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Northford, Connecticut.

A community in New Haven County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see New Haven County’s.

Living in Northford, Connecticut

Northford, in , had 6,082 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $105,174 a year and half less; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 6,082 in the 2020 census
Household income $105,174 the median, give or take $23,531
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 2,265households
  • 40%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades10%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Manufacturing10%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey.

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 85° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 85° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mount Carmel weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Northford

  1. Honeywell Fire SafetyFire detection and alarm systems manufacturing506
  2. North Branford School DistrictSchool district351FTE
  3. Frank Capasso and SonsMasonry contractors67
  4. F.J. Dahill CoAsphalt roof shingle installation30

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 603 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsVery high
  2. HurricanesRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively high
  6. Winter weatherRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across its county, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on .