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Guilford Center, CT

Guilford Center's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

2,272
Residents
$80,000
Median income
$586,500
Median home
$1,955
Median rent (state)
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Sheet CT-GUILFORD-CENTER-CT · Guilford Center, CT 2,272 pop · income 61st pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-HIGH · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 2,272
  • INC-HIGH $80,000
  • COL-PAR 103.6
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UPPER 61st
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lexington
  • HOME-HIGH $586,500
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Lexington, GA (+ $0 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Guilford Center

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Guilford Center on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Guilford Center on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,272.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $80,000. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Guilford Center - the verdict

Nationally, Guilford Center sits in the 61st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

61st
percentile, household income
89th
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Guilford Center, CT

Connecticut's Guilford Center is a small town, with 2,272 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $80,000 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.0%. Home values in Guilford Center run a median of $586,500, and the median resident age is 54.3 years. About 52.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 60.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Connecticut carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Connecticut at 103.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,955 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Connecticut's average monthly utility costs around $345 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 87.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Guilford Center's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Guilford Center, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Guilford Center?

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 2

How far does income reach against housing in Guilford Center?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

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Question 3

Which cities make useful reference points for Guilford Center?

Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Bethlehem (2,275 residents, $107,838 income); Plainfield (2,260 residents, $50,703 income); Salmon Brook (2,229 residents, $77,500 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Montgomery, TX (2,272 residents); Clayton, AL (2,271 residents); Rio Verde, AZ (2,271 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

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Population

2,272 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$80,000 /yr

Above median income · poverty 4.0% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

103.6 (US=100)

High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average

City profile score · Guilford Center, CT

59/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Bachelor's+ share A
52.3%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate B
4.0%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Household income C
$80,000

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Cost of living F
103.6 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Guilford Center profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate, Household income, Cost of living. Bachelor's+ sharePoverty rateHousehold incomeCost of living 59 C
Guilford Center profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.3%
  • Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 4.0%
  • Household income: 59/100 (C) · $80,000
  • Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index

How does Guilford Center compare to other US cities?

Here's how Guilford Center stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 61% higher than other cities
Home value 89% pricier than other cities
Median rent 86% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Guilford Center against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Connecticut only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Connecticut-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Guilford Center near the bottom of Connecticut's cities

Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Guilford Center ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Guilford Center only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#143 of 198
28th percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#49 of 201
76th percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#79 of 204
61st percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#93 of 207
55th percentile in Connecticut
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Connecticut only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

61stIncome percentile
Gauge source note

61st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Guilford Center's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$586,500 11th percentile more affordable than 11% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). This entry sits in this band. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Guilford Center $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Guilford Center's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.3×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,826 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,891 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 7.3×, Guilford Center sits in the pressured band: national rank #14,826 of 15,516 and #10,891 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$80,000 Guilford Center, CT median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Guilford Center, CT Guilford Center, CT's median household income ($80,000) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Guilford Center, CT-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Guilford Center, CT median $80,000/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Guilford Center, CT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Guilford Center, CT.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 52.3%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 4.0%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 60.1%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
2,272
Median Income
$80,000
Median Home Value
$586,500
Median Age
54.3
Poverty Rate
4.0%
Labor force participation
60.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.3%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
72.7%
Carpool
5.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
7.0%
Work from Home
12.4%
Other
2.6%

Based on 1,208 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Connecticut statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $345

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Connecticut at $345 (electricity about $175 , water and sewer about $60 ).

These are Connecticut statewide averages, not a meter reading for Guilford Center. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Connecticut's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.6 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Guilford Center is $1,955/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Connecticut statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 87.6 / 100 (Very High).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Connecticut statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Guilford Center sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Guilford Center compares to similar-size Connecticut cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Guilford Center (this city) 2,272 $80,000
Bethlehem 2,275 $107,838
Plainfield 2,260 $50,703
Salmon Brook 2,229 $77,500
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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