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

On Middletown's median single-family or condominium sale of $307,500, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,844: $2,306 to the state and $1,538 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Middletown, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Middletown was $307,500 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $221,000 and $398,000.

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

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.

Middletown CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.50%
Median home sale: $307,500
Conveyance tax at the median: $3,844
Home sales, 2024–25: 483

What Middletown charges

Middletown is one of sixteen Connecticut municipalities that added the full optional surcharge, so its municipal conveyance tax is 0.50% of the sale price, twice the base rate.

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 Middletown’s median home sale of $307,500, that is $2,306 to the state and $1,538 to the town, or $3,844 in all.

The full list, and which eligible towns did not add the surcharge, is in which Connecticut towns charge more.

Home sale prices in Middletown

483 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Middletown between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $307,500, and the middle half of sales fell between $221,000 and $398,000.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	300	$364,500
Condominium	183	$219,000

The median moved from $189,900 in the 2015 list year to $307,500 in 2024, a change of +62 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Middletown, 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 Middletown

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Middletown’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $1,959,951 in conveyance tax: $1,178,530 to the state and $781,421 to the town. That ranks 27 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
Berlin	0.25%	$419,900	$4,199
Cromwell	0.25%	$343,000	$3,430
Durham	0.25%	$455,500	$4,555
East Hampton	0.25%	$400,000	$4,000
Haddam	0.25%	$460,000	$4,600
Meriden	0.50%	$300,000	$3,750
Middlefield	0.25%	$427,500	$4,275
Portland	0.25%	$417,500	$4,175

Middletown 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 Middletown, CT?: Middletown is one of sixteen Connecticut municipalities that added the full optional surcharge, so its municipal conveyance tax is 0.50% of the sale price, twice the base rate. 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 Middletown home sale?: On Middletown's median single-family or condominium sale of $307,500, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,844: $2,306 to the state and $1,538 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Middletown, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Middletown was $307,500 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $221,000 and $398,000.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Middletown?: 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.