Taxes & Income

What Hartland taxes, at what rate, what that costs per resident, and how it sits against local incomes.

  • MILL RATE FY 2025-26
  • ACS 2024 RELEASE
  • PULLED 2026-08-10
Mill rate 29.15 mills Posted real estate and personal property rate, FY 2025-26. This town posts a separate motor vehicle rate. A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value; Connecticut assesses at 70% of market value. A posted rate cannot be compared with another town’s, or with this town’s own rate across a revaluation — the equalized rate beside it can. CT OPM Mill Rates (emyx-j53e).
Equalized mill rate 15.10 millsRANK 49 / 169 12% below the statewide median of 17.18 mills The levy restated against the market value of the town’s property, FY 2022-23. CT OPM Municipal Fiscal Indicators (ej6f-y2wf). The equalized rate restates the levy against the market value of the town's property. The posted rate is not comparable between towns or across a revaluation; this one is.
Net grand list $218.3M Assessed value of all taxable property, grand list year 2024. CT OPM Net Grand List by Town (webp-fgt3).
Median household income $113,375 ACS 5-year estimate, 2024 release — a rolling five-year survey average, not a single year. US Census Bureau, table B19013.
Median home value $350,700 ACS 5-year estimate, 2024 release. Owner-reported value, not an assessment. US Census Bureau, table B25077.
Before you read these charts.
  • Audited actuals — Audited actuals are what a town actually spent and received across all its governmental funds, as reported after the year closed. They are not the budget the town adopted.
  • Mill rate — A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value. Connecticut assesses property at 70% of market value, so a posted rate is not comparable between towns.
  • Peer groups — A peer group is a tool for a specific question, not a verdict. A group that is right for comparing school spending can be wrong for comparing snow plowing. Where two defensible groups disagree, this site shows both.
  • The grand list — The grand list is the assessed value of all taxable property in a town. It is dated October 1 and pays for the fiscal year starting the following July, so it always runs a year ahead of the budget it funds.
  • Medians, and why the town is left out of its own — A group is summarized by its median — the middle town, not the average. The subject town is excluded from its own group median, because a town cannot be part of the benchmark it is measured against.
  • Revaluation — Every Connecticut town revalues its property on a five-year cycle. When values rise, the grand list grows and the posted mill rate steps down — even if the town collects exactly the same amount of tax.

14 terms bear on this page; the 6 most used are above. Full definitions, what each measure does not support, and the source behind it: How these numbers work.

About the figures on this page.
  • Special taxing districts are not included. The rates here are the municipality's own. Property inside a fire, sewer or other special taxing district, or inside a borough, is charged that district's rate in addition to the town rate.
  • A levy divided by residents is not a tax bill. The levy used on the income charts applies the town's posted real-estate mill rate to the non-vehicle part of its taxable grand list and the town's motor-vehicle mill rate to the vehicle part, then divides the two together — homes, businesses, land and vehicles — by every resident. Connecticut caps the motor-vehicle mill rate by statute, separately from the real-estate rate, which is why the two rates are applied to their own shares of the list rather than one rate to the whole of it. It puts towns on one basis; it is not an estimate of what any household pays.

Has the tax rate gone up?

Equalized mill rate over time

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Source: CT OPM Municipal Fiscal Indicators (ej6f-y2wf), field equalized_mill_rate, from data.ct.gov. Peer lines are the median of each group, not a total or an average. This town is excluded from its own group medians.

What rate does the town post?

Posted (nominal) mill rate over time

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Source: CT OPM Mill Rates (emyx-j53e), fields real_estate_personal and grand_list_year, from data.ct.gov, as packaged in /data/ct_mill_rates.json. Peer lines are the median of each group's own posted rates, not a ratio of medians; this town is excluded from its own group medians. Where OPM files a rate of zero, that town-year is carried as missing rather than charted as zero; some of those gaps are filled from OPM's adopted-budget summary (pcg4-s5rc), and every filled cell names that dataset in the payload. Where this file and the Municipal Fiscal Indicators file disagree on a town-year, both figures are published in the payload metadata and neither is silently preferred.

Why do the two rates differ?

Nominal vs. equalized mill rate — peer towns

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Source: CT OPM Municipal Fiscal Indicators (ej6f-y2wf), fields mill_rate_real_estate_personal (nominal) and equalized_mill_rate, from data.ct.gov. Towns with no equalized rate reported for this year are omitted.

How does the rate compare with similar towns?

Posted (nominal) mill rate — peer towns, most recent year

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Source: CT OPM Mill Rates (emyx-j53e), fields real_estate_personal and grand_list_year, from data.ct.gov, as packaged in /data/ct_mill_rates.json. Peer towns with no rate published for this year are omitted. Hover a bar for the October 1 grand list the rate is laid against. Some cells in this file are filled from OPM's adopted-budget summary (pcg4-s5rc), and every filled cell names that dataset in the payload. Where this file and the Municipal Fiscal Indicators file disagree on a town-year, both figures are published in the payload metadata and neither is silently preferred.

Where does the rate sit among all Connecticut towns?

Equalized mill rate — every Connecticut town ranked

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Source: CT OPM Municipal Fiscal Indicators (ej6f-y2wf), fields equalized_mill_rate and mill_rate_real_estate_personal, from data.ct.gov. Groton (City) is excluded: it is a sub-municipality reported separately from Groton and has no equalized rate reported. Towns with no equalized rate reported for this year are also omitted, so the count of ranked towns can be below 169. A revaluation factor near 0.70 indicates a grand list set at a recent revaluation; a lower factor indicates market values have risen since the town last revalued, a higher factor that they have fallen.

What kinds of property is the town taxing?

Grand list by assessment class

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Source: CT OPM Net Grand List by Town (webp-fgt3), fields residential, commercial, land, motor_vehicle, personal and class_total, from data.ct.gov. Shares are taken against class_total — the five classes summed — and not against net_grand_list.

How much of the town’s property pays no tax?

Tax-exempt property as a share of all assessed property

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Source: CT OPM Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Economic and Grand List Data (xgef-f6jp), metrics Tax exempt property assessment and Total exempt and taxable property assessment, from data.ct.gov, packaged as tax_exempt_share_pct in /data/ct_tax_exempt_share.json, an extract of the whole dataset at /data/ct_grand_list_indicators.json. Both figures are assessed value on the October 1 grand list named on the axis. Each median is taken across towns’ own shares, one share per town, with this town left out of its two peer medians; the statewide median counts every Connecticut town, this one included.

Has the tax base kept up with prices?

Grand list growth against inflation

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Source: CT OPM Net Grand List by Town (webp-fgt3), fields residential, commercial, land, motor_vehicle, personal, class_total and net_grand_list, from data.ct.gov; inflation from US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U, US city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted, series CUUR0000SA0 (data.bls.gov), annual averages only, packaged as /data/us_cpi_u.json. The index is built on class_total — the five classes summed — because that is the only denominator the class columns reconcile against; the same window measured on net_grand_list is reported in the box above wherever the source publishes it at both ends.

Does the assessed value follow the market?

Grand list growth — taxable value against market value

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Source: assessed figures from CT OPM Net Grand List by Town (webp-fgt3), field net_grand_list, from data.ct.gov; market-value figures from CT OPM Equalized Net Grand List by Town (8rr8-a322), field equalized_grand_list, as packaged in /data/ct_equalized_rates.json. Both are keyed to the October 1 grand list year on the axis, not to a fiscal year. This chart uses net_grand_list, which subtracts the exemptions the class columns above are gross of, so it is a different measure of the list from the one the two charts above index. Neither series is adjusted for inflation; the chart above sets the assessed list against consumer prices.

What share of a town’s income does the levy take?

Property tax levy per resident and household income

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Source: levy from CT OPM Municipal Fiscal Indicators (ej6f-y2wf), fields net_grand_list and population_state_dept_of_public_health, and CT OPM Mill Rates (emyx-j53e), fields real_estate_personal and motor_vehicle; the vehicle share of the list from CT OPM Net Grand List by Town (webp-fgt3), fields motor_vehicle and class_total; income from US Census ACS 5-year table B19013 (variable B19013_001E), packaged as median_household_income in /data/ct_town_income.json. The levy is computed by splitting the net grand list into its motor-vehicle share and the rest, applying real_estate_personal to the non-vehicle part and motor_vehicle to the vehicle part, then dividing the two together by 1,000 and by population. Connecticut caps the motor-vehicle mill rate by statute, separately from the real-estate rate, which is why the two rates are applied to their own shares of the list; the shares are read from the October 1 grand list each rate is laid against. The result is the amount the rates lay against the taxable list, not the amount a town collected, and it excludes special-district rates. A town is plotted only where the grand list, the rate, the population and the income figure all exist for the same fiscal year. Some rate cells are filled from OPM's adopted-budget summary (pcg4-s5rc), and every filled cell names that dataset in the payload; where the rate file and the Municipal Fiscal Indicators file disagree on a town-year, both figures are published in the payload metadata and neither is silently preferred. The dashed line is a least-squares fit through the plotted points — a summary of the scatter, not a prediction for any town.

Where does that share sit among all towns?

Levy per resident as a share of median household income

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Source: the same inputs as the chart above — CT OPM Municipal Fiscal Indicators (ej6f-y2wf), fields net_grand_list and population_state_dept_of_public_health; CT OPM Mill Rates (emyx-j53e), fields real_estate_personal and motor_vehicle; CT OPM Net Grand List by Town (webp-fgt3), fields motor_vehicle and class_total, for the vehicle share of the list; US Census ACS 5-year table B19013, field median_household_income. The levy applies the posted real-estate rate to the non-vehicle share of the grand list and the motor-vehicle rate to the vehicle share, because Connecticut caps the motor-vehicle mill rate by statute, separately from the real-estate rate. Numerator and denominator are per-resident and per-household respectively, so the ratio is a comparison index rather than an effective tax rate on income. Some rate cells are filled from OPM's adopted-budget summary (pcg4-s5rc), and every filled cell names that dataset in the payload; where the rate file and the Municipal Fiscal Indicators file disagree on a town-year, both figures are published in the payload metadata and neither is silently preferred.

Which kinds of property carry the levy?

Tax levy by property type

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Source: CT OPM Tax Levy by Municipality and Special Tax District (he33-brru), fields net_real_property_tax_levy, net_personal_prop_tax_levy, net_motor_vehicle_tax_levy and supplemental_mv, from data.ct.gov, packaged in /data/ct_equalized_rates.json. Each share is that figure divided by the four summed, so the supplemental motor-vehicle bills, which the state reports beside the town’s total rather than inside it, are counted with the rest. The statewide median is taken one property type at a time across every town with a breakdown that year, this town included, so the four medians need not add to exactly 100. A year is left blank where the state’s town-wide row was a zero, a blank or a partial filing (a consolidated city billing most of its levy through internal districts); in the payload the town’s total for such a year is filled from OPM’s adopted-budget summary (pcg4-s5rc), which has no breakdown. Where the state’s three property-type figures do not add to its own total for a town-year, the payload lists the row and the shares here are taken over the three figures themselves. Special taxing districts are not included.

What are incomes and home values in this town?

Household income and home value

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Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B19013 (variable B19013_001E, packaged as median_household_income) and B25077 (variable B25077_001E, packaged as median_home_value), in /data/ct_town_income.json. Peer lines are the median of each group's own town values; this town is excluded from its own group medians. Home value is the median value of owner-occupied housing units and is not a sale price.

Who lives in the town’s households?

Households, and households with children

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Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B11001 (household type), B11005 (households by presence of people under 18) and B25002 (occupancy status), for Census county subdivisions, which in Connecticut are the towns — packaged as /data/ct_town_households.json by Data/fetch_ct_town_households.py. Estimates are published with a 90% margin of error and both are carried; the bands are those margins. Whether two estimates are called distinguishable here is decided by the simplest available rule — whether their 90% intervals overlap. That rule is deliberately conservative and is not a formal significance test; the Census Bureau advises against testing overlapping five-year releases against each other at all, which is a further reason to read small movements as unmeasured rather than as change.

How much of the tax base is business?

Businesses and jobs located in town

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Source: Connecticut Department of Labor, Office of Research — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, dataset 7zu6-8dcr ("QCEW by NAICS (2 level) and Towns") on data.ct.gov, fields annavgestabs, annavgemp and naics2, packaged as /data/ct_qcew_towns.json. The totals use the source’s "Total — All Industries" row (naics2 00); that row and "Total — All Private Industries" (05) are totals rather than sectors, so the sector breakdown excludes both and the sectors do not sum to the total.

The data behind these charts

Hartland’s own series behind the charts on this page, as text. Each table names the dataset it came from and the year of every row. The peer towns and group medians the charts also plot are not repeated here; they are in the same source files, linked in the footer.

Posted mill rate by fiscal year

Posted mill rate by fiscal year for Hartland, Connecticut
Fiscal year Real estate and personal property Motor vehicle Grand list year
FY 2013-1424.5024.502012
FY 2014-1524.5024.502013
FY 2015-1625.5025.502014
FY 2016-1725.5025.502015
FY 2017-1826.5026.502016
FY 2018-1926.5026.502017
FY 2019-2027.5027.502018
FY 2020-2127.5027.502019
FY 2021-2227.0027.002020
FY 2022-2327.0027.002021
FY 2023-2427.2527.252022
FY 2024-2527.7527.752023
FY 2025-2629.1529.152024

A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value, and Connecticut assesses property at 70% of market value. A revaluation steps the posted rate down in that year even when the town collects the same amount of tax, so posted rates are not comparable across a revaluation or between towns. Source: CT OPM, Mill Rates (emyx-j53e).

Tax levy by property type, total tax levy and equalized mill rate by fiscal year

Tax levy by property type, total tax levy and equalized mill rate by fiscal year for Hartland, Connecticut
Fiscal year Real property levy Personal property levy Motor vehicle levy Total tax levy Equalized mill rate
FY 2018-19$5,319,454$243,822$446,488$6,009,76419.84
FY 2019-20$5,522,397$196,004$473,233$6,191,63420.98
FY 2020-21$5,549,458$204,797$488,714$6,242,96921.47
FY 2021-22$5,799,097$200,109$503,634$6,502,83921.18
FY 2022-23$5,100,197$199,996$633,189$5,933,38115.02
FY 2023-24$5,152,089$209,789$663,175$6,025,05313.89
FY 2024-25$5,255,223$205,013$655,734$6,115,97013.75
FY 2025-26$5,505,811$238,744$618,547$6,363,10113.87
FY 2026-27$6,352,615$194,666$515,649$7,062,929not reported

The three property-type levies are what the town reported billing on land and buildings, on business equipment and other personal property, and on the vehicles on its October 1 list; they sum to the total. Supplemental motor-vehicle bills, for vehicles registered after October 1, are billed separately and are not in the total. Where a year's breakdown reads "Not reported", the state's row for that year was a partial filing or a zero and the total comes from the town's adopted budget instead, which has no breakdown. The equalized rate restates the levy against the market value of the town's property. That is what makes rates comparable between towns and across a revaluation; the posted rate above is not. Source: CT OPM, Tax Levy by Municipality and Special Tax District (he33-brru) and Equalized Net Grand List (8rr8-a322).

Net grand list by assessment class and grand list year

Net grand list by assessment class and grand list year for Hartland, Connecticut
Grand list year Net grand list Residential Commercial Motor vehicle Personal property
2011$194,348,560$150,035,060$17,414,100$15,987,990$6,224,370
2012not reported$150,592,240$17,414,100$16,515,540$6,074,355
2013$197,159,605$150,773,620$17,398,350$16,490,635$7,792,860
2014$196,621,980$151,362,580$17,266,060$16,406,957$7,235,543
2015$198,192,769$146,066,050$24,676,590$16,689,370$7,078,809
2016$200,435,997$145,817,770$24,575,520$16,851,813$8,997,394
2017$200,734,124$146,911,110$24,635,520$16,786,785$9,163,779
2018$200,988,260$148,692,220$24,728,070$17,398,470$7,066,460
2019$202,045,426$148,888,050$24,944,480$17,706,175$7,253,581
2020$214,781,338$160,799,080$24,770,280$18,521,368$7,325,870
2021$219,571,700$160,623,170$24,613,810$23,719,840$7,409,670
2022$221,131,722$161,164,720$24,666,170$24,365,560$7,699,292
2023$220,406,335$161,490,020$24,639,000$23,635,055$7,387,860
2024$218,288,147$161,656,833$22,639,000$21,219,450$8,190,117

Assessed values, at 70% of market value. The grand list year runs ahead of the fiscal year that taxes it, so a grand list year and a fiscal year on this page are not the same period. Source: CT OPM, Net Grand List by Town (webp-fgt3).

Income and housing by survey release

Income and housing by survey release for Hartland, Connecticut
ACS release Median household income Per-capita income Median home value Median gross rent Population
2021$105,921$55,913$287,700$1,519 ±6091,971
2022$111,429$57,818$324,600$1,448 ±3791,806
2023$117,109$58,634$336,200$1,375 ±6611,881
2024$113,375$57,443$350,700$1,819 ±4781,840

Each release is a rolling five-year average, not a single year, so consecutive releases overlap and should not be read as year-over-year change. Median home value is what owners report to the survey, not an assessment. Gross rent is contract rent plus the estimated cost of utilities and fuels where the renter pays them, so it is not the figure on a lease; it covers renter-occupied units, while median home value covers owner-occupied ones. The number after ± is the 90% margin of error the Census publishes with that estimate. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Median gross rent is ACS 5-year, B25064.