Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
Typical home $699,005 (+5.3% in a year), asking rent $2,767 . Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,327 (+173%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $34,996 +5%
- $664,009$699,005 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $239,166 +52%
- $459,838$699,005 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.
- Old Saybrook$3,669
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.
Typical home values in Old Saybrook, CT rose 5.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Old Saybrook is a town in . Half its households earn more than $114,333 a year and half less; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Old Saybrook is a coastal town in Connecticut, where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound, with cold winters and warm summers. Its residents are older on average than in most of the country, and most of them own the homes they live in. Incomes are well above the national norm, and few households live below the poverty line, though homes sell and rents run far higher than typical across the country.
Work. Schools, hospitals and social care, professional and business services, shops and manufacturing are the main places residents work. Many adults hold a four-year degree, and a notable share of residents work from home. Commutes are about as long as they are for most Americans.
Things to do. The Florence Griswold Museum is a museum a short drive away, and Gillette Castle State Park is a protected area a short drive away. Hammonasset Beach State Park, also a short drive away, is another protected area. For a longer trip, the Yale University Art Gallery is a museum a longer drive away.
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- 4,672households
- 57.4median age
- 58%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 26%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey.
Weather through the year
Coldest in February, with highs near 39° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 67°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Orient Pt Sp weather station, 13 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.
Old Saybrook home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Old Saybrook$699,005
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Old Saybrook listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Old Saybrook31.96%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Old Saybrook51
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Old Saybrook16
Zip codes with a Old Saybrook address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Old Saybrook — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.