Home values, rents and more in the New Haven metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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The typical home in the New Haven metro area is worth about $406,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the New Haven metro are 9% below the typical value in Connecticut ($447,000) and 11% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the New Haven metro rose 4.9%, compared with +5.0% in Connecticut and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,043 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 6% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $88,197, against $95,781 in Connecticut and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 578,741 people live in the New Haven metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The New Haven metro has the 151st-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-lowest of 5 in Connecticut with Zillow figures.
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- Building permits
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.