Connecticut

Home prices in Connecticut and Hartford: median value and trend

Median owner-occupied home value: $396,900 in Connecticut and $247,100 in Hartford (Census ACS 2024). FHFA: Connecticut prices up 4.7% in a year.

Checked on against the official sources listed at the bottom of the page.

In short

The median value of owner-occupied homes is $396,900 in Connecticut and $247,100 in the city of Hartford, against $360,600 nationwide (Census ACS 2024). On the FHFA index, Connecticut prices up 4.7% and Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford prices up 4.4% from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026.

What it costs: median value in 2024

AreaMedian value, 2024Margin of error (90%)
United States$360,600±$618
Connecticut$396,900±$3,745
Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford metro area$367,100±$4,786
Capitol Planning Region$360,400±$5,315
City of Hartford$247,100±$25,220

Source: Census ACS 2024, table B25077; owners’ own estimates, not sale prices.

The Capitol Planning Region stands in for Hartford County. In the 2024 ACS tables, Connecticut is reported by planning region, and the table returns no estimate for Hartford County. The Capitol region includes Hartford and many of its suburbs.

Three points stand out:

  • The Connecticut median is $36,300 above the national median.
  • The city of Hartford sits $149,800 below the state median and $120,000 below the metro-area median. The suburbs pull the metro figure up.
  • The margin of error for the city of Hartford (±$25,220) is very wide, because the sample is small. The true city median is very likely between about $221,900 and $272,300.

How prices have moved: the FHFA index

Area1-year change (Q2 2025 to Q2 2026)5-year change (Q2 2021 to Q2 2026)
United States+2.1%+33.4%
Connecticut+4.7%+49.6%
Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford metro area+4.4%+51.3%

Source: FHFA HPI, purchase-only, Q2 2026 (release of August 25, 2026); changes by Payotte.

Connecticut prices rose more than twice as fast as the national index over the past year, and about half again over five years, against a third for the nation. Hartford sits at a lower price level than the state, but its index has climbed at a similar pace.

A worked example

Take a Hartford-area home worth $250,000 in the second quarter of 2021. Tracking the metro index exactly, it would have been worth about $378,000 in the second quarter of 2026 (+51.3%). A home worth $300,000 in the second quarter of 2025 would have gained about $13,000 over the last year (+4.4%). A single home can differ widely from the index.

How to use these figures when buying

Related: Connecticut closing costs guide, buying a home in Hartford and Connecticut first-time buyer programs.

Method and dataset

ACS median value. ACS 1-Year 2024, table B25077. Geographies: United States (0100000US), Connecticut (0400000US09), Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford metro area (310M700US25540), Capitol Planning Region (0500000US09110), Hartford city (1600000US0937000). Read through the data.census.gov API on October 13, 2026. The definition of value comes from the ACS 2024 Subject Definitions.

FHFA index. FHFA HPI (purchase-only, seasonally adjusted), state series (Connecticut), metro series (Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford, CT, code 25540) and U.S. series. Index values used: Connecticut 304.82 (Q2 2025), 213.38 (Q2 2021) and 319.12 (Q2 2026); Hartford metro 274.57, 189.43 and 286.52; United States 426.58, 326.58 and 435.69.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median home value in Connecticut?

Connecticut’s 2024 ACS median home value is $396,900 (±$3,745), against $360,600 for the nation: owners’ own estimates, not sale prices.

What is the median home value in Hartford?

For the city of Hartford, the 2024 ACS median value is $247,100 (±$25,220). The Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford metro area is at $367,100 and the Capitol Planning Region at $360,400.

Are Connecticut home prices going up or down?

FHFA’s purchase-only index shows Connecticut prices rose 4.7% over the year to Q2 2026, and the Hartford metro area rose 4.4%. Over five years, they rose 49.6% and 51.3%.

How Connecticut compares with the other States

Connecticut ranks 18th of 50 for median home value ($396,900), 10% above the national $360,600.

The States closest in median value are Florida ($396,900) and Virginia ($403,500). The range runs from $170,800 in West Virginia to $875,900 in Hawaii; Connecticut is $57,400 above the middle of that ranking (Wyoming).

On the FHFA index, Connecticut prices rose 4.7% over the year to the second quarter of 2026, which places the State 8th of 50, 2.6 points ahead of the national +2.1%. Over five years the gain is +49.6% (3rd of 50; nation +33.4%).

Connecticut sits in the middle of the pack on at least one of the two measures: 18th for the level, 8th for the one-year change.

Over five years, Connecticut's +49.6% annualises to +8.4% a year (nation +5.9%). The latest year (+4.7%) is 3.7 points under that average, a slower pace than the five-year average.

Hartford, the main city, has a median of $247,100, 39th of the 49 main cities Payotte covers. That is 38% below the Connecticut median, a discount that ranks 46th of 49.

The one-year FHFA change runs from -1.2% in New Mexico to +8.3% in Alaska. Connecticut (+4.7%) is 3.6 points below the top and 5.9 above the bottom; Rhode Island (+4.7%) and Wisconsin (+4.8%) are the nearest to it.

For scale, 20% of the Connecticut median is $79,380, against $72,120 at the national median.

Compare with the other states: Median home price by state.

More Connecticut guides

Sources

Connecticut · All states · Federal guides