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Monday, October 5, 2026 · automated data desk
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Which Connecticut town has the highest property tax rate? In fiscal year 2027, Hartford taxes real property at 69.95 mills, 2.6 times the 26.66-mill rate that property pays statewide across 168 towns.

Which Connecticut town has the highest property tax rate?

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Property tax rate, FY2027 (top 10 towns); Hartford highlighted in orange. Source and query below.

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Source
civic calendar — municipal budgets adopted for fiscal 2027 (July 1) make the new mill rates the operative tax facts; budget-adopt coverage is seasonal and may not mention rates at all
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dataset: https://data.ct.gov/d/emyx-j53e
query: GET /resource/emyx-j53e.json?fiscal_year=2027 (municipal rows, split rates; weighted by webp-fgt3 2025)
published · data as of FY2027
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