Woodbury CenterCT
A town of 1,606 in Connecticut.
Is Woodbury Center a good place to live?
Among 156 Connecticut towns, just 5 have a lower share of children under 18 than Woodbury Center. Woodbury Center’s concentration of trails is 2.3 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Connecticut’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Orenaug Park, at 86 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Woodbury Center yet; the figures below are still real.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Woodbury Center.
Natural hazards: high risk in Woodbury Center, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts 77% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to hurricanes. Woodbury Center’s risk rating from FEMA works out to 71 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Woodbury Center brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
A July afternoon gets to about 83° and a January night to 17°, and about 47 inches of snow fall in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 13.3% of Woodbury Center
Count the trails in 8 parks and preserves and they come to 4.5 miles. 175 acres of Woodbury Center lie in its parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Orenaug Park | 2.1 mi | 86 |
| 2. Hollow Park | 0.7 mi | 50 |
| 3. Manville Kettle Property | 0.3 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Woodbury Center has 1.1 jobs for every working resident, and 600 people commute in
Most working residents leave Woodbury Center for work: only 4% work in town. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 13%. Jobs based in Woodbury Center grew to 622 in 2024, 88 more than in 2014. Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles.
| Woodbury Center | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 11% | 7.9% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
How healthy Woodbury Center is
Among adults in Woodbury Center, 26% have obesity and 30% sleep under 7 hours. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Woodbury Center is ahead of Connecticut on 15 and behind on 2. In Woodbury Center, 28% of adults feel lonely.
| Woodbury Center | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Woodbury Center | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Woodbury Center sell for about $615K
Among households in Woodbury Center, 50% are owner-occupiers. The median rent here locally is $1,778 a month.
| Woodbury Center | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,778 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Woodbury Center
Yale Bowl and 75 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodbury Center. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
16 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
14 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
38 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
31 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
34 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumPhoto credits
Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Woodbury Center: who provides what
Woodbury Center is unincorporated, so Litchfield County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Woodbury Center
About 8 of every 100 Woodbury Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
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