Norfolk, Connecticut.
Typical home $492,953 (+8.4% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,630 (+170%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $38,095 +8%
- $454,858$492,953 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $134,802 +38%
- $358,151$492,953 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.
- Norfolk$2,587
- 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 Norfolk, CT rose 8.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Norfolk, Connecticut
Norfolk, in , had 551 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Norfolk is a very small community in northwestern Connecticut, with far fewer residents than most towns people think of when they picture New England. Homes here cost more than the typical American home, and fewer people live below the poverty line than across the country as a whole. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild and pleasant by comparison, with July the warmest.
Work. The facts on hand do not name the town's main employers, so little can be said here about where residents work. In a community this small, many people likely commute to jobs in nearby towns or work close to home.
Things to do. Infinity Hall, a theatre in or beside town, is the nearest draw for an evening out, and Beckley Bog, a protected natural area, sits right alongside it. A short drive away are Dennis Hill State Park and Campbell Falls State Park Reserve, both protected areas good for walking and fresh air. For a longer outing, the Norman Rockwell Museum is a longer drive away.
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- 273households
- 8%below the poverty line
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 60°. About 75 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Norfolk Southwest weather station, 2 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.
Norfolk home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Norfolk$492,953
- 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.
- Norfolk16
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Norfolk address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Norfolk — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.