Salisbury, Connecticut.
Typical home $920,613 (+4.8% in a year), asking rent $3,775 . Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$3,019 (+166%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $42,533 +5%
- $878,079$920,613 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $213,470 +30%
- $707,143$920,613 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.
- Salisbury$4,832
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Salisbury, CT rose 4.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Salisbury, Connecticut
Salisbury is a town in . Half its households earn more than $124,256 a year and half less; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Salisbury is a town in the hills of northwest Connecticut, where the land rises and falls and the villages are spread out. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall through much of the year. Residents tend to know one another, and the pace of life is unhurried.
Work. Household incomes here are well above those of most of the country, and very few households live below the poverty line. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and home prices and rents are high by national standards. Most adults hold a college degree, and many residents work from home.
Things to do. Lime Rock Park, a race track, is a short drive away. The Norman Rockwell Museum, a museum, is a longer drive away. Lake Wononscopomuc, a lake, lies in or beside town.
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- 1,557households
- 59%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 28%work from home
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 58°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Falls Village weather station, 4 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.
Salisbury home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Salisbury$920,613
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Salisbury listings — 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.
- Salisbury20.53%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Salisbury30
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Salisbury9
Zip codes with a Salisbury address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Salisbury — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Salisbury
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06068 | Salisbury | 2,034 | — | $918,853 |
| 06039 | Lakeville | 1,918 | $4,250 | $949,955 |