Property tax in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut is $8,670 a year, which is about 2.02% of the county's median home value of $428,800. That effective rate is higher than the typical Connecticut county (1.67%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's average effective rate of 2.02% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $8,662 / year

Property tax in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at a glance

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$8,670
Median home value	$428,800
Effective tax rate	2.02%
Typical Connecticut county rate	1.67%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Greater Bridgeport Planning Region compare in Connecticut?

Among Connecticut's 9 counties, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has the highest effective property-tax rate. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 80th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Connecticut county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's 78,087 owner-occupied homes, 89.5% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 92.1% pay at least $2,000, and 1.3% pay under $800. Another 3.4% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Greater Bridgeport Planning Region homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	1,017	1.3%
$800 to $1,499	1,840	2.4%
$1,500 to $1,999	635	0.8%
$2,000 to $2,999	2,031	2.6%
$3,000 or more	69,897	89.5%
No property tax paid	2,667	3.4%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $8,915 and owners without one pay $8,161. That is within 10% either way, so in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

How does the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $8,670 is about 6.8% of the median income of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region homeowner households, $127,464 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 65.3% of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Property tax in counties next to Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region borders 4 counties, 1 of them across the state line.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT (this county)	2.02%	$8,670	$428,800
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT	1.91%	$6,759	$353,100
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT	1.88%	$5,983	$317,700
Suffolk County, NY	at least 1.73%	$10,000+	$578,400
Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT	1.42%	$9,295	$652,900

How is a home assessed in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region?

Connecticut assesses homes at 70% of market value in every county, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region included. How Connecticut assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region?

Not statewide. Since 2024 a Connecticut town may vote to exempt between 5% and 35% of the assessed value of owner-occupied homes; ask your town assessor whether yours did. That is the Connecticut rule, and it applies in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region. Connecticut's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region?

Connecticut does not set property tax due dates at the state level. Each town's legislative body decides whether tax is payable in one, two, or four installments and picks the dates, subject to one rule: the last installment must fall at least 45 days before the end of the town's fiscal year. You get a one month grace period, after which interest runs at 1.5% per month, 18% a year, charged back to the original due date.

That is the Connecticut rule. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Greater Bridgeport Planning Region property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the the town's Board of Assessment Appeals, then Connecticut Superior Court. The filing deadline is typically February 20 following the October 1 assessment date, or March 20 if your town's assessor got an extension. That is the Connecticut rule; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region sets the exact dates and forms. The Connecticut appeal process step by step.

Connecticut rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Connecticut page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.