Mill Rates for the Greater New Haven Area

Many of our clients have asked what the mill rate is for the town they live in, or the town they wish to move to, so we thought we'd post the list of mill rates of all the towns covered by the Greater New Haven Board of Realtors. For those who are unfamiliar with what a mill rate is, it's how communities calculate the amount of tax you owe on personal property. The actual term is millage rate, but over time it has been shortened to the root word mill, meaning "thousand". A mill is a thousandth of a dollar, or 0.1%. The mill rate is the amount per thousand dollars of assessed property the owner must pay in taxes to the municipality the property is located in. The assessment ratio in Connecticut is currently 70% of the property's fair market value.

Using the table below as an example, the owner of a property in Wallingford that has an assessed value (not appraised value or sales value) of $250,000 would pay $5,725 in taxes based on the listed mill rate of 22.90, or 0.0229. In New Haven, an owner of that same property would pay $10,552.50 in property taxes, based on the current 42.21 mill rate. Any questions on property assessment should be directed to your town's Tax Assessor's Office.

These rates are current as of July, 2008:

Town	Assessment Ratio	Last Evaluation Year	Next Evaluation Year	Mill Rate
Ansonia	70%	2008	2013	25.25
Beacon Falls	70%	2006	2011	24.73
Bethany	70%	2008	2013	30.03
Branford	70%	2004	2009	23.21
Cheshire	70%	2008	2013	28.05
Derby	70%	2005	2010	26.40
East Haven	70%	2006	2011	22.85
Guilford	70%	2007	2012	19.19
Hamden	70%	2005	2010	29.42
Huntington	70%	2006	2011	18.61
Killingworth	70%	2006	2011	21.00
Madison	70%	2007	2012	17.84
Meriden 1	70%	2006	2011	27.96
Meriden 2	70%	2006	2011	29.89
Milford	70%	2006	2011	28.23
Naugatuck	70%	2007	2012	31.7 *
New Haven	70%	2006	2011	42.21
North Branford	70%	2005	2010	24.95
North Haven	70%	2005	2009	23.50
Orange	70%	2006	2011	27.94
Oxford	70%	2005	2010	20.33
Seymour	70%	2005	2010	25.52
Shelton	70%	2006	2011	18.61
Southington	70%	2005	2010	23.02
Stratford	70%	2004	2009	30.51
Wallingford	70%	2005	2010	22.90
W. Haven 1	70%	2005	2010	35.56
W. Haven -Allington	70%	2005	2010	33.96
W. Haven – W. Shore	70%	2005	2010	33.85

* = Going to referendum