Bantam, Connecticut.
Typical home $385,256 (+0.5% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,247 (+161%) since Feb 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,882 +0%
- $383,374$385,256 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $99,525 +35%
- $285,731$385,256 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bantam$2,022
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Bantam, CT rose 0.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bantam, Connecticut
Bantam is a borough of 720 people in . 49% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 51% are rented.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bantam is a very small borough in Connecticut, home to a small community where residents are likely to know one another. Homes here are split about evenly between owners and renters, and a typical home costs less than in many parts of the state. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm and July is the warmest.
Work. Many residents make a fairly long drive to work, longer than a quick trip across town, and a good number work from home. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many communities, and a share of households live below the poverty line.
Things to do. Bantam Lake lies in or beside town, and Mount Tom State Park, a protected area, is just as close. A short drive away are the Naugatuck River and Lake Waramaug, a lake that makes for a pleasant outing. For a longer trip, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is a longer drive away.
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- 426households
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°. About 59 inches of snow and 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bakersville weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across its planning region, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on and the Torrington, CT metro.
Bantam home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bantam$385,256
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Bantam address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bantam — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.