Farmington, Connecticut.
Typical home $493,692 (+6.7% in a year), asking rent $2,447 (+2.5%). Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,538 (+146%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $30,941 +7%
- $462,751$493,692 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $159,004 +48%
- $334,689$493,692 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.
- Farmington$2,591
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.
Typical home values in Farmington, CT rose 6.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Farmington, CT rose 2.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Farmington runs $1,647/mo more than renting one — the widest that gap has been in this data.
That is $4,094 a month against $2,447 rent: a $2,591 mortgage payment, plus $974 property tax and $529 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Farmington
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$4,094
- Renting$2,447
- Mortgage only$2,591
Property tax · $974/mo 2.37% of value a year — the ACS 2017-2021 median bill over the median home value for Hartford County, CT
Insurance & upkeep · $529/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Farmington, Connecticut
Farmington is a town in . Half its households earn more than $141,120 a year and half less; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.
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. Farmington is a town in central Connecticut, close to Hartford, and it has a settled, established feel. Most homes are lived in by their owners rather than rented. Most adults hold a degree, and household incomes are high, which gives the town a comfortable, well-off character. Winters are cold and snowy, with a good deal of snow each year, while summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in banks, insurance and property. Professional and business services and manufacturing also employ people here. Commutes are fairly long for many, and a noticeable share of people work from home. Typical home prices are high, and rents are a substantial monthly cost.
Things to do. Hill-Stead Museum is in or beside town, so it is an easy visit for anyone who likes art and historic houses. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, a well-known art museum, is a short drive away in Hartford. The Metacomet Trail, a walking trail, is also a short drive away, and the Farmington River lies a longer drive off.
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- 11,151households
- 43.5median age
- 68%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 22%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 84° and lows near 62°. About 39 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Burlington weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively 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 high. 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.
Farmington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Farmington$493,692
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Farmington listings, and the typical home goes pending in 8 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.
- Farmington19.55%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Farmington8
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Farmington69
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Farmington34
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Farmington$494,018
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Farmington106.16%
Zip codes with a Farmington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Farmington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Farmington
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06032 | Farmington | 19,135 | $2,538 | $495,284 |
| 06085 | Unionville | 7,608 | $1,862 | $484,348 |