Cornwall, Connecticut.
Typical home $663,386 (+2.3% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,021 (+138%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,141 +2%
- $648,245$663,386 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $116,869 +21%
- $546,518$663,386 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.
- Cornwall$3,482
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Cornwall, CT rose 2.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cornwall, Connecticut
Cornwall, in , had 120 people in the 2020 census.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Cornwall is a very small community in the hills of northwestern Connecticut, with far fewer people than most towns. Winters are cold, with January the chilliest month, and summers are warm without being hot. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year. Homes here are worth more than in much of the country, and most adults hold a four-year degree, while few households live below the poverty line.
Work. Work in a place this small tends to be local and spread out, and many residents likely commute to nearby towns. No large employers are listed for Cornwall itself.
Things to do. Housatonic Meadows State Park is a protected area in or beside town, and Mohawk Mountain Ski Area, also in or beside town, is the place for winter days on the slopes. A short drive away are Kent Falls State Park, another protected area, and Lime Rock Park, a race track.
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- 66%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 58°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Falls Village weather station, 8 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.
Cornwall home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cornwall$663,386
- 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.
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Zip codes with a Cornwall address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cornwall — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Cornwall
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06796 | West Cornwall | 821 | — | $710,910 |
| 06753 | Cornwall | 91 | — | $698,671 |