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Old 02-03-2014, 08:38 AM
 
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Towns with the highest real estate tax bills in the state. My town is #14 .

Trumbull Has 14th Highest Taxes in State - Government - Trumbull, CT Patch
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Old 02-03-2014, 08:47 AM
 
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Hartford area is out of control. Why is Glastonbury so high? I would never buy in a town that can't get their taxes under control.
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Old 02-03-2014, 08:59 AM
 
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That list is pretty flawed, because it's based on median tax bill, not mill rate. So Greenwich has a mill rate of 10, but because its median home price is so high, it's ranked 9--meanwhile other towns on the list have mill rates in the high 20s and low 30s.
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:03 AM
 
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That list is pretty flawed, because it's based on median tax bill, not mill rate. So Greenwich has a mill rate of 10, but because its median home price is so high, it's ranked 9--meanwhile other towns on the list have mill rates in the high 20s and low 30s.
Wow. Nice catch. That is the most ridiculous methodology I have ever heard of. Probably a blogger and not a "researcher" or any person who is paid to do such things in a professional capacity.
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Central CT, sometimes FL and NH.
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I'd like to see tax burden ranked. Some of the towns have high mill rates but overall tax burden is lower than towns with lower mill rates for similar-sized homes due to much more affordable home prices. It's not rocket science, the cost of running a town is largely a function of population and geographic size. You need schools and services to match the number of people and infrastructure. If the value of the homes are less, then the taxes need to be higher to pay for the cost of those services. It does call into question why wealthier communities with both high home values also have higher mill rates? Considering the fact that less affluent communities have a higher need for services related to issues of poverty it is understandable why their costs would be higher. However, more affluent areas do receive less in state and federal subsidies for schooling.

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Old 02-03-2014, 09:09 AM
 
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16 Highest Mill Rates in Connecticut - Government - Milford, CT Patch
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:13 AM
 
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That list is terrible since the average $750,000 home in Wilton has a tax bill more along the lines of $10-11,000. It's not as easy as mill vs. median value. What about appraised values?
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:45 AM
 
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That list is terrible since the average $750,000 home in Wilton has a tax bill more along the lines of $10-11,000. It's not as easy as mill vs. median value. What about appraised values?
And a 400,000 house in Granby has the same $10,000 burden. Mill rates are shocking but overall burden needs to be looked at to truly compare. I'm looking at moving to a higher mill rate town to have a lower tax burden on a similar-sized and style home.
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:56 AM
 
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Here is the full list by mill rate, then by town.

Municipality Millrate
Groton - Sewer District 0.25
Groton - Mumford Cove 0.305
Stonington - Wamphassuc Point 0.427
Killingly - Dyer Manor 0.45
Killingly - Orient Heights Fire Dist. # 5 0.55
New Hartford - South End Fire District #4 0.55
Trumbull - Long Hill Fire District 0.60
New Canaan - Sewer 0.633
Greenwich - Sewer 0.636
Stonington - Fire District #265 0.7
New Milford - Fire District 0.72
Stonington - Wequetequock Fire District #379 0.75
Trumbull - Center Fire District 0.82
Borough of Newtown 0.89
Bloomfield - Center Fire District 0.90
Killingly - So. Killingly Fire District 1.00
New Hartford - Village Fire District #1 1.00
Pomfret - Fire District 1.00
Putnam - West Putnam District 1.00
Trumbull - Nichols Fire District 1.05
Berlin - Kensington Fire District 1.10
New London - City Center District 1.17
Borough of Litchfield 1.19
Simsbury - Fire District 1.22
New Haven Grand Ave (GAVA) 1.25
Middletown - Westfield Fire 1.260
Killingly - East Killiingly Fire District 1.27
Groton - Noank Fire Dist. 1.39
Barkhamsted - Fire District 1.43
Plainfield - Fire District # 255 1.45
Killingly - Dayville Fire District 1.50
Putnam - East Putnam District 1.5
Windsor - Windsor Fire District 1.50
Borough of Bantam (Litchfield) 1.50
Stonington - Pawcatuck Fire District #264 1.56
Stonington - Mason's Island 1.63
Sterling - Fire District 1.71
New Hartford - Pine Meadow Fire Dist. #3 1.75
New Haven Whalley Ave. (WASS) 1.75
Plainfield - Moosup Fire District 1.80
Stonington - Quiambaug Fire District #378 1.8
Stonington - Mystic Fire District #239 1.84
North Canaan - Fire District 1.85
New Haven Town Green (FKA Downtown) 1.88
Manchester 8th - Buckland Section Fire 1.90
Killingly - Williamsville 1.98
Stonington - Lords Point Fire District 1.997
Berlin - Worthington Fire District 2.1
Cromwell - Fire District 2.10
Enfield - Hazardville Fire Dist.#3 2.1
Meriden Second 2.1
Groton - Mystic Fire Dist. 2.16
Stafford - Special Service District 2.2
Enfield - Shaker Pines Fire Dist #5 2.3
Plainfield - Wauregan Fire District 2.30
Killingly - Attawaugan Fire District 2.40
Bloomfield - Blue Hill Fire District 2.50
New Haven Chapel West (CWSS) 2.50
Stonington, Borough of #372 2.50
Borough of Stonington 2.50
Morris - Deer Island Assoc. 2.79
Groton - Old Mystic Fire Dist. 2.80
Groton - West Pleasant Valley Fire Dist. 2.80
Stonington - Old Mystic Fire District #366 2.8
Windsor - Wilson Fire District 2.80
Plainfield - Central Village Fire Distr. 2.875
Groton - Long Point Assoc. 2.928
Enfield - No. Thompsonville Fire Dist. #4 3.05
Enfield - Fire District #1 3.15
Borough of Danielson (Killingly) 3.30
Groton - Center Fire Dist. 3.50
Middletown - South Fire 3.648
Manchester 8th Fire + Sewer 3.80
Borough of Jewett City (Griswold) 3.99
New Britain + Downtown 4.20
Groton - City of Groton 4.595
Groton - Poquonock Bridge Fire Dist. 5.20
Manchester Special 5.69
Middletown - City Fire 6.10
Enfield - Thompsonville Fire Dist. #2 6.45
Putnam - Special Service District 7.40
West Haven - Allingtown (Third) 8.38
West Haven - West Shore (2d) 8.63
West Haven - First Center 8.65
Salisbury 10.40
Greenwich 10.675
Greenwich + Greenwich - Sewer 11.311
Sharon 11.7
Washington 11.75
Darien 13.17
Roxbury 13.30
Warren 13.90
Lyme 14.00
Kent 14.45
Cornwall 14.50
New Canaan 14.586
Putnam 15.07
Old Saybrook 15.20
New Canaan + New Canaan - Sewer 15.219
Sherman 16.845
Bridgewater 17.5
Westport 18.07
Essex 18.99
Goshen 19.20
Old Lyme 19.30
Lisbon 19.40
Stonington 19.88
Norwalk 6th - Rowayton 20.157
Norwalk 7th 20.157
Norfolk 20.22
Madison 20.39
Bethlehem 20.5
Killingly 20.70
Groton 20.72
Westbrook 20.98
Canaan 21.50
Eastford 21.50
Franklin 21.54
Norwalk 1st - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 2nd - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 3rd - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 8th - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 9th - No Garbage 21.636
Morris 21.65
Norwalk 4th - No Garbage 21.681
Norwalk 5th - No Garbage Main Area 21.682
Canterbury 21.70
Chester 21.95
Norwalk 1st - Downtown 22.142
Norwalk 2nd - South 22.142
Norwalk 3rd - East 22.142
Norwalk 8th 22.142
Norwalk 9th 22.142
Norwalk 4th - Sewered Main Area 22.187
Woodstock 22.28
Shelton 22.31
Thompson 22.42
Putnam + Special Service District 22.47
Litchfield 22.6
Stamford - "C" 22.67
Guilford 23.06
Stamford - "CS" 23.1
Brooklyn 23.19
East Lyme 23.349
Somers 23.37
Woodbury 23.40
Stamford - "B" 23.55
Preston 23.70
Pomfret 23.79
Weston 23.89
Lebanon 23.90
Fairfield 23.93
Stamford - "A" 24.04
Stamford - Personal Prop. Other than MV 24.04
Waterford 24.05
Farmington 24.07
Voluntown 24.25
Barkhamsted 24.26
Union 24.37
Willington 24.38
Hartland 24.5
Killingworth 24.53
Windsor Locks 24.54
Harwinton 24.60
Oxford 24.75
Pomfret + Fire District 24.79
Hampton 24.80
New Hartford 24.95
Deep River 25.08
Watertown 25.09
Suffield 25.16
Ridgefield 25.38
Brookfield 25.40
Clinton 25.43
North Canaan 25.50
Branford 25.59
North Stonington 25.60
New Fairfield 25.64
Barkhamsted + Barkhamsted - Fire District 25.69
New Milford 25.85
Wolcott 25.91
Wilton 25.9896
East Haddam 26.01
Griswold 26.03
Wallingford 26.22
Bozrah 26.25
Milford 26.28
Avon 26.32
Southbury 26.40
Rocky Hill 26.60
East Hampton 26.63
Danbury 26.8
Canton 26.91
Colebrook 27.1
Columbia 27.13
Norwich, City of 27.23
Stamford - Motor Vehicles 27.25
Windsor 27.33
North Canaan + Fire District 27.35
Norwalk - Motor Vehicle Rate 27.365
Southington 27.46
Burlington 27.5
New London 27.50
Norwich, City of (Vol Fire) 27.59
Cheshire 27.6
Middletown 27.70
Mansfield 27.95
Coventry 27.97
Prospect 28.08
North Haven 28.1
East Granby 28.2
Ledyard 28.20
Plainfield 28.36
Ellington 28.40
New London + City Center District 28.67
Berlin 28.77
Middlebury 28.86
Redding 28.95
Montville 29.06
Windham 29.06
North Branford 29.10
Enfield 29.26
Easton 29.30
Haddam 29.48
Bethany 29.6
East Windsor 29.7791
Sprague 30.00
Salem 30.10
Chaplin 30.15
Tolland 30.19
Colchester 30.28
Scotland 30.36
Monroe 30.41
Orange 30.50
Windham - 1st Taxing District 30.62
Cromwell 30.75
Marlborough 30.76
Andover 30.77
East Haven 30.95
Bolton 30.96
Winchester 31.20
West Haven 31.25
Portland 31.28
Trumbull 31.286
Plainville 31.38
Bethel 31.50
Sterling 31.50
Ashford 31.65
Beacon Falls 31.90
Norwich, City of (Paid Fire) 32.27
Durham 32.66
Cromwell + Cromwell - Fire District 32.85
Manchester Eighth District Base 33.03
Stafford 33.06
Thomaston 33.13
Sterling + Fire District 33.21
Seymour 33.23
Middlefield 33.24
Newtown 33.32
Wethersfield 33.46
Bristol 33.5
Newington 33.63
Middletown + Middletown - City Fire 33.80
Woodbridge 34.14
Torrington 34.46
Stratford 34.64
Hebron 34.70
Granby 34.83
Bloomfield 34.85
South Windsor 34.90
Meriden 34.99
Glastonbury 35.10
Derby 35.34
Vernon 35.40
Plymouth 35.45
West Hartford 36.3
Meriden + Meriden Second 37.09
Simsbury 37.29
Manchester (Town) 37.44
Simsbury + Fire District 38.51
Hamden 38.9405
Windham - Special Service Dist. #2 39.29
Ansonia 39.34
New Haven 40.80
Bridgeport 41.855
Manchester + Special 43.13
East Hartford 43.9
New Britain 44.12
Naugatuck 44.80
Waterbury 56.98
Hartford 74.29


Municipality Millrate
Andover 30.77
Ansonia 39.34
Ashford 31.65
Avon 26.32
Barkhamsted 24.26
Barkhamsted - Fire District 1.43
Barkhamsted + Barkhamsted - Fire District 25.69
Beacon Falls 31.90
Berlin 28.77
Berlin - Kensington Fire District 1.10
Berlin - Worthington Fire District 2.1
Bethany 29.6
Bethel 31.50
Bethlehem 20.5
Bloomfield 34.85
Bloomfield - Blue Hill Fire District 2.50
Bloomfield - Center Fire District 0.90
Bolton 30.96
Borough of Bantam (Litchfield) 1.50
Borough of Danielson (Killingly) 3.30
Borough of Jewett City (Griswold) 3.99
Borough of Litchfield 1.19
Borough of Newtown 0.89
Borough of Stonington 2.50
Bozrah 26.25
Branford 25.59
Bridgeport 41.855
Bridgewater 17.5
Bristol 33.5
Brookfield 25.40
Brooklyn 23.19
Burlington 27.5
Canaan 21.50
Canterbury 21.70
Canton 26.91
Chaplin 30.15
Cheshire 27.6
Chester 21.95
Clinton 25.43
Colchester 30.28
Colebrook 27.1
Columbia 27.13
Cornwall 14.50
Coventry 27.97
Cromwell 30.75
Cromwell - Fire District 2.10
Cromwell + Cromwell - Fire District 32.85
Danbury 26.8
Darien 13.17
Deep River 25.08
Derby 35.34
Durham 32.66
East Granby 28.2
East Haddam 26.01
East Hampton 26.63
East Hartford 43.9
East Haven 30.95
East Lyme 23.349
East Windsor 29.7791
Eastford 21.50
Easton 29.30
Ellington 28.40
Enfield 29.26
Enfield - Fire District #1 3.15
Enfield - Hazardville Fire Dist.#3 2.1
Enfield - No. Thompsonville Fire Dist. #4 3.05
Enfield - Shaker Pines Fire Dist #5 2.3
Enfield - Thompsonville Fire Dist. #2 6.45
Essex 18.99
Fairfield 23.93
Farmington 24.07
Franklin 21.54
Glastonbury 35.10
Goshen 19.20
Granby 34.83
Greenwich 10.675
Greenwich - Sewer 0.636
Greenwich + Greenwich - Sewer 11.311
Griswold 26.03
Groton 20.72
Groton - Center Fire Dist. 3.50
Groton - City of Groton 4.595
Groton - Long Point Assoc. 2.928
Groton - Mumford Cove 0.305
Groton - Mystic Fire Dist. 2.16
Groton - Noank Fire Dist. 1.39
Groton - Old Mystic Fire Dist. 2.80
Groton - Poquonock Bridge Fire Dist. 5.20
Groton - Sewer District 0.25
Groton - West Pleasant Valley Fire Dist. 2.80
Guilford 23.06
Haddam 29.48
Hamden 38.9405
Hampton 24.80
Hartford 74.29
Hartland 24.5
Harwinton 24.60
Hebron 34.70
Kent 14.45
Killingly 20.70
Killingly - Williamsville 1.98
Killingly - Attawaugan Fire District 2.40
Killingly - Dayville Fire District 1.50
Killingly - Dyer Manor 0.45
Killingly - East Killiingly Fire District 1.27
Killingly - Orient Heights Fire Dist. # 5 0.55
Killingly - So. Killingly Fire District 1.00
Killingworth 24.53
Lebanon 23.90
Ledyard 28.20
Lisbon 19.40
Litchfield 22.6
Lyme 14.00
Madison 20.39
Manchester (Town) 37.44
Manchester + Special 43.13
Manchester 8th - Buckland Section Fire 1.90
Manchester 8th Fire + Sewer 3.80
Manchester Eighth District Base 33.03
Manchester Special 5.69
Mansfield 27.95
Marlborough 30.76
Meriden 34.99
Meriden + Meriden Second 37.09
Meriden Second 2.1
Middlebury 28.86
Middlefield 33.24
Middletown 27.70
Middletown - City Fire 6.10
Middletown - South Fire 3.648
Middletown - Westfield Fire 1.260
Middletown + Middletown - City Fire 33.80
Milford 26.28
Monroe 30.41
Montville 29.06
Morris 21.65
Morris - Deer Island Assoc. 2.79
Naugatuck 44.80
New Britain 44.12
New Britain + Downtown 4.20
New Canaan 14.586
New Canaan - Sewer 0.633
New Canaan + New Canaan - Sewer 15.219
New Fairfield 25.64
New Hartford 24.95
New Hartford - Pine Meadow Fire Dist. #3 1.75
New Hartford - South End Fire District #4 0.55
New Hartford - Village Fire District #1 1.00
New Haven 40.80
New Haven Chapel West (CWSS) 2.50
New Haven Grand Ave (GAVA) 1.25
New Haven Town Green (FKA Downtown) 1.88
New Haven Whalley Ave. (WASS) 1.75
New London 27.50
New London - City Center District 1.17
New London + City Center District 28.67
New Milford 25.85
New Milford - Fire District 0.72
Newington 33.63
Newtown 33.32
Norfolk 20.22
North Branford 29.10
North Canaan 25.50
North Canaan - Fire District 1.85
North Canaan + Fire District 27.35
North Haven 28.1
North Stonington 25.60
Norwalk - Motor Vehicle Rate 27.365
Norwalk 1st - Downtown 22.142
Norwalk 1st - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 2nd - South 22.142
Norwalk 2nd - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 3rd - East 22.142
Norwalk 3rd - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 4th - Sewered Main Area 22.187
Norwalk 4th - No Garbage 21.681
Norwalk 5th - No Garbage Main Area 21.682
Norwalk 6th - Rowayton 20.157
Norwalk 7th 20.157
Norwalk 8th 22.142
Norwalk 8th - No Garbage 21.636
Norwalk 9th 22.142
Norwalk 9th - No Garbage 21.636
Norwich, City of 27.23
Norwich, City of (Paid Fire) 32.27
Norwich, City of (Vol Fire) 27.59
Old Lyme 19.30
Old Saybrook 15.20
Orange 30.50
Oxford 24.75
Plainfield 28.36
Plainfield - Central Village Fire Distr. 2.875
Plainfield - Fire District # 255 1.45
Plainfield - Moosup Fire District 1.80
Plainfield - Wauregan Fire District 2.30
Plainville 31.38
Plymouth 35.45
Pomfret 23.79
Pomfret - Fire District 1.00
Pomfret + Fire District 24.79
Portland 31.28
Preston 23.70
Prospect 28.08
Putnam 15.07
Putnam - East Putnam District 1.5
Putnam - Special Service District 7.40
Putnam - West Putnam District 1.00
Putnam + Special Service District 22.47
Redding 28.95
Ridgefield 25.38
Rocky Hill 26.60
Roxbury 13.30
Salem 30.10
Salisbury 10.40
Scotland 30.36
Seymour 33.23
Sharon 11.7
Shelton 22.31
Sherman 16.845
Simsbury 37.29
Simsbury - Fire District 1.22
Simsbury + Fire District 38.51
Somers 23.37
South Windsor 34.90
Southbury 26.40
Southington 27.46
Sprague 30.00
Stafford 33.06
Stafford - Special Service District 2.2
Stamford - "A" 24.04
Stamford - "B" 23.55
Stamford - "C" 22.67
Stamford - "CS" 23.1
Stamford - Motor Vehicles 27.25
Stamford - Personal Prop. Other than MV 24.04
Sterling 31.50
Sterling - Fire District 1.71
Sterling + Fire District 33.21
Stonington 19.88
Stonington - Fire District #265 0.7
Stonington - Lords Point Fire District 1.997
Stonington - Mason's Island 1.63
Stonington - Mystic Fire District #239 1.84
Stonington - Old Mystic Fire District #366 2.8
Stonington - Pawcatuck Fire District #264 1.56
Stonington - Quiambaug Fire District #378 1.8
Stonington - Wamphassuc Point 0.427
Stonington - Wequetequock Fire District #379 0.75
Stonington, Borough of #372 2.50
Stratford 34.64
Suffield 25.16
Thomaston 33.13
Thompson 22.42
Tolland 30.19
Torrington 34.46
Trumbull 31.286
Trumbull - Center Fire District 0.82
Trumbull - Long Hill Fire District 0.60
Trumbull - Nichols Fire District 1.05
Union 24.37
Vernon 35.40
Voluntown 24.25
Wallingford 26.22
Warren 13.90
Washington 11.75
Waterbury 56.98
Waterford 24.05
Watertown 25.09
West Hartford 36.3
West Haven 31.25
West Haven - West Shore (2d) 8.63
West Haven - Allingtown (Third) 8.38
West Haven - First Center 8.65
Westbrook 20.98
Weston 23.89
Westport 18.07
Wethersfield 33.46
Willington 24.38
Wilton 25.9896
Winchester 31.20
Windham 29.06
Windham - 1st Taxing District 30.62
Windham - Special Service Dist. #2 39.29
Windsor 27.33
Windsor - Wilson Fire District 2.80
Windsor - Windsor Fire District 1.50
Windsor Locks 24.54
Wolcott 25.91
Woodbridge 34.14
Woodbury 23.40
Woodstock 22.28
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Old 02-03-2014, 09:58 AM
 
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Oh and comparison of my town Wallingford to the neighbors.

Cheshire 27.6
Hamden 38.9405
Meriden 34.99
North Haven 28.1
Wallingford 26.22
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