Wallingford Center is a city of 18,208 people in Connecticut. Few US cities rank higher on income. Density works out to 2,509 people per square mile. People stay put here: 82% were in the same home a year ago. Poverty is uncommon here, at 7.1% of locals. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $319,200.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $89,959, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.6
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Wallingford Center
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$376,571 → $319,200(−15%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share5.0% → 22.8%(+17.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share93.4% → 69.2%(−24.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Its weight in South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Wallingford Center's population equals 3.2% of South Central Connecticut Planning Region's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.7% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 2.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.1%(236)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)7.8%(73)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.1%(292)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.3%(22)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 939 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Wallingford Center, decade by decade
Wallingford Center population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
17,827
$87,763
$376,571
18.3%
15.7
2000
17,509
$83,481
$260,679
22.4%
28.8
2010
18,209
$81,555
$362,088
25.5%
43.9
2020
18,278
$87,981
$300,707
28.9%
54.9
2024
18,208
$89,959
$319,200
35.8%
58.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
