Clinton, Connecticut.
Typical home $468,186 (+6.0% in a year), asking rent $2,467 . Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,487 (+153%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $26,308 +6%
- $441,878$468,186 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $139,749 +43%
- $328,436$468,186 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.
- Clinton$2,457
- 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 Clinton, CT rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Clinton, Connecticut
Clinton, in , had 3,441 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $102,750 a year and half less; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 64% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Clinton is a small shoreline community on Connecticut's coast, with incomes above what is typical across much of the country and most homes lived in by their owners. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and typical home values and rents run on the high side. Winters are cold, with February the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in Clinton are Connecticut Water and the Town of Clinton itself, which runs the ambulance and fire service and the police department. The typical commute is a moderate one, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Hammonasset Beach State Park, a protected shoreline area, lies in or beside town, as does the Hammonasset River. A short drive away is Chatfield Hollow State Park, another protected area for time outdoors. For museums, the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven is a longer drive away.
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- 1,553households
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey.
Weather through the year
Coldest in February, with highs near 39° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 67°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Orient Pt Sp weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Clinton
- Connecticut WaterWater treatment and distribution247
- Town of ClintonPolice departments35
- Ocean State Job Lot CT1306All other general merchandise retailers28
- Town of ClintonCity and town managers' offices26
- ClintonMail and parcel delivery23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 359 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 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 Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT metro.
Clinton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Clinton$468,186
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Clinton listings, and the typical home goes pending in 11 days — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Clinton26.31%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Clinton44
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Clinton20
Zip codes with a Clinton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Clinton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.