New Canaan, CT
Western Connecticut41.1468°N, 73.4948°W
Tracking 7,428 properties across New Canaan, Connecticut — a community where the median home dates to 1965 and the oldest to 1700. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
7,428
Properties Tracked
1965
Median Year Built
$1.1M
Median Assessed Value
8%
FEMA Flood Zone
1.93M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 1
Radon Zone
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New Canaan, CTInc. 1731
New Canaan is an affluent residential town in the Gold Coast of Fairfield County, known for its mid-century modern architectural heritage — the Glass House by Philip Johnson and the Harvard Five architects' modernist homes make it a destination for architecture enthusiasts. The town's housing stock extends well beyond the modernist legacy, including colonial and Victorian homes near the village center and estates throughout.
For property professionals, New Canaan is a premium market with high assessed values, a walkable downtown, and a housing stock where architectural significance and renovation quality are key value drivers.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
617 properties (8%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
6,811
AE
485
A
132
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
Grade A
568
Grade B
2,141
Grade C
1,530
Grade D
1,560
Grade E
1,629
Zone 1
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
30 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Relatively Moderate
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
7,428 properties · Median year built 1965 · Avg 4,023 sf
Property Types
Single Family
6,631
Other
568
Mixed Use
118
Institutional
94
Two-Family
7
Vacant Land
4
Multi-Family
2
Three-Family
2
Residential Other
1
Condominium
1
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
56
1800-1849
67
1850-1899
150
1900-1949
903
1950-1979
2,514
1980-1999
771
2000+
866
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Western Connecticut Registry of Deeds
29
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$2.5M
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
73%
Owner-Occupied
4%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 97% of New Canaan properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
Living in New Canaan
Western Connecticut · Connecticut
Zip Codes0684006850068970690306907
20,622
Population
2020 Census
7,428
Properties
$1.1M
Median Assessed
73%
Owner-Occupied
22.2
Square Miles
New Canaan covers 22.2 square miles in Western Connecticut, Connecticut. The median assessed property value is $1.1M.
Single-family homes account for 6,631 of New Canaan's 7,428 properties. About 73% of properties are owner-occupied, and 4% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $793K and $1.6M, with the highest assessed property at $46.1M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
37% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 60% have public water service. Electric service is provided by UNITED ILLUMINATING CO. 3,096 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give New Canaan its character.
What New Canaan Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
New Canaan's fire protection grade distribution (568 Grade A, 2,141 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
New Canaan's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1700 to present, require local market knowledge for accurate comparable selection and valuation. NEP assembles building characteristics, environmental exposure, and condition signals into a single property profile.
Real estate solutionsLending & Title
Collateral assessment requires flood zone verification, environmental screening, and ownership chain validation. 8% of New Canaan properties are in SFHAs where flood insurance is a federal lending requirement. NEP provides property-level compliance data from public records.
Lending solutionsInspection & Property Services
Understanding a property's construction era, environmental exposure, and building characteristics before arriving on site transforms inspection from discovery to verification.
Inspection solutionsExplore New Canaan property intelligence.
7,428 New Canaan properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.
Newburyport, MA · Federalist · 3,524 sq ft · 4 bed / 3 bath · Built 1800 · Historic District
NEP Property Intelligence Summary
ConditionC1Fire ClassBFlood ZoneXOwnerIndividualOccupancyOwner-Occupied
Purchased2018 (8yr)Permits11 totalSystems3 updatedLiensClearAssessed$1.6MOcean0.3 mi
EraPre-1940HistoricDesignatedRenovationRecentRadonZone 1
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