Ridgebury vs Wilton Center

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

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

Ridgebury has the higher population (1,949 vs 1,730 in Wilton Center). Ridgebury has the higher median household income ($207,721 vs $116,081 in Wilton Center). Ridgebury has the higher median home value ($821,100 vs $493,400 in Wilton Center).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
Population	1,949	1,730
Median age	44.7 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$207,721	$116,081
Median home value	$821,100	$493,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,433
Housing units	735	889
Homeownership rate	88.3%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.0%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
Population	2,219 → 1,949 (-12.2%)	788 → 1,730 (+119.5%)
Median household income	$218,750 → $207,721 (-5.0%)	$67,917 → $116,081 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$823,200 → $821,100 (-0.3%)	$330,900 → $493,400 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,139 → $1,433 (-54.3%)

Ridgebury

Population

2,2191,949

Median household income

$218,750$207,721

Median home value

$823,200$821,100

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)

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
Under 5	2.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	10.5%
18 to 24	1.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	21.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	12.3%
75 and over	2.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	62.9%
Black or African American	6.4%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	10.7%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.2%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
Drove alone	65.3%	57.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.0%
Public transit	9.2%	2.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	35.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
1-unit, detached	97.4%	29.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgebury	Wilton Center
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.97	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	39	21
Median year structure built	1976	1986