South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
- Census data · ACS 2019-2023
- 576,718 (2024 estimate)Population
- 227,739Households
- $86,266Median household income
- $328,300Median home value
- 24Towns with a page
South Central Connecticut Planning Region in numbersOfficial sources, refreshed yearly
Median household income $86,266 · Share of households by income, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table S1901.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year subject table S1901 (household income) 2019–2023, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
- Owner occupied
- 137,908 units
- Renter occupied
- 89,831 units
- Vacancy rate
- 7.9%
Occupied housing units by tenure and the share of all units vacant, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table DP04.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
263,675 employees in 13,779 establishments with payroll in 2023, all sectors; employers themselves are not named in the source. County Business Patterns counts are published with noise.
Source: County Business Patterns 2023: employment by sector, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
| Measure | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 566,803 | 3,598,348 |
| Median household income | $86,266 | $93,760 |
| Median age | 40.2 | 41.2 |
| Median home value | $328,300 | $343,200 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 41.1% | 41.9% |
| Foreign-born residents | 13.4% | 15.4% |
| Owner-occupied homes | 60.6% | 66.2% |
| Mean commute to work | 23.7 minutes | 26.6 minutes |
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
Townships, towns and villages in South Central Connecticut Planning Region24 with a page · sort by any column
| Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | City | 137,562 | 18.7 sq mi |
| Hamden Town | Town | 61,510 | 32.7 sq mi |
| Meriden | City | 60,849 | 23.7 sq mi |
| West Haven | City | 55,379 | 10.8 sq mi |
| Wallingford Town | Town | 44,389 | 39.2 sq mi |
| Branford Town | Town | 28,448 | 21.8 sq mi |
| East Haven Town | Town | 27,953 | 12.3 sq mi |
| East Haven | Census designated place | 27,729 | 12.3 sq mi |
| North Haven Town | Town | 24,844 | 20.8 sq mi |
| North Haven | Census designated place | 24,177 | 20.8 sq mi |
| Guilford Town | Town | 22,264 | 47.1 sq mi |
| Wallingford Center | Census designated place | 18,107 | 7.26 sq mi |
| Madison Town | Town | 17,688 | 36.1 sq mi |
| Orange Town | Town | 14,431 | 17.2 sq mi |
| Orange | Census designated place | 14,251 | 17.2 sq mi |
| North Branford Town | Town | 13,551 | 24.8 sq mi |
| Woodbridge Town | Town | 9,130 | 18.8 sq mi |
| Northford | Census designated place | 6,161 | 7.99 sq mi |
| Branford Center | Census designated place | 6,130 | 1.87 sq mi |
| Bethany Town | Town | 5,324 | 21.1 sq mi |
| Quinnipiac University | Census designated place | 3,821 | 0.39 sq mi |
| Woodmont | Borough | 2,392 | 0.27 sq mi |
| Guilford Center | Census designated place | 2,272 | 2.18 sq mi |
| Madison Center | Census designated place | 1,818 | 2.04 sq mi |
Populations: Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 09 (2024). Land areas: Census Gazetteer 2025: counties. A dash means the figure is not in the cited file.
County officialsFrom public records
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Neighboring counties
Neighboring counties
- Capitol Planning RegionPopulation 991,508 (2024 estimate)
- Greater Bridgeport Planning RegionPopulation 335,666 (2024 estimate)
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning RegionPopulation 177,540 (2024 estimate)
- Naugatuck Valley Planning RegionPopulation 462,220 (2024 estimate)
- Suffolk CountyPopulation 1,535,909 (2024 estimate)
Sources: Census county adjacency file 2024, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026.