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Wallingford Center is a small city of 18,208 people in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It's about 11 miles from New Haven, CT and 23 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 40 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $319k and rent runs about $1k a month.
18,208people
$319kTypical home
$1,336/moRent
84° / 37°Summer / winter
40"Snow
238Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 18,208
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,509 people per sq mi
- 23 mi to Hartford, CT
- 11 mi to New Haven, CT
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $319k (≈$2,013/mo)
- Median rent $1,336/mo
- Median household income $90k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (76 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- 40" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 14 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (200 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,234 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 22% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to HVN airport
- 34 mi to BDL (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 52% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1960
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 144 ft
- 11 mi to the ocean
- 161 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 5 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 75 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,712 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 98 bars within 25 mi
- 523 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 10 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 113 museums within 25 mi
- 45 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Connecticut districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region: D+20 in 2024
- Connecticut: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk