Darien Downtown vs Wilton Center

A side-by-side comparison of Darien Downtown and Wilton Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilton Center has the higher population (1,730 vs 1,329 in Darien Downtown). Darien Downtown has the higher median household income ($166,111 vs $116,081 in Wilton Center). Darien Downtown has the higher median home value ($908,200 vs $493,400 in Wilton Center).

Population, income & housing

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
Population	1,329	1,730
Median age	44.7 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$166,111	$116,081
Median home value	$908,200	$493,400
Median gross rent	$2,605	$1,433
Housing units	675	889
Homeownership rate	70.6%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
Population	1,223 → 1,329 (+8.7%)	788 → 1,730 (+119.5%)
Median household income	$136,765 → $166,111 (+21.5%)	$67,917 → $116,081 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$770,400 → $908,200 (+17.9%)	$330,900 → $493,400 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $2,605 (+81.4%)	$3,139 → $1,433 (-54.3%)

Darien Downtown

Population

1,2231,329

Median household income

$136,765$166,111

Median home value

$770,400$908,200

Median gross rent

$1,436$2,605

Wilton Center

Population

7881,730

Median household income

$67,917$116,081

Median home value

$330,900$493,400

Median gross rent

$3,139$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
Under 5	4.7%	0.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	2.9%	21.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.3%
75 and over	22.8%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	62.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	5.0%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	41.2%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	39.4%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
Drove alone	36.4%	57.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	20.0%	2.0%
Walked	5.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	35.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
1-unit, detached	54.7%	29.2%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	18.8%	27.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien Downtown	Wilton Center
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.15	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1978	1986