New Canaan, CT
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.
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.
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
The Property Landscape
7,428 properties · Median year built 1965 · Avg 4,023 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Western Connecticut Registry of Deeds
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
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.
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