New Fairfield, Connecticut.
Typical home $604,687 (+9.5% in a year). Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,907 (+151%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $52,361 +9%
- $552,326$604,687 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $159,344 +36%
- $445,343$604,687 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.
- New Fairfield$3,174
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in New Fairfield, CT rose 9.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in New Fairfield, Connecticut
New Fairfield is a town in . Half its households earn more than $137,647 a year and half less; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. New Fairfield is a town in western Connecticut, set among hills, woods and lakes. Its residents tend toward middle age, and most homes are lived in by the people who own them. Household incomes are high, few residents live below the poverty line, and home prices sit well above what is typical across the country. Winters are colder and snowier than in much of the country, and summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services. Shops, the building trades and other local employers also provide work. Many adults hold a four-year degree, more than in much of the country. Commutes are long by most standards, though some residents work from home.
Things to do. Candlewood Lake lies in or beside town and is one of the best known lakes in the area, good for boating and time on the water. Pootatuck State Forest, also in or beside town, offers woodland trails for walking. Thunder Ridge Ski Area is a short drive away and is a common choice for skiing when the snow comes.
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- 4,562households
- 42.9median age
- 48%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 42 mintypical commute
- 18%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 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 49 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Danbury weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro.
New Fairfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- New Fairfield$604,687
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 New Fairfield listings, and the typical home goes pending in 17 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- New Fairfield26.21%
- 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.
- New Fairfield53
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- New Fairfield18
Zip codes with a New Fairfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls New Fairfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.