Milford vs Wallingford Center

A side-by-side comparison of Milford and Wallingford Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Milford has the higher population (50,749 vs 18,107 in Wallingford Center). Milford has the higher median household income ($110,126 vs $84,554 in Wallingford Center). Milford has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $292,100 in Wallingford Center).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Wallingford Center
Population	50,749	18,107
Median age	46.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,126	$84,554
Median home value	$377,400	$292,100
Median gross rent	$1,820	$1,243
Housing units	23,021	8,647
Homeownership rate	76.6%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Wallingford Center
Population	52,732 → 50,749 (-3.8%)	18,360 → 18,107 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$91,783 → $110,126 (+20.0%)	$67,143 → $84,554 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$312,500 → $377,400 (+20.8%)	$238,200 → $292,100 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,820 (+15.2%)	$1,049 → $1,243 (+18.5%)

Milford

Population

52,73250,749

Median household income

$91,783$110,126

Median home value

$312,500$377,400

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,820

Wallingford Center

Population

18,36018,107

Median household income

$67,143$84,554

Median home value

$238,200$292,100

Median gross rent

$1,049$1,243

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	Wallingford Center
Under 5	3.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.2%
75 and over	8.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Wallingford Center
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Wallingford Center
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	24.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Wallingford Center
Drove alone	75.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	10.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Wallingford Center
1-unit, detached	69.3%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Wallingford Center
Poverty rate	4.5%	9.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1966	1959