Newtown, Connecticut.
Typical home $659,115 (+4.2% in a year), asking rent $3,150 . Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,037 (+143%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $26,786 +4%
- $632,329$659,115 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $172,009 +35%
- $487,106$659,115 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.
- Newtown$3,460
- 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 Newtown, CT rose 4.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Newtown, Connecticut
Newtown is a borough of 1,914 people in . Half its households earn more than $164,821 a year and half less; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 88% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 12% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Newtown is a small Connecticut borough whose residents tend to be older than in much of the country. Incomes run well above what is typical, very few people live below the poverty line, and nearly everyone owns the home they live in. Homes here are valued well above the typical American home, and most adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, summers turn warm in July, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, banks, insurance and property, and shops. Among the largest workplaces in Newtown are Big Y WC, Newtown Operator, an assisted living facility for the elderly, and Claris Construction, a commercial building contractor. The usual trip to work is of moderate length, and a good many people work from home.
Things to do. Rocky Glen State Park is in or beside town, and Collis P. Huntington State Park and Paugussett State Forest are each a short drive away for walks and time outdoors. For museums, the Yale University Art Gallery and the Glass House are a longer drive away.
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- 719households
- 67%of adults have a degree
- 2%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 32%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).
Largest workplaces in Newtown
- Big Y WC93
- Newtown OperatorAssisted living facilities for the elderly92
- Claris ConstructionCommercial building construction general contractors40
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 225 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 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.
Newtown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Newtown$659,115
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Newtown listings, and the typical home goes pending in 24 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.
- Newtown27.18%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Newtown24
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Newtown106
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Newtown39
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Newtown$665,961
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Newtown102.97%
Zip codes with a Newtown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Newtown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Newtown
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06470 | Newtown | 15,593 | — | $683,986 |
| 06482 | Sandy Hook | 12,000 | — | $620,974 |