town	10,308 ±21
Winchester town	10,284 ±27
Trumbull Center CDP	10,264 ±1,127
Canton town	10,144 ±27

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Connecticut by median age
No. 7 Places in Connecticut by median rent
No. 12 Places in Connecticut by homeownership rate
No. 15 Places in Connecticut by per capita income
No. 21 Places in Connecticut by median home value
No. 28 Places in Connecticut by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026