Guilford Center vs Northford

A side-by-side comparison of Guilford Center and Northford: population, income, housing, and more.

Guilford Center and Northford are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Northford has the higher population (6,161 vs 2,272 in Guilford Center). Northford has the higher median household income ($104,919 vs $80,000 in Guilford Center). Guilford Center has the higher median home value ($586,500 vs $372,100 in Northford).

Population, income & housing

	Guilford Center	Northford
Population	2,272	6,161
Median age	54.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$104,919
Median home value	$586,500	$372,100
Median gross rent	$1,678	$1,541
Housing units	1,350	2,233
Homeownership rate	60.7%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guilford Center	Northford
Population	2,689 → 2,272 (-15.5%)	6,752 → 6,161 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$89,444 → $80,000 (-10.6%)	$96,818 → $104,919 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$398,900 → $586,500 (+47.0%)	$323,200 → $372,100 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,678 (+36.4%)	$1,354 → $1,541 (+13.8%)

Guilford Center

Population

2,6892,272

Median household income

$89,444$80,000

Median home value

$398,900$586,500

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,678

Northford

Population

6,7526,161

Median household income

$96,818$104,919

Median home value

$323,200$372,100

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guilford Center	Northford
Under 5	2.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.6%
75 and over	16.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guilford Center	Northford
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	90.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guilford Center	Northford
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	19.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guilford Center	Northford
Drove alone	72.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guilford Center	Northford
1-unit, detached	52.3%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guilford Center	Northford
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.6%
Average household size	1.86	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1963	1977