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

On Canton's median single-family or condominium sale of $420,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,200: $3,150 to the state and $1,050 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Canton, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Canton was $420,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $310,250 and $600,975.

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

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.

Canton CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $420,000
Conveyance tax at the median: $4,200
Home sales, 2024–25: 114

What Canton charges

Canton 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 Canton’s median home sale of $420,000, that is $3,150 to the state and $1,050 to the town, or $4,200 in all.

Home sale prices in Canton

114 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Canton between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $420,000, and the middle half of sales fell between $310,250 and $600,975.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	76	$485,000
Condominium	38	$260,000

The median moved from $291,250 in the 2015 list year to $420,000 in 2024, a change of +44 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Canton, 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.

15 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 Canton

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Canton’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $565,222 in conveyance tax: $426,595 to the state and $138,627 to the town. That ranks 96 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
Avon	0.25%	$535,000	$5,350
Barkhamsted	0.25%	$430,000	$4,300
Burlington	0.25%	$560,000	$5,600
Granby	0.25%	$462,500	$4,625
New Hartford	0.25%	$375,244	$3,752
Simsbury	0.25%	$495,000	$4,950

Canton 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 Canton, CT?: Canton 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 Canton home sale?: On Canton's median single-family or condominium sale of $420,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,200: $3,150 to the state and $1,050 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Canton, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Canton was $420,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $310,250 and $600,975.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Canton?: 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.