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

On Thomaston's median single-family or condominium sale of $320,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,200: $2,400 to the state and $800 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Thomaston, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Thomaston was $320,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $230,750 and $411,250.

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

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.

Thomaston CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $320,000
Conveyance tax at the median: $3,200
Home sales, 2024–25: 76

What Thomaston charges

Thomaston is eligible to add a surcharge to its municipal conveyance tax and has not, so it charges the base 0.25%.

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 Thomaston’s median home sale of $320,000, that is $2,400 to the state and $800 to the town, or $3,200 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 Thomaston

76 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Thomaston between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $320,000, and the middle half of sales fell between $230,750 and $411,250.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	60	$371,500
Condominium	16	$225,000

The median moved from $188,000 in the 2015 list year to $320,000 in 2024, a change of +70 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Thomaston, 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.

Conveyance tax paid in Thomaston

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Thomaston’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $254,712 in conveyance tax: $191,034 to the state and $63,678 to the town. That ranks 133 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
Harwinton	0.25%	$465,000	$4,650
Litchfield	0.25%	$497,500	$4,975
Morris	0.25%	$640,000	$6,400
Plymouth	0.25%	$300,000	$3,000
Waterbury	0.50%	$265,000	$3,313
Watertown	0.25%	$355,000	$3,550

Thomaston 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 Thomaston, CT?: Thomaston is eligible to add a surcharge to its municipal conveyance tax and has not, so it charges the base 0.25%. 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 Thomaston home sale?: On Thomaston's median single-family or condominium sale of $320,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,200: $2,400 to the state and $800 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Thomaston, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Thomaston was $320,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $230,750 and $411,250.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Thomaston?: 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.