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

On Litchfield's median single-family or condominium sale of $497,500, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,975: $3,731 to the state and $1,244 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Litchfield, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Litchfield was $497,500 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $350,000 and $616,750.

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

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.

Litchfield CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $497,500
Conveyance tax at the median: $4,975
Home sales, 2024–25: 102

What Litchfield charges

Litchfield 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 Litchfield’s median home sale of $497,500, that is $3,731 to the state and $1,244 to the town, or $4,975 in all.

Home sale prices in Litchfield

102 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Litchfield between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $497,500, and the middle half of sales fell between $350,000 and $616,750.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	88	$475,000
Condominium	14	$542,250

The median moved from $296,400 in the 2015 list year to $497,500 in 2024, a change of +68 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Litchfield, 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.

19 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 Litchfield

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Litchfield’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $622,090 in conveyance tax: $475,686 to the state and $146,404 to the town. That ranks 89 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
Goshen	0.25%	$649,700	$6,497
Harwinton	0.25%	$465,000	$4,650
Morris	0.25%	$640,000	$6,400
Thomaston	0.25%	$320,000	$3,200
Torrington	0.25%	$273,000	$2,730
Warren	0.25%	$599,900	$5,999
Washington	0.25%	$748,803	$7,488
Watertown	0.25%	$355,000	$3,550

Litchfield 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 Litchfield, CT?: Litchfield 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 Litchfield home sale?: On Litchfield's median single-family or condominium sale of $497,500, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,975: $3,731 to the state and $1,244 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Litchfield, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Litchfield was $497,500 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $350,000 and $616,750.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Litchfield?: 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.