Northford vs Wallingford Center

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

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

Wallingford Center has the higher population (18,107 vs 6,161 in Northford). Northford has the higher median household income ($104,919 vs $84,554 in Wallingford Center). Northford has the higher median home value ($372,100 vs $292,100 in Wallingford Center).

Population, income & housing

	Northford	Wallingford Center
Population	6,161	18,107
Median age	46.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,919	$84,554
Median home value	$372,100	$292,100
Median gross rent	$1,541	$1,243
Housing units	2,233	8,647
Homeownership rate	88.4%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northford	Wallingford Center
Population	6,752 → 6,161 (-8.8%)	18,360 → 18,107 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$96,818 → $104,919 (+8.4%)	$67,143 → $84,554 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $372,100 (+15.1%)	$238,200 → $292,100 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $1,541 (+13.8%)	$1,049 → $1,243 (+18.5%)

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

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)

	Northford	Wallingford Center
Under 5	6.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.2%
75 and over	14.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northford	Wallingford Center
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	71.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northford	Wallingford Center
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	34.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northford	Wallingford Center
Drove alone	80.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northford	Wallingford Center
1-unit, detached	86.0%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Northford	Wallingford Center
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1977	1959