Renting
Data from November 2026
Renting in Connecticut
The typical rent in Connecticut is $1,488 a month (Average 2020–2024). HUD’s fair market rent for 2 bedrooms is about $2,033 (Fiscal year 2027, population-weighted average): paying it without spending more than 30% of income takes $39.10 an hour full time. Here are the figures by size and by place, how many households spend too much, and where to ask for help.
Key numbers in Connecticut
- Typical rent
- $1,488
- per month, Average 2020–2024
- 5% more than the U.S.
- Fair market rent, 2 BR
- $2,033
- HUD, Fiscal year 2027, weighted average
- From $1,560 to $2,399 depending on the place.
- Wage needed
- $39.10
- per hour, 2 bedrooms
- About $81,320 a year to stay under 30% of income.
- Burdened households
- 53%
- spend 30% or more on rent
- Nationwide, 51%.
Fair market rent
What HUD sets by size
HUD publishes a fair market rent every year by area and home size; Section 8 and other programs use it to set what they cover. Here it runs from the cheapest to the most expensive area of Connecticut, with the hourly wage it takes to pay it without going past 30% of income (40 hours a week).
Includes basic utilities. It is neither the lowest nor the highest rent on the market: it is a reference point.
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Studio
Wage: $20.88–$32.13 an hour
Lowest: $1,086 Highest: $1,671
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1 bedroom
Wage: $24.27–$39.83 an hour
Lowest: $1,262 Highest: $2,071
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2 bedrooms
Wage: $30.00–$46.13 an hour
Lowest: $1,560 Highest: $2,399
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3 bedrooms
Wage: $38.58–$55.35 an hour
Lowest: $2,006 Highest: $2,878
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4 bedrooms
Wage: $40.88–$68.71 an hour
Lowest: $2,126 Highest: $3,573
Each bar runs from the cheapest area to the most expensive; all share one scale that starts at zero. Source: Fair Market Rents (HUD) Fiscal year 2027 Fair Market Rents (HUD) (external site)
Rent burden
How many households spend too much
HUD counts rent as a burden when it reaches 30% of income or more. In Connecticut, 53% of renter households are in that position; nationwide, 51% (Average 2020–2024, Census).
Paying too much rent leaves little for food, transportation and savings. If that is you, the agencies below can guide you for free.
53%
of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent.
481,018 renter households in Connecticut
- Spend half or more of their income 27%
- Spend 30% or more, but less than half 25%
- Spend less than 30% 47%
By place
Every place, with its figure
The 2-bedroom fair market rent, the typical rent, the hourly wage it takes and the share of burdened households, in every place in Connecticut. Highest fair market rent first.
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | $2,399 | $2,110 | $46.13 | 53% |
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| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | $2,399 | $1,546 | $46.13 | 59% |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | $2,091 | $1,525 | $40.21 | 54% |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | $1,933 | $1,454 | $37.17 | 50% |
| Capitol Planning Region | $1,933 | $1,411 | $37.17 | 52% |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | $1,902 | $1,365 | $36.58 | 51% |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | $1,745 | $1,330 | $33.56 | 53% |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | $1,568 | $1,155 | $30.15 | 41% |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | $1,560 | $1,193 | $30.00 | 44% |
- Western Connecticut $2,399$46.13
- Greater Bridgeport $2,399$46.13
- South Central Connecticut $2,091$40.21
- Lower Connecticut River Valley $1,933$37.17
- Capitol $1,933$37.17
- Southeastern Connecticut $1,902$36.58
- Naugatuck Valley $1,745$33.56
- Northeastern Connecticut $1,568$30.15
- Northwest Hills $1,560$30.00
Source: Fair Market Rents (HUD) Fiscal year 2027 Fair Market Rents (HUD) (external site) Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates Average 2020–2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (external site)
Your rights as a tenant in Connecticut
What Connecticut law says about deposits, notices and eviction, with the citation for each rule.
See your rights, rule by ruleA summary of state law, not legal advice. Cities may have additional rules.
- How much can they charge for a deposit?
- Up to 2 months of rent
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §47a-21(b)
- Only a court order can remove youConn. Gen. Stat. §§47a-43, 47a-46
Help
Where to ask for help with rent in Connecticut
Free or official help. Demand usually exceeds funding, so waiting lists are common: ask at the agency for your place.
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13 counseling agencies
HUD-approved; 9 serve in Spanish. They counsel renters for free.
See the agencies
Tool
How much rent can you afford?
Enter your income and compare with the fair market rent in your place.
Frequently asked questions
Which place in Connecticut is the most expensive to rent in?
By 2-bedroom fair market rent (Fiscal year 2027), the most expensive is Western Connecticut Planning Region ($2,399, about $46.13 an hour) and the cheapest Northwest Hills Planning Region ($1,560, about $30.00 an hour).
How many households in Connecticut spend too much on rent?
53% of renter households in Connecticut spend 30% or more of their income on rent, and 27% spend half or more (Average 2020–2024, Census). Nationwide, 51%.
What is fair market rent?
A figure HUD publishes every year by area and home size; Section 8 and other programs use it to set what they pay. It is not a market price or a cap on landlords. In Connecticut, for 2 bedrooms in Fiscal year 2027, it runs from $1,560 to $2,399 depending on the place.
Where do I ask for help paying rent in Connecticut?
50 public housing agencies run Section 8 vouchers and public housing in Connecticut; demand usually exceeds funding and waiting lists are common. HUD-approved counseling agencies counsel for free. Your place page shows the nearest ones.