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Wallingford Center, CT

18,107 Population
7.3 square miles 2,494.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,189 ±$3,968 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $48,264 ±$833
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$84,554 ±$8,151 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $86,266 ±$1,735
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

9% ±2.9% (1,611  ±528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.6% 63,456 (±0.6% / ±3,263)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

25 minutes ±4 (213,590  ±39,241) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 23.7 5,828,860 (±0.3 / ±98,795)
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

8,265 ±521 Number of households
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 227,739 ±1,079
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.1 ±0.2 (17,663  ±1,067) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 2.4 546,690 (±0 / ±139)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

1.6% ±1.3% (65  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 3.6% † 4,839 (±0.4% / ±501)
  • about one-third of the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

8,647 ±527 Number of housing units
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 247,217 ±141
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$292,100 ±$12,105 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

19.1% ±6.3% (3,444  ±1,161.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.9% 66,965 (±0.6% / ±3,431.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

90.3% ±4.3% (12,246  ±919.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 91.7% 363,848 (±1.2% / ±4,727.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
35.2% ±3.9% (4,774  ±592.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 41.1% 163,023 (±0.8% / ±2,986.6)
  • about 80 percent of 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

16% ±4.4% (2,895  ±807) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 13.4% 75,895
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

6.2% ±1.2% (929  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.6% 20,951 (±0.2% / ±1,035)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
929 Total veterans ±191 876 Male ±187 53 Female ±46

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