Barkhamsted, Connecticut.
Typical home $441,161 (+3.3% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,401 (+153%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,276 +3%
- $426,885$441,161 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $126,996 +40%
- $314,165$441,161 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.
- Barkhamsted$2,316
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Barkhamsted, CT rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Barkhamsted, Connecticut
Barkhamsted is a town in . Half its households earn more than $123,544 a year and half less; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 93% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Barkhamsted is a town in northwestern Connecticut where most homes are lived in by their owners, far more than across the country. Household incomes are well above the national norm, and poverty is uncommon here. Winters are cold and snowy, with more snow than most of the country sees, while summers are warm and the year is quite wet.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, and in manufacturing or the building trades. Banks, insurance and property work also employ people here. Many adults hold a four-year degree, more than across the country, and a good number work from home.
Things to do. The Farmington River is a river a short drive away, good for a quiet afternoon by the water. American Legion State Forest lies in or beside town, and Peoples State Forest is a short drive off for walking among the trees.
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- 1,460households
- 50.2median age
- 54%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 20%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey.
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 60°. About 51 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Barkhamsted weather station, a mile 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.
Barkhamsted home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Barkhamsted$441,161
- 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.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Barkhamsted10
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Barkhamsted7
Zip codes with a Barkhamsted address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Barkhamsted — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.