Bethlehem, Connecticut.
Typical home $519,269 (+2.2% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,701 (+166%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,046 +2%
- $508,223$519,269 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $150,336 +41%
- $368,933$519,269 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.
- Bethlehem$2,726
- 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 Bethlehem, CT rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bethlehem, Connecticut
Bethlehem is a town in . Half its households earn more than $108,929 a year and half less; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. The most residents work in schools and health care, then other services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bethlehem is a small town in Connecticut where winters are colder than in most of the country and bring a good deal of snow. Summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year. Homes here are costly, well above what most of the country pays, and many neighbors know one another well.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in other services. Shops and professional and business services also employ a large share of people here. A good number of adults hold a four-year degree, and fewer people than in most places work from home.
Things to do. Yale University Art Gallery is a museum a longer drive away, so it suits a planned day trip. Mattatuck State Forest is a protected area a short drive away, good for quiet walks among the trees. The Naugatuck River, also a short drive away, is a pleasant place to sit by the water.
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- 1,448households
- 39%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 14%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 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, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
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 moderate. 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.
Bethlehem home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bethlehem$519,269
- 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.
- Bethlehem14
Zip codes with a Bethlehem address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bethlehem — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.