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

On Woodbury's median single-family or condominium sale of $430,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,300: $3,225 to the state and $1,075 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Woodbury, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Woodbury was $430,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $262,500 and $735,000.

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

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.

Woodbury CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $430,000
Conveyance tax at the median: $4,300
Home sales, 2024–25: 141

What Woodbury charges

Woodbury 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 Woodbury’s median home sale of $430,000, that is $3,225 to the state and $1,075 to the town, or $4,300 in all.

Home sale prices in Woodbury

141 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Woodbury between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $430,000, and the middle half of sales fell between $262,500 and $735,000.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	89	$600,000
Condominium	52	$217,000

The median moved from $302,450 in the 2015 list year to $430,000 in 2024, a change of +42 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Woodbury, 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.

25 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 Woodbury

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Woodbury’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $726,901 in conveyance tax: $551,264 to the state and $175,637 to the town. That ranks 78 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
Bethlehem	0.25%	$465,000	$4,650
Middlebury	0.25%	$540,000	$5,400
Roxbury	0.25%	$1,378,000	$16,670
Southbury	0.25%	$370,000	$3,700
Washington	0.25%	$748,803	$7,488
Watertown	0.25%	$355,000	$3,550

Woodbury 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 Woodbury, CT?: Woodbury 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 Woodbury home sale?: On Woodbury's median single-family or condominium sale of $430,000, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,300: $3,225 to the state and $1,075 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Woodbury, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Woodbury was $430,000 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $262,500 and $735,000.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Woodbury?: 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.