Owning in Connecticut
Data from January 2026
Property tax in Connecticut
The typical owner in Connecticut pays $6,643 a year, about 1.81% of the home’s value (0.94% nationwide). Here are the exemptions and discounts the state publishes, the deadlines to claim them or appeal, and every place’s figure.
Key numbers in Connecticut
- Typical tax
- $6,643
- per year, typical household
- 113% more than the U.S.
- Effective rate
- 1.81%
- tax ÷ value (estimate)
- 93% more than the U.S.
- United States
- 0.94%
- national effective rate
- Exemptions and relief
- 3
- published by the state, with the source
How it works
Where your bill comes from
The local government puts a value on your home, subtracts the exemptions you apply for and applies the rate of each body that taxes it: the county, the city, the school district and others.
- The value assigned to your home
- The exemptions you apply for
- The rates of each taxing body (county, city, schools)
- Your yearly bill
The effective rate on this page is something else: our estimate (typical tax ÷ typical value, from Census data) for comparing places. It is not the rate your local government sets.
By place
Every place, with its figure
What the typical owner pays in each place of Connecticut, with the typical home value and the effective rate. Highest tax first.
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | $9,295 | $652,900 | 1.42% |
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| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | $8,670 | $428,800 | 2.02% |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | $6,759 | $353,100 | 1.91% |
| Capitol Planning Region | $6,454 | $323,700 | 1.99% |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | $6,357 | $379,700 | 1.67% |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | $5,983 | $317,700 | 1.88% |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | $5,593 | $335,600 | 1.67% |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | $5,228 | $323,400 | 1.62% |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | $4,375 | $307,600 | 1.42% |
- Western Connecticut $9,2951.42%
- Greater Bridgeport $8,6702.02%
- South Central Connecticut $6,7591.91%
- Capitol $6,4541.99%
- Lower Connecticut River Valley $6,3571.67%
- Naugatuck Valley $5,9831.88%
- Northwest Hills $5,5931.67%
- Southeastern Connecticut $5,2281.62%
- Northeastern Connecticut $4,3751.42%
Effective rate: typical tax ÷ typical value, our estimate from two Census medians. Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates Average 2020–2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (external site)
Exemptions
Which exemption fits you?
What Connecticut publishes for each case. You have to apply for almost all of them: none is applied on its own.
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If you are an older owner
If you own and live in your home, are 65 or older, and your annual income does not exceed certain limits, you can get a credit on your property tax bill of up to $1,250 if married or $1,000 if single; the amount depends on your income. Your town's assessor calculates the credit and the tax collector applies it to your bill. You apply at the assessor's office between Feb. 1 and May 15.
What the source says· Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 12-170aa, 12-170bb, 12-170cc
“State law provides a property tax credit program for Connecticut owners in residence of real property, who are elderly (65 and over) or totally disabled, and whose annual incomes do not exceed certain limits. The credit amount is calculated by the local assessor and applied by the tax collector to the applicant's real property tax bill. The amount of the credit that may be granted is up to $1,250 for married couples and $1,000 for single persons. Credit amounts are based on a graduated income scale. Application may be made with the Assessor's Office between February 1 and May 15th.”
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) · Verified November 6, 2026
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If you have a disability
If you are totally disabled, own and live in your home, and your income does not exceed certain limits, you qualify for the same Circuit Breaker credit, up to $1,250 (married) or $1,000 (single). You apply at the assessor's office between Feb. 1 and May 15.
What the source says· Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-170aa
“State law provides a property tax credit program for Connecticut owners in residence of real property, who are elderly (65 and over) or totally disabled, and whose annual incomes do not exceed certain limits. … The amount of the credit that may be granted is up to $1,250 for married couples and $1,000 for single persons. … Application may be made with the Assessor's Office between February 1 and May 15th.”
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) · Verified November 6, 2026
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If you are a veteran
If you are an honorably discharged veteran who served at least 90 days in wartime (or a survivor), you have a basic $1,000 exemption; your DD-214 must be recorded in your town's land records before Oct. 1. If your income is within the limits, there is an additional exemption you apply for every two years at the assessor's office between Feb. 1 and Oct. 1. If VA rated you permanently and totally disabled at 100% service-connected, there is another exemption: you apply each year on Form D-2, by Jan. 1, at the assessor's office.
What the source says· Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 12-81(19)–(26), 12-81(83)
“State law provides a basic $1,000 property tax exemption for certain honorably discharged veterans who actively served at least 90 days during war time, or their survivors. State law also provides an additional exemption for veterans and disabled veterans who are eligible for the basic exemption and who can meet certain income limits. The veteran's honorable discharge (DD-214), or a certified copy thereof, must be filed in the land records of the town of residence prior to October 1 in order that the exemption may be granted. For income qualified applicants, an application must be filed biennially with the Assessor's Office of the town of residence between February 1 and October 1st.”
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) · Verified November 6, 2026
Buying or selling
Taxes on the sale
Some states charge a tax or fee when the deed is recorded. What the official source says:
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State real estate conveyance tax, in price brackets
For a home, the State charges 0.75 percent of the first $800,000 of the price, 1.25 percent of the part between $800,000.01 and $2,500,000, and 2.25 percent of the part above $2,500,000. The seller pays it; municipalities also charge their own conveyance tax.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §12-494 · Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) · Verified October 23, 2026
Frequently asked questions
How much is property tax in Connecticut?
The typical owner pays $6,643 a year, about 1.81% of the home’s value, per the Census (Average 2020–2024). Nationwide the effective rate is 0.94%. Your bill depends on your county, city, school district and the exemptions you claim.
Which place in Connecticut pays the most property tax?
By amount, the highest typical tax is in Western Connecticut Planning Region ($9,295) and the lowest in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region ($4,375). By effective rate, the highest is Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (2.02%) and the lowest Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (1.42%).
What is the effective rate?
The typical tax divided by the typical home value in the same place. It is our estimate from two Census medians, not the rate your local government sets; it is for comparing places.