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Town in Connecticut, United StatesWolcott ( WUUL-kət) is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. It is primarily residential, with a population of 16,142 as of the 2020 United States census. The town was settled in the 1730s by English settlers of the Connecticut Colony and was known as Farmingbury. It was renamed as Wolcott after being incorporated in 1796, following the United States' gaining independence. Some early records spell it as Wolcutt.
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Housing in Wolcott
The typical Wolcott home is worth about $394,000, up 2.7% in a year, 13% below the Connecticut typical home.
Safety in Wolcott
Safety Grade A+
Wolcott reports less crime per resident than 96% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
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The public schools Wolcott’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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