Washington, Connecticut.
Typical home $1,060,664 (+4.6% in a year). Torrington, CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$3,523 (+172%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $46,517 +5%
- $1,014,147$1,060,664 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $260,852 +33%
- $799,812$1,060,664 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.
- Washington$5,567
- Connecticut$2,348
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Washington, CT rose 4.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Washington, Connecticut
Washington is a town in . Half its households earn more than $101,549 a year and half less; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Washington is a town in the hills of northwestern Connecticut, in Litchfield County. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and home values are high by most standards. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain or melted snow falls through the year. Household incomes are high, and few residents live below the poverty line.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services. Others work in other services, or in farming, forestry and mining. Commutes are generally short, and a noticeable share of people work from home. Most adults have a four-year degree or more.
Things to do. Lake Waramaug, a lake a short drive away, is a good place for a quiet afternoon by the water. Mount Tom State Park, a protected area also a short drive away, offers walks and views of the countryside. For something livelier, Lime Rock Park, a race track a longer drive away, hosts motor racing.
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- 1,399households
- 54%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 20%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 36° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 49 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Danbury weather station, 19 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.
Washington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Washington$1,060,664
- Connecticut$447,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Washington 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.
- Washington19.15%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Washington21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Washington6
Zip codes with a Washington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Washington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Washington
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06794 | Washington Depot | 1,282 | — | $890,077 |
| 06793 | Washington | 1,031 | — | $1,223,251 |