Sharon, Connecticut.
Typical home $683,821 (+2.8% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,312 (+181%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,411 +3%
- $665,410$683,821 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $195,774 +40%
- $488,047$683,821 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.
- Sharon$3,589
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Sharon, CT rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sharon, Connecticut
Sharon, in , had 662 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sharon is a very small town in the northwest corner of Connecticut, where neighbors are likely to know one another. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up over the year to a fair amount of precipitation. Homes here are valued well above what is typical for the country as a whole, and none of the town's residents fall below the poverty line.
Work. Sharon is a small community, and it is not likely to be a place with many large workplaces within its own borders. Many residents would look to nearby towns and the wider region for jobs, while others may work from home or in small local trades.
Things to do. Lime Rock Park, a race track, is a short drive away. For time outdoors, Kent Falls State Park and Macedonia Brook State Park are both protected areas a short drive from town. The Norman Rockwell Museum is a longer drive, and it makes a good outing for a full day.
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- 0%below the poverty line
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, 7 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.
Sharon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sharon$683,821
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Sharon 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.
- Sharon16.21%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sharon25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Sharon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sharon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.