Orange vs Wallingford Center

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

Orange 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 14,251 in Orange). Orange has the higher median household income ($145,625 vs $84,554 in Wallingford Center). Orange has the higher median home value ($466,800 vs $292,100 in Wallingford Center).

Population, income & housing

	Orange	Wallingford Center
Population	14,251	18,107
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$145,625	$84,554
Median home value	$466,800	$292,100
Median gross rent	$2,016	$1,243
Housing units	5,388	8,647
Homeownership rate	88.9%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange	Wallingford Center
Population	13,934 → 14,251 (+2.3%)	18,360 → 18,107 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$121,308 → $145,625 (+20.0%)	$67,143 → $84,554 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$389,900 → $466,800 (+19.7%)	$238,200 → $292,100 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,648 → $2,016 (+22.3%)	$1,049 → $1,243 (+18.5%)

Orange

Population

13,93414,251

Median household income

$121,308$145,625

Median home value

$389,900$466,800

Median gross rent

$1,648$2,016

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)

	Orange	Wallingford Center
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.1%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.2%
75 and over	9.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange	Wallingford Center
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	71.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange	Wallingford Center
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	18.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange	Wallingford Center
Drove alone	74.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.5%
Walked	1.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	10.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange	Wallingford Center
1-unit, detached	89.2%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	5.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Orange	Wallingford Center
Poverty rate	3.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1963	1959