What is the population of Kensington CDP?

Kensington CDP has 9,936 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 215 in Connecticut.

What is the median household income in Kensington CDP?

Median household income in Kensington CDP is $105,000 a year, 33.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kensington CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,418 a month and the median home value is $304,400, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

Is Kensington CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kensington CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kensington, CT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kensington, Connecticut (Kensington, CT — Census place “Kensington CDP”) is 9,936 residents, ranking #36 of 215 places in Connecticut. Median household income is $105,000, the median home is worth $304,400 and median gross rent runs $1,418 a month. Looking for the Kensington Connecticut ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kensington, CT: 06037.

Population: 9,936Kensington CDP residents
Median household income: $105,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $304,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,418Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 49 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 83.4%Owner-occupied households

Kensington ZIP codes (Connecticut)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kensington.

The Kensington CT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

06037

What the numbers mean in Kensington CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kensington CDP median would spend about 16.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.3% of residents and 83.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Kensington CDP, CT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kensington CDP is a mid-size town in Connecticut, with 9,936 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #36 of 215 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 49 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Kensington CDP earn a median of $105,000 a year, 33.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $96,484 median for the 159 Connecticut cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kensington CDP is valued at $304,400, essentially level with the national figure and 12% below the $344,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,418 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $17,016 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 83.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Kensington CDP?: Kensington CDP has 9,936 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 215 in Connecticut.
What is the median household income in Kensington CDP?: Median household income in Kensington CDP is $105,000 a year, 33.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kensington CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,418 a month and the median home value is $304,400, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Kensington CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kensington CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kensington CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.