Milford, Connecticut

Milford population, 2020 to 2024

Milford added 593 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +338. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Milford is 92% of it.

Milford covers 21.91 square miles of land and 3.23 of water, for 2,328 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Milford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Milford is in

All of Milford's residents live in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, which had 576,718 residents in 2024. Milford holds 8.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milford

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Milford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 06460, 06461. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Milford is

The Census internal point of Milford is at 41.223600, -73.064600. Hartford, the capital, is 42.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Haven, CT (55,379 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bridgeport, CT, 7.3 miles away.

Daylight in Milford

At 41.22° N, Milford gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodmont, 3.6 miles away, with 2,392 people.