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The median home value in New Haven, CT is $338,157 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.75% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$338,157
Year-over-Year
+5.75%
Population
137,243
New Haven ranks #35 of 45 Connecticut cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 12.7% below the state's city median of $387,219. It sits in New Haven County, where the county-wide median is $411,328.
Median household income in New Haven is $56,851, so the typical home value is about 5.9× 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 Haven police recorded a violent crime rate of 535 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,587 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 Haven, that value is $338,157. That's up 5.75% from a year earlier. It is about 12.7% below the typical Connecticut city tracked here.
Homes in New Haven are cheaper than New Haven County as a whole, where the median is $411,328 — a difference of about 17.8%.
Median household income here is $56,851, so the typical home value is about 5.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
New Haven police reported 535 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 137,243. 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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