Home appreciation in Waterbury, CT

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Waterbury, CT grew an average of 10.9% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+7.2%

2025 over 2024. Connecticut: +7.2%.

5-year, per year

+10.9%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Connecticut: +10.5%.

10-year, per year

+6.4%

+86.3% in total since 2015. Connecticut: +6.1%.

How does your home compare?

Waterbury, CT home prices rose 86.3% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +63.1% to +202.5%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Waterbury, CT compares with Connecticut

Connecticut averaged +10.5% a year, so Waterbury, CT grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Waterbury, CT ranks 50th out of 409 metros nationwide and 2nd out of 5 in Connecticut.

Index, 2005 = 100

Waterbury-Shelton, CT and Connecticut, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearWaterbury-Shelton, CTConnecticut
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2103103
2005 Q3107106
2005 Q4108108
2006 Q1110110
2006 Q2111110
2006 Q3111110
2006 Q4112111
2007 Q1113112
2007 Q2112111
2007 Q3110110
2007 Q4111110
2008 Q1110110
2008 Q2107107
2008 Q3103104
2008 Q4103103
2009 Q1103104
2009 Q299100
2009 Q39798
2009 Q49798
2010 Q19696
2010 Q29495
2010 Q39596
2010 Q49597
2011 Q19294
2011 Q29092
2011 Q39093
2011 Q49193
2012 Q18992
2012 Q28891
2012 Q38891
2012 Q48891
2013 Q18891
2013 Q28791
2013 Q38890
2013 Q48690
2014 Q18589
2014 Q28690
2014 Q38691
2014 Q48691
2015 Q18792
2015 Q28792
2015 Q38891
2015 Q48891
2016 Q18791
2016 Q28792
2016 Q38993
2016 Q48893
2017 Q18791
2017 Q28793
2017 Q38893
2017 Q48893
2018 Q18993
2018 Q28993
2018 Q39094
2018 Q49094
2019 Q19094
2019 Q29296
2019 Q39397
2019 Q49498
2020 Q19498
2020 Q29599
2020 Q398101
2020 Q4101104
2021 Q1104107
2021 Q2109112
2021 Q3116118
2021 Q4118121
2022 Q1122124
2022 Q2128131
2022 Q3131133
2022 Q4130133
2023 Q1132135
2023 Q2139142
2023 Q3145144
2023 Q4146146
2024 Q1145147
2024 Q2151154
2024 Q3153158
2024 Q4158159
2025 Q1158161
2025 Q2163166
2025 Q3165168
2025 Q4165168
2026 Q1168171
2026 Q2170175

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.4% a year over ten years, +86.3% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 23.0% to its 2014 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2021.

The strongest year was 2021 at +15.3%, and the weakest was 2009 at -6.5%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +7.2%, against +7.2% for the state.

ZIP codes in Waterbury, CT

Over the ten years to 2025, the 24 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +63.1% in 06488 to +202.5% in 06704, while the metro as a whole rose 86.3%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 06704+202.5%
  2. 06710+172.0%
  3. 06705+154.9%
  4. 06706+149.6%
  5. 06708+141.1%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 06488+63.1%
  2. 06712+65.1%
  3. 06410+66.4%
  4. 06716+67.6%
  5. 06478+67.9%
ZIP codes in Waterbury-Shelton, CT ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
06704+12.0%+16.8%+11.7%+202.5%
06710+52.6%+14.3%+10.5%+172.0%
06705+7.7%+14.1%+9.8%+154.9%
06706+7.8%+14.9%+9.6%+149.6%
06708+7.0%+13.3%+9.2%+141.1%
06770+4.7%+11.8%+7.6%+107.2%
06786+9.6%+11.8%+7.3%+101.7%
06401+5.3%+11.1%+7.2%+100.7%
06779+10.7%+10.5%+7.0%+96.4%
06418+2.5%+10.5%+6.9%+94.4%
06787+8.5%+11.2%+6.9%+94.1%
06483+9.5%+10.9%+6.6%+89.0%
06798+16.1%+11.7%+6.2%+82.2%
06010+6.7%+10.8%+6.2%+81.8%
06751+20.0%+11.2%+6.2%+81.8%
06403+4.7%+9.9%+6.1%+81.0%
06795+7.1%+9.6%+5.6%+72.3%
06762+6.0%+9.3%+5.4%+69.6%
06484+4.5%+9.1%+5.4%+69.5%
06478+7.8%+9.3%+5.3%+67.9%
06716+5.8%+9.5%+5.3%+67.6%
06410+4.6%+9.5%+5.2%+66.4%
06712-1.1%+8.7%+5.1%+65.1%
06488+3.2%+8.9%+5.0%+63.1%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Waterbury-Shelton, CT and Connecticut, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006106.0+6.0%105.6
2007106.6+0.5%105.9
2008101.2-5.1%101.4
200994.6-6.5%95.6
201090.7-4.2%92.1
201186.9-4.2%89.1
201284.3-3.0%87.3
201383.3-1.1%86.5
201482.1-1.5%86.3
201583.6+1.8%87.7
201683.8+0.3%88.1
201784.0+0.2%88.6
201885.7+2.0%89.6
201987.9+2.6%92.0
202092.7+5.5%96.1
2021106.9+15.3%109.4
2022122.3+14.4%124.8
2023134.2+9.7%135.7
2024145.2+8.2%147.9
2025155.7+7.2%158.5

The 5 measured metros in Connecticut

Measured metros in Connecticut ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT+8.3%+11.1%+6.9%
2Waterbury-Shelton, CT+7.2%+10.9%+6.4%
3New Haven, CT+7.2%+10.5%+6.2%
4Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT+6.8%+10.4%+5.9%
5Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT+7.1%+10.2%+5.8%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Connecticut row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2