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Wallingford

A town of 44,362 people in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
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Town in Connecticut, United States
1667Established
44,396Population
39.9 sq miArea
151 ftElevation

Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, centrally located between New Haven and Hartford, and Boston and New York City. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region and the New York Metropolitan Area. The population was 44,396 at the 2020 census. The community was named after Wallingford, in England.

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ZIP code06492, 06493, 06494
Area code203
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Housing in Wallingford

$430K▲ 6.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Wallingford home is worth about $430,000, up 6.9% in a year, close to the Connecticut typical home.

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Safety Grade A-

Wallingford reports less crime per resident than 84% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Wallingford 0.6
Connecticut 1.1
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Wallingford 10.6
Connecticut 11.6
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Wallingford’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictWallingford School DistrictSchools17

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