Municipal rate
0.25%
Median home sale
$337,150
Conveyance tax at the median
$3,372
Home sales, 2024–25
182

What Plainfield charges

Plainfield 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 Plainfield’s median home sale of $337,150, that is $2,529 to the state and $843 to the town, or $3,372 in all.

Home sale prices in Plainfield

182 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Plainfield between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $337,150, and the middle half of sales fell between $250,625 and $410,000.

TypeSalesMedian
Single-family163$350,000
Condominium19$265,000

The median moved from $161,750 in the 2015 list year to $337,150 in 2024, a change of +108 percent.

Median home sale price in Plainfield, by year The median sale price of single-family homes and condominiums in Plainfield, by assessment list year, from $161,750 in 2015 to $337,150 in 2024. A year is left blank when the town reported fewer than 5 sales, or none, which is usual in its revaluation year. $0 $200k $400k 2015201820212024 $337,150 Median sale price
Median single-family and condominium sale, Plainfield, 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.

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Plainfield’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $624,495 in conveyance tax: $468,371 to the state and $156,124 to the town. That ranks 86 of the state’s 169 towns. The town-by-town study has every town and how the estimate is built.

Nearby towns

TownMunicipal rateMedian saleTax at median
Brooklyn0.25%$410,000$4,100
Canterbury0.25%$400,000$4,000
Griswold0.25%$316,000$3,160
Killingly0.25%$355,500$3,555
Sterling0.25%$359,000$3,590
Voluntown0.25%$408,000$4,080
Plainfield 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 Plainfield, CT?
Plainfield 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 Plainfield home sale?
On Plainfield's median single-family or condominium sale of $337,150, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,372: $2,529 to the state and $843 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Plainfield, CT?
The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Plainfield was $337,150 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $250,625 and $410,000.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Plainfield?
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

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.