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Wallingford Center, 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 Wallingford Center, Connecticut

Wallingford Center, in , had 18,278 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $89,959 a year and half less; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 18,278 in the 2020 census; median age 39.6
Household income $89,959 the median, give or take $7,961
Homes 60% lived in by their owners; 40% rented
  • 8,199households
  • 36%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 13%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Building trades10%
  • Shops (retail)9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey.

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 19°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 19° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 19°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 19° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Meriden Markham Municipal Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Wallingford Center

  1. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters433
  2. Mosaic CromwellIntellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities353
  3. E-J Electric T&DTransmission & distribution line construction210
  4. Ulbrich Specialty Strip MillCold rolling steel shapes made from purchased steel205
  5. Regency House of WallingfordSkilled nursing facilities180
  6. Super Stop & ShopGrocery stores175
  7. FedExCourier and express delivery services165
  8. Lyman Hall High SchoolHigh schools153

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 39 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,983 people in all. 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 .