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

On Danbury's median single-family or condominium sale of $439,900, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,399: $3,299 to the state and $1,100 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Danbury, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Danbury was $439,900 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $315,000 and $550,000.

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

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.

Danbury CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $439,900
Conveyance tax at the median: $4,399
Home sales, 2024–25: 757

What Danbury charges

Danbury 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 Danbury’s median home sale of $439,900, that is $3,299 to the state and $1,100 to the town, or $4,399 in all.

Home sale prices in Danbury

757 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Danbury between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $439,900, and the middle half of sales fell between $315,000 and $550,000.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	392	$488,865
Condominium	365	$340,000

The median moved from $250,000 in the 2015 list year to $439,900 in 2024, a change of +76 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Danbury, 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.

38 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 Danbury

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Danbury’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $3,500,895 in conveyance tax: $2,638,204 to the state and $862,691 to the town. That ranks 10 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
Bethel	0.25%	$520,000	$5,200
Brookfield	0.25%	$632,500	$6,325
New Fairfield	0.25%	$530,000	$5,300
Redding	0.25%	$914,500	$9,718
Ridgefield	0.25%	$920,000	$9,800

Danbury 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 Danbury, CT?: Danbury 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 Danbury home sale?: On Danbury's median single-family or condominium sale of $439,900, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,399: $3,299 to the state and $1,100 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Danbury, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Danbury was $439,900 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $315,000 and $550,000.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Danbury?: 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.