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

On Oxford's median single-family or condominium sale of $528,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $5,280: $3,960 to the state and $1,320 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Oxford, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Oxford was $528,000 between October 2023 to September 2024. The middle half of sales fell between $414,900 and $622,000.

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

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.

Oxford CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $528,000
Conveyance tax at the median: $5,280
Home sales, 2023–24: 117

What Oxford charges

Oxford 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 Oxford’s median home sale of $528,000, that is $3,960 to the state and $1,320 to the town, or $5,280 in all.

Home sale prices in Oxford

Oxford did not report its 2024–25 sales to the state, which is usual for a town in a revaluation year, so the figures on this page are from the year before: October 2023 to September 2024.

117 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Oxford between October 2023 to September 2024. The median was $528,000, and the middle half of sales fell between $414,900 and $622,000.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	88	$486,000
Condominium	29	$580,000

The median moved from $351,000 in the 2016 list year to $528,000 in 2023, a change of +50 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Oxford, 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.

5 of the 2023–24 sales were priced above $800,000, where the state rate on the portion above rises to 1.25%.

Conveyance tax paid in Oxford

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Oxford’s 2023–24 home sales carried an estimated $611,186 in conveyance tax: $458,935 to the state and $152,251 to the town. That ranks 92 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
Beacon Falls	0.25%	$350,000	$3,500
Middlebury	0.25%	$540,000	$5,400
Monroe	0.25%	$517,500	$5,175
Naugatuck	0.25%	$325,000	$3,250
Newtown	0.25%	$607,000	$6,070
Seymour	0.25%	$355,000	$3,550
Shelton	0.25%	$515,000	$5,150
Southbury	0.25%	$370,000	$3,700

Oxford 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 Oxford, CT?: Oxford 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 Oxford home sale?: On Oxford's median single-family or condominium sale of $528,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $5,280: $3,960 to the state and $1,320 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Oxford, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Oxford was $528,000 between October 2023 to September 2024. The middle half of sales fell between $414,900 and $622,000.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Oxford?: 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.