The median home in Essex, Connecticut is valued at $591,288, up 6.4% year over year. Essex is part of the Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.

Home Value$591,288

+6.4%

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$118,258 on $591,288

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Out of reach67.2% of income

Need $179,957/yr to afford.

PITI$4,199

P/I67.2%

Afford$246K

Gap-$345K

P&I $2,990Tax $1,059Ins $150

6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + CT ins. 28% per HUD.

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Other cities in Connecticut

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Darien$2.24M Greenwich$2.19M New Canaan$2.03M Westport$1.9M Weston$1.3M Wilton$1.18M Washington$998K Ridgefield$945K

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