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Branford Center, CT

6,130 Population
1.9 square miles 3,282.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,046 ±$7,503 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $48,264 ±$833
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$70,391 ±$11,297 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $86,266 ±$1,735
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

14.7% ±9.1% (896  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.6% 63,456 (±0.6% / ±3,263)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

26.9 minutes ±6.6 (77,545  ±25,370) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 23.7 5,828,860 (±0.3 / ±98,795)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

3,261 ±328 Number of households
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 227,739 ±1,079
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
1.9 ±0.1 (6,119  ±774) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 2.4 546,690 (±0 / ±139)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

6.9% ±6.3% (80  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 3.6% † 4,839 (±0.4% / ±501)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

3,344 ±342 Number of housing units
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 247,217 ±141
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$291,500 ±$33,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $328,300 ±$4,087
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

9.8% ±4% (593  ±254.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.9% 66,965 (±0.6% / ±3,431.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

96.7% ±7.2% (4,870  ±598.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 91.7% 363,848 (±1.2% / ±4,727.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
39.7% ±5.5% (1,997  ±338.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 41.1% 163,023 (±0.8% / ±2,986.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.3% ±3.6% (509  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 13.4% 75,895
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

7.6% ±3.3% (404  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.6% 20,951 (±0.2% / ±1,035)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
404 Total veterans ±179 367 Male ±169 37 Female ±43

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