Name: Branford Center, CT statistics
Creator: Citytistics

Moving to Branford Center

South Central Connecticut Planning Region loses about 4.2 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in20,174

Moved out22,074

Net−1,900

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT2,3262,715−389

Capitol Planning Region, CT1,7192,229−510

Greater Bridgeport Planning Regio, CT2,2481,273+975

Lower Connecticut River Valley Pl, CT1,1001,574−474

Western Connecticut Planning Regi, CT1,072720+352

Kings County, NY506365+141

Bronx County, NY709

New York County, NY571

Within Connecticut, other states or abroad

Arrivals

44%55%

Leavers

41%57%

Within ConnecticutOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$75K

Leavers$83K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of South Central Connecticut Planning Region; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here: 4.9% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.8% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves: Households moving into South Central Connecticut Planning Region report $74,700 a year in income on average; those leaving, $82,900, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need: $58,400 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy: Median rent is $1,459 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,384 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $330,600.
Getting to work: 26 minutes each way on average; 10.5% work from home; 3.0% take transit.
If it is close but not quite: Milford, OH matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two

Moved here in the past year1
4.9%
14% below the median place
Income of households moving out6
$82,911
18% above the median place
Moved from another state1
2.8%
42% above the median place

All 5 moving measures

Measure	Branford Center	Vs median
Moved here in the past year1	4.9%	14% below
Moved from another state1County figure	2.8%	42% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure	-4.2	below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure	$74,725	6% above
Income of households moving out6County figure	$82,911	18% above

What it costs to live here

Owning with a mortgage costs about $925 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 83% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track.

Branford Center23.6%

Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent

$58,360

a year, at the 30% line

Rent to income

23.6%

16% above the median place

Home price to income

4.5x

17% above the median place

Could you afford it?

Your household income, before tax

The median rent would take

24%

comfortably under the 30% line

Left after rent, in US prices

$56,200

a year

Vs the typical household here

Same

as the median household

Uses the median rent in Branford Center, $1,459 a month, and local prices for everything else (100.5 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Branford Center, but easier on the budget

Places that match Branford Center on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

Place	Match	Rent to income	More left a year
Milford, OH	96	14.5% vs 23.6%	$12,500	Compare
Wildwood, NJ	87	15.9% vs 23.6%	$7,600	Compare
Barrington, NJ	86	18.1% vs 23.6%	$14,800	Compare
Sharonville, OH	86	18.8% vs 23.6%	$6,100	Compare

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Homeownership1
41.3%
38% below the median place
Property tax rate1
1.7%
91% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$5,742
76% above the median place

All 15 cost and housing measures

Measure	Branford Center	Vs median
Median gross rent1	$1,459	7% above
Rent to income1	23.6%	16% above
Property tax rate1	1.7%	91% above
Home price to income1	4.5x	17% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure	104.6	4% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure	$2,091	29% above
Property tax paid (median)1	$5,742	76% above
Median home value1	$330,600	4% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure	6.3%	98% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure	60.9%	18% above
Homeownership1	41.3%	38% below
Renters paying 30%+1	43.9%	13% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1	$2,384	27% above
Vacant homes1County figure	7.1%	0% above
Median year built1	1967	1% below

Work and pay

OpenStreetMap shows 3.2 bus and rail stops per square mile, more than in 85% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.

Income per person1
$57,839
44% above the median place
Unemployment1
4.4%
11% below the median place
Works from home1
10.5%
16% below the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Poverty rate12.7% +18%

Mean commute26 min +6%

Median household income$74,150 −8%

All 10 work and pay measures

Measure	Branford Center	Vs median
Median household income1	$74,150	8% below
Income per person1	$57,839	44% above
Unemployment1	4.4%	11% below
Average annual pay5County figure	$80,015	21% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure	6.0%	62% above
Jobs5County figure	278,572	85% above
Poverty rate1	12.7%	18% above
Mean commute1	26 min	6% above
Works from home1	10.5%	16% below
Commutes by transit1County figure	3.0%	249% above

Who lives here

The median resident is 47.8 years old, older than in 87% of the 2,479 places under 10,000 people we track.

Household size1
1.9
24% below the median place
Median age1
47.8
23% above the median place
High school or higher1
96.9%
5% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Homes with broadband86.3% −6%

Bachelor's or higher44.5% +39%

Born abroad12.1% +36%

No health insurance6.0% −6%

All 8 people measures

Measure	Branford Center	Vs median
Population1	6,305	5768th largest
Median age1	47.8	23% above
Bachelor's or higher1	44.5%	39% above
High school or higher1	96.9%	5% above
Household size1	1.9	24% below
Born abroad1	12.1%	36% above
No health insurance1	6.0%	6% below
Homes with broadband1	86.3%	6% below

Life in Branford Center

The nearest National Park Service site is Weir Farm National Historical Park, about 33 miles away.

Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents14.3 +40%

Playgrounds per 10k11.1 +18%

Grocery stores per 10k3.2 +50%

Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k12.7 +14%

Libraries per 10k1.6 +83%

Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%

Bus and rail stops per sq mi3.2 15.3×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

Weir Farm National Historical Park 33 miles
Fire Island National Seashore 41 miles
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site 45 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars25.1 +21%

Shops32.6 +8%

Arts, recreation and fitness4.8 +17%

Doctors' offices and clinics23.9 +18%

Child care centers2.7 +17%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site9
33.3
8% above the median place
Public schools10
150
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students10
72,909
above the median place (median 4,897)

All 17 schools and local life measures

Measure	Branford Center	Vs median
Public schools10County figure	150	above (median 9)
Public school students10County figure	72,909	above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher10County figure	12.3	20% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure	25.1	21% above
Shops per 10k7County figure	32.6	8% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure	4.8	17% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure	23.9	18% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure	2.7	17% above
Parks per 10k8	14.3	40% above
Playgrounds per 10k8	11.1	18% above
Grocery stores per 10k8	3.2	50% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k8	12.7	14% above
Libraries per 10k8	1.6	83% above
Named paths and bike trails8	0.0	below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi8	3.2	above (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site9	33.3	8% above
National Park Service sites within 60 miles9	4	100% above

Safety, weather and risk

Hurricane risk is 97.0, 37% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Branford Center. Larger places are fetched first.

Hurricane risk11
97.0
37% above the median place
Wildfire risk11
41.2
33% below the median place
Natural hazard risk11
95.1
3% above the median place

All 7 weather and risk measures

Measure	Branford Center	Vs median
Natural hazard risk11County figure	95.1	3% above
Hurricane risk11County figure	97.0	37% above
Tornado risk11County figure	78.0	4% below
Wildfire risk11County figure	41.2	33% below
Heat wave risk11County figure	85.4	5% below
Median air quality index12Metro figure	43	0% above
Good air days12Metro figure	67.1%	2% below

How it is changing

Compared with the 25 places most like it in size, age, education, housing and region (such as Newport East, RI, Milford, OH and Nassau Bay, TX), home value growth here is lower: 5.1% a year against a typical 7.8% a year.

Five-year survey estimates, one point per release. Between the 2019 and 2024 releases, which share no survey years, the median rent went from 23.0% to 23.6% of the median income.

Median gross rent

Up 13.9% from 2019 to 2024.

Median household income

Up 11.1% from 2019 to 2024.

Median home value

Up 28.5% from 2019 to 2024.

Citytistics measures

Paycheck stretch

$56,300

left a year after rent, in US prices. Better than 30% of places

Pay vs rent

-0.5 pts

a year, rent outrunning pay. Better than 45% of places

Family fit

of 100 on cost, space and class size

Affordability trend

+0.6 pts

rent share of income, 2019 to 2024 (23.0% to 23.6%)

Rent vs fundamentals Experimental

+10%

against places with the same traits in this market

Growth

n/a

Population figure is the county's

Measures only Citytistics publishes, built from the figures on this page. Scores of 100 beat every place we track. Formulas

Branford Center in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 24% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 24% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Branford Center does better than 31% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 9%.

Measure	Latest	2030 projection	Likely range	Avg. per year
Median rent	$1,459/mo (2024)	$1,850/mo	$1,520 to $2,250/mo	+4.0%
Median household income	$74,150 (2024)	$92,500	$78,500 to $109,500	+3.8%
Median home value	$330,600 (2024)	$459,000	$333,000 to $632,000	+5.6%

The median home would be worth 4.9 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.5 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

Places like Branford Center

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

Place	Rent	Income
Lake Geneva, WI	$1,389	$75,629	Compare
Niles, IL	$1,336	$75,274	Compare
Smithville, NJ	$1,507	$77,579	Compare
Etowah, NC	$1,413	$72,596	Compare

Nearby

Compare Branford Center with

Places built like Branford Center

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Branford Center performs against places like it.

Place	Rent to income	Income growth	Pop. change
Branford Center, CT	23.6%	2.1%/yr	n/a
Newport East, RI	25.3%	5.1%/yr	n/a	Compare
Milford, OH	14.5%	8.7%/yr	-2.2%	Compare
Nassau Bay, TX	22.3%	-4.4%/yr	-2.6%	Compare
Brevard, NC	21.7%	5.1%/yr	4.7%	Compare
Pawcatuck, CT	17.3%	6.7%/yr	n/a	Compare
Groton, CT	18.8%	8.5%/yr	8.2%	Compare

Common questions

Is Branford Center a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 47 out of 100, better than 47% of the places we rate and 41st of 65 in Connecticut. On cost, space and class size it scores 3 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Branford Center expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 23.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $330,600.

What salary do you need to live in Branford Center?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $58,360 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Branford Center?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Lake Geneva, WI, Niles, IL, Smithville, NJ and Etowah, NC.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Branford Center with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Branford Center itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/branford-center-connecticut

Citytistics. “Branford Center, Connecticut.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/branford-center-connecticut/

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