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A town of 7,208 people in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut
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Town in Connecticut, United States
1699Established
7,152Population
23.8 sq miArea
171 ftElevation

Durham ( DURR-əm) is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Durham is a former farming village on the Coginchaug River in central Connecticut. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 7,152 at the 2020 census. Every autumn, the town hosts the Durham Fair, the largest volunteer agricultural fair in New England. The Durham town center is listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The core of the town center has also been listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.

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ZIP code06422
Area code860
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Housing in Durham

$512K▲ 4.3% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Durham home is worth about $512,000, up 4.3% in a year, 13% above the Connecticut typical home.

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School Grade B+

The public schools Durham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 67% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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