Waterbury, CT Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Waterbury: a median closing price of $309,000 across 781 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Waterbury, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Waterbury sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 781
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $309,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $190
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $239,000 and $365,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 781 closed sales in Waterbury over the last six months, with a median closing price of $309,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $239,000 and $365,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 777 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $154 and $235 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Waterbury, CT (August 2026)
The median home price in Waterbury is $309,000, measured across the 781 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $239,000 and $365,000.
Where Waterbury sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Waterbury over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $239,000 and $365,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 18 days, across 426 Waterbury closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 37 days, across 430 Waterbury closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Waterbury angle
Waterbury's closed sales sit tighter than most markets we track, and the shape of the band is worth noticing. Across 781 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $309,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $239,000 and $365,000, with the lower quartile sitting farther from the median than the upper quartile does. That puts more of the variation below the middle, so a downside scenario has more distance available than an upside one and should not be modelled as a mirror image. The tight band overall means the median is a reasonable anchor, and the remaining question is whether the subject reads as typical.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Waterbury address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Waterbury, CT
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 781
Median sold price: $309,000
Median sold $/sqft: $190 (777 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/waterbury-ct-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Waterbury over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Waterbury?
The median sold price in Waterbury over the last 6 months is $309,000, measured across 781 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Waterbury last month?
Resideline tracked 98 closed sales in Waterbury in July 2026, out of 781 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Waterbury?
The middle half of Waterbury sales over the last six months closed between $239,000 and $365,000, with a median of $309,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Waterbury?
Among qualifying Waterbury closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $190, measured across 777 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Which direction carries more risk in Waterbury?
The low side. Among Waterbury closings Resideline tracked, the lower quartile sits farther from $309,000 than the upper quartile does, so a subject that disappoints has more room to fall than a strong one has to rise. Underwrite the downside from comps near $239,000 rather than by discounting the median a fixed amount.
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