Thomaston, Connecticut.
Typical home $349,168 (+1.2% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,091 (+147%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,007 +1%
- $345,161$349,168 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $97,712 +39%
- $251,457$349,168 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.
- Thomaston$1,833
- 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 Thomaston, CT rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Thomaston, Connecticut
Thomaston, in , had 1,928 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $79,674 a year and half less; 6% of its people live below the poverty line.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Thomaston is a small Connecticut community of the kind where neighbors tend to know one another, set along the Naugatuck River. Winters are cold, with snow through the season, and summers are warm. Precipitation is generous across the year, so green hillsides and full rivers are part of the picture.
Work. Household incomes here run a little above what is typical for the country, and fewer people live below the poverty line than across much of the nation. Homes are priced in the middle range for the region. The typical commute is short, which leaves more of the day for things other than the road.
Things to do. The Naugatuck River runs in or beside town, and Mattatuck State Forest and Black Rock State Park, both protected areas, are close at hand for walking and time outdoors. Humaston Brook State Park is another nearby protected area. For a day out, the Yale University Art Gallery is a museum a longer drive away.
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- 1,022households
- 6%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 39 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Burlington weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
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 Torrington, CT metro.
Thomaston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Thomaston$349,168
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Thomaston 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Thomaston19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Thomaston10
Zip codes with a Thomaston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Thomaston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.