East Hampton, Connecticut.
Typical home $435,367 (+6.1% in a year). Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,358 (+147%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $25,039 +6%
- $410,328$435,367 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $127,337 +41%
- $308,030$435,367 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.
- East Hampton$2,285
- 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 East Hampton, CT rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in East Hampton, Connecticut
East Hampton, in , had 2,960 people in the 2020 census. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. East Hampton is a small Connecticut community where most households own the home they live in, and far fewer people live below the poverty line than is typical across the country. Many adults hold a four-year degree, and homes here are valued well above what is typical nationally. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm summer days, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in manufacturing, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. The typical commute is a moderate one, and some people work from home. Most of the jobs people hold are found beyond the town's own borders.
Things to do. Close to home, Day Pond State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and the Salmon River is also a short drive from town. For a day out, Gillette Castle State Park is a longer drive away, as is the Mark Twain House, a museum devoted to the writer.
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- 1,282households
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 8%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 37° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 66°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hartford Brainard Field weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
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.
East Hampton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- East Hampton$435,367
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 East Hampton listings — 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.
- East Hampton24.12%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- East Hampton40
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- East Hampton21
Zip codes with a East Hampton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls East Hampton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.