CT metros
Cost of living across major CT metropolitan areas.
What living in CT costs
Across the 4 CT metros we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 105.4 against a national metro median of 95.7 — about 10% pricier than the typical US metro. That ranks CT 42 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
The state is not uniform: Norwich, CT is the cheapest metro at 100.7, while Bridgeport, CT runs 107.0 — a spread of 6% between them.
A typical CT home costs $426,279, or about 4.8× median household income, and typical rent is $2,186/mo.
Taxes in CT
CT levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 2.2% of home value in a typical CT metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 6.4%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford, CT | 103.3 | $400,167 | $1,975 |
| Bridgeport, CT | 107.0 | $689,914 | $2,853 |
| New Haven, CT | 105.4 | $408,096 | $2,186 |
| Norwich, CT | 100.7 | $426,279 | $1,977 |