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The median home value in West Haven, CT is $368,011 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.45% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$368,011
Year-over-Year
+7.45%
Population
54,598
West Haven ranks #26 of 45 Connecticut cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 5.0% 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 West Haven is $74,382, so the typical home value is about 4.9× 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).
West Haven police recorded a violent crime rate of 104 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,238 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 West Haven, that value is $368,011. That's up 7.45% from a year earlier. It is about 5.0% below the typical Connecticut city tracked here.
Homes in West Haven are cheaper than New Haven County as a whole, where the median is $411,328 — a difference of about 10.5%.
Median household income here is $74,382, so the typical home value is about 4.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
West Haven police reported 104 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 54,598. 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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