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The median home value in New Canaan, CT is $2,233,644 as of 2026-07-31, up 12.13% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$2,233,644
Year-over-Year
+12.13%
Population
20,973
New Canaan ranks #2 of 45 Connecticut cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 476.8% above the state's city median of $387,219. It sits in Fairfield County, where the county-wide median is $698,391.
Median household income in New Canaan is $146,700, so the typical home value is about 15.2× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
New Canaan police recorded a violent crime rate of 10 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 777 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In New Canaan, that value is $2,233,644. That's up 12.13% from a year earlier. It is about 476.8% above the typical Connecticut city tracked here.
Homes in New Canaan are more expensive than Fairfield County as a whole, where the median is $698,391 — a difference of about 219.8%.
Median household income here is $146,700, so the typical home value is about 15.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
New Canaan police reported 10 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 20,973. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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