#1Windsor Locks
12,617 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.43% of the median home value
Windsor Locks, #1 on this list · Photo: Elipongo · Public domainConnecticut rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in Connecticut
Windsor Locks has the lowest property-tax bills of Connecticut’s 142 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $3,688 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $6,124.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$3,688
#2Thompson
9,566 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.31% of the median home value
#3Putnam
9,402 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.43% of the median home value
All 142 towns
Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 4 towns here).
142 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
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13 towns with bills of $10,000+
The survey reports a median bill of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so these towns can’t be placed against each other or the list.
- Darien · 22,583 people
- Easton · 7,838 people
- Fairfield · 66,262 people
- Greenwich · 64,801 people
- Monroe · 19,341 people
- New Canaan · 21,208 people
- Redding · 8,847 people
- Ridgefield · 25,373 people
- Trumbull · 38,075 people
- Weston · 10,517 people
- Westport · 28,301 people
- Wilton · 19,435 people
- Woodbridge · 9,160 people
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Connecticut town has the lowest property taxes?
Windsor Locks: homeowners’ median bill is $3,688 a year. Thompson ($3,822) and Putnam ($3,860) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (142 in Connecticut); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. 13 Connecticut towns are listed above at $10,000+. Every town is on the Connecticut page.
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