Sterling, Connecticut.
Typical home $401,252 (+4.4% in a year). Worcester, MA-CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,255 (+147%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,967 +4%
- $384,285$401,252 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $112,665 +39%
- $288,587$401,252 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.
- Sterling$2,106
- 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 Sterling, CT rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sterling, Connecticut
Sterling is a town in . Half its households earn more than $102,695 a year and half less; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sterling is a town in northeastern Connecticut, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes are high, and fewer residents live below the poverty line than across most of the country. Winters are snowy and cold, summers are warm, and the town gets a good deal of rain over the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in manufacturing and the building trades, with shops also employing a share of people. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than the national share, and many people make a longer drive to work than the average American does. Only a small share of residents work from home.
Things to do. Pachaug State Forest, a protected area a short drive away, is a good place for walks among the trees. The Five Mile River, also a short drive off, suits anyone who enjoys sitting by moving water. Old Furnace State Park, another protected area nearby, offers a quieter outing close to town.
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- 1,225households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 35 mintypical commute
- 12%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 35° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 61°. About 62 inches of snow and 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the North Foster East weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively 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 Worcester, MA-CT metro.
Sterling home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sterling$401,252
- 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.
- Sterling7
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Sterling address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sterling — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.