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

On Griswold's median single-family or condominium sale of $316,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,160: $2,370 to the state and $790 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Griswold, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Griswold was $316,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $247,750 and $407,500.

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

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.

Griswold CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $316,000
Conveyance tax at the median: $3,160
Home sales, 2024–25: 135

What Griswold charges

Griswold 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 Griswold’s median home sale of $316,000, that is $2,370 to the state and $790 to the town, or $3,160 in all.

Home sale prices in Griswold

135 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Griswold between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $316,000, and the middle half of sales fell between $247,750 and $407,500.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	114	$340,000
Condominium	21	$197,500

The median moved from $160,000 in the 2015 list year to $316,000 in 2024, a change of +98 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Griswold, 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.

4 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 Griswold

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Griswold’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $470,811 in conveyance tax: $354,208 to the state and $116,603 to the town. That ranks 104 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
Lisbon	0.25%	$337,500	$3,375
North Stonington	0.25%	$440,100	$4,401
Plainfield	0.25%	$337,150	$3,372
Preston	0.25%	$397,000	$3,970
Voluntown	0.25%	$408,000	$4,080

Griswold 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 Griswold, CT?: Griswold 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 Griswold home sale?: On Griswold's median single-family or condominium sale of $316,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,160: $2,370 to the state and $790 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Griswold, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Griswold was $316,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $247,750 and $407,500.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Griswold?: 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.