How much is the conveyance tax on a typical Bolton home sale?

On Bolton's median single-family or condominium sale of $376,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,760: $2,820 to the state and $940 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Bolton, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Bolton was $376,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $326,250 and $478,750.

Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Bolton?

In most Connecticut residential sales the seller pays both the state and the municipal conveyance tax, unless an exemption, a special rule or a contract term says otherwise.

Bolton CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $376,000
Conveyance tax at the median: $3,760
Home sales, 2024–25: 55

What Bolton charges

Bolton charges the base municipal conveyance tax of 0.25% of the sale price, the rate most Connecticut towns charge.

The state adds its own tax on top. For a home or condominium it is 0.75% of the first $800,000 of the price, 1.25% of the portion from $800,000 to $2,500,000, and 2.25% of anything above that — see how the brackets work. In most Connecticut residential sales the seller pays both, unless an exemption or a contract term says otherwise; see who pays the conveyance tax.

On Bolton’s median home sale of $376,000, that is $2,820 to the state and $940 to the town, or $3,760 in all.

Home sale prices in Bolton

55 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Bolton between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $376,000, and the middle half of sales fell between $326,250 and $478,750.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	55	$376,000
Condominium	0	Too few

The median moved from $250,000 in the 2015 list year to $376,000 in 2024, a change of +50 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Bolton, by list year (a list year runs October to September). Arm’s-length sales only. A break in the line is a year the town reported no sales to the state, usually its revaluation year. Source: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management sales data.

1 of the 2024–25 sales were priced above $800,000, where the state rate on the portion above rises to 1.25%.

Conveyance tax paid in Bolton

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Bolton’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $230,872 in conveyance tax: $173,160 to the state and $57,712 to the town. That ranks 138 of the state’s 169 towns. The town-by-town study has every town and how the estimate is built.

Nearby towns

Town	Municipal rate	Median sale	Tax at median
Andover	0.25%	$363,250	$3,633
Coventry	0.25%	$350,000	$3,500
Glastonbury	0.25%	$552,170	$5,522
Hebron	0.25%	$458,125	$4,581
Manchester	0.25%	$305,000	$3,050
Vernon	0.25%	$302,700	$3,027

Bolton in dark green, the towns next to it in light green. Every town on the map opens its own page. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file, public domain.

Common questions

What is the conveyance tax in Bolton, CT?: Bolton charges the base municipal conveyance tax of 0.25% of the sale price, the rate most Connecticut towns charge. The state adds its own tax on top: for a home or condominium, 0.75% of the first $800,000 of the price, 1.25% of the portion from $800,000 to $2,500,000, and 2.25% above that.
How much is the conveyance tax on a typical Bolton home sale?: On Bolton's median single-family or condominium sale of $376,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,760: $2,820 to the state and $940 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Bolton, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Bolton was $376,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $326,250 and $478,750.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Bolton?: In most Connecticut residential sales the seller pays both the state and the municipal conveyance tax, unless an exemption, a special rule or a contract term says otherwise.

Sources

Primary sourceReal Estate Sales 2001-2024 GLConnecticut Office of Policy and Management, via data.ct.gov
Primary sourceReal Estate Conveyance TaxConnecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research
Primary sourceConnecticut General Statutes § 12-494, Imposition of tax on conveyances of real propertyConnecticut General Assembly

Sale prices are single-family and condominium sales with no assessor non-use code, which leaves out family transfers, foreclosures and other sales that are not at a market price. Tax figures apply today’s rates. Data last updated by the state on 2026-08-12.

General information about Connecticut real estate transactions, not legal advice. Every transaction is different.