Canterbury, Connecticut.
Typical home $416,697 (+6.1% in a year). Worcester, MA-CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,323 (+153%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $23,846 +6%
- $392,852$416,697 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $119,762 +40%
- $296,935$416,697 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.
- Canterbury$2,187
- 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 Canterbury, CT rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Canterbury, Connecticut
Canterbury is a town in . Half its households earn more than $103,198 a year and half less; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Canterbury is a small town in northeastern Connecticut where most homes are lived in by their owners, and many residents are at or past middle age. Household incomes are higher than in most of the country, and few residents live below the poverty line. Winters are colder than most of the country, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall generously through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, or in the building trades. Fewer adults hold a college degree than the national average, and commutes are longer than the national average, so many people travel beyond town to reach their jobs.
Things to do. Lake Chaubunagungamaug is a lake a longer drive away, and Pachaug State Forest is a protected area a short drive away. The Prudence Crandall House, a museum in or beside town, is a good place to learn about the town's history.
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- 2,132households
- 48.4median age
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 15%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 36° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 60°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hampton weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively 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 Worcester, MA-CT metro.
Canterbury home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Canterbury$416,697
- 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.
- Canterbury14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Canterbury6
Zip codes with a Canterbury address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Canterbury — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.