Housing · Lyme
Lyme, CT housing market
The typical Lyme home is worth about $808,000, up 6.3% in a year, 79% above the Connecticut typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Lyme compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
The market right now
Lyme at a glance
Typical home value
$808K
▲ 6.3% in a year · Zillow
Ten-year trend
Typical home value, 2016–2026
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Show as a table
| January | Lyme | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $452,000 | $248,000 |
| 2018 | $472,000 | $256,000 |
| 2019 | $480,000 | $258,000 |
| 2020 | $467,000 | $264,000 |
| 2021 | $520,000 | $293,000 |
| 2022 | $617,000 | $326,000 |
| 2023 | $670,000 | $357,000 |
| 2024 | $714,000 | $395,000 |
| 2025 | $768,000 | $420,000 |
| 2026 | $773,000 | $438,000 |
| August 2026 | $808,000 | $451,000 |
Next door
Lyme and its neighbors
The towns that share a border. Tap one to see its housing page.
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | Days on market | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyme | $808K | +6.3% | — | $135,000 |
| Old Lyme | $688K | +12% | — | $131,899 |
| Deep River | $444K | +4% | — | $90,253 |
| Essex Village | — | — | — | $102,885 |
| Essex | $641K | +4.5% | — | $104,395 |
| East Lyme | $535K | +5.3% | — | $105,044 |
| Chester | $540K | +6.3% | — | $109,191 |
Affordability
6 years of income
The typical Lyme home costs about 6 years of the town's median household income, more than across Connecticut (4.7 years).
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
The homes
Owners, rent & taxes
Homeownership
90.8%
Connecticut: 66.5%
Median tax bill
$7,328
Connecticut: $6,643
Median rent
$1,719
Connecticut: $1,488
Typical home built
1967
Connecticut: 1967
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Listings link to their publishers.