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

On Brooklyn's median single-family or condominium sale of $410,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,100: $3,075 to the state and $1,025 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Brooklyn, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Brooklyn was $410,000 between October 2023 to September 2024. The middle half of sales fell between $325,000 and $470,250.

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

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.

Brooklyn CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $410,000
Conveyance tax at the median: $4,100
Home sales, 2023–24: 84

What Brooklyn charges

Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn’s median home sale of $410,000, that is $3,075 to the state and $1,025 to the town, or $4,100 in all.

Home sale prices in Brooklyn

Brooklyn did not report its 2024–25 sales to the state, which is usual for a town in a revaluation year, so the figures on this page are from the year before: October 2023 to September 2024.

84 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Brooklyn between October 2023 to September 2024. The median was $410,000, and the middle half of sales fell between $325,000 and $470,250.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	80	$416,803
Condominium	4	Too few

The median moved from $219,950 in the 2016 list year to $410,000 in 2023, a change of +86 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Brooklyn, 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.

Conveyance tax paid in Brooklyn

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Brooklyn’s 2023–24 home sales carried an estimated $339,686 in conveyance tax: $254,765 to the state and $84,921 to the town. That ranks 116 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
Canterbury	0.25%	$400,000	$4,000
Hampton	0.25%	$351,250	$3,513
Killingly	0.25%	$355,500	$3,555
Plainfield	0.25%	$337,150	$3,372
Pomfret	0.25%	$387,500	$3,875

Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn, CT?: Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn home sale?: On Brooklyn's median single-family or condominium sale of $410,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,100: $3,075 to the state and $1,025 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Brooklyn, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Brooklyn was $410,000 between October 2023 to September 2024. The middle half of sales fell between $325,000 and $470,250.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Brooklyn?: 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.