Bridgeport’s Tax Rate Now Among Lowest For Cities, Median Overall For Connecticut

Remember those days – no, sorry – those decades, when Bridgeport, Connecticut’s most populous community, was highlighted as one of the highest-taxed destinations?

Not anymore. And if it is, the accusation would be inaccurate.

The bean-counting Connecticut Office of Policy and Management publishes the official list of tax rates by town. It reflects the average mill rate across the state at roughly 28.

Bridgeport’s current mill rate for property taxes, the result of a dramatically reduced tax rate adopted for the current fiscal year, now sits at 27.95, a number not reflected since the 1960s, as a result of property value increases from the state-mandated revaluation. There’s a caveat to this politically that we’ll get into.

This is a huge opportunity for the city to hammer home this point for business retention and recruitment after many businesses were dismissive of the city because of the tax rate. Let the entire region know, the entire Tri-State area know. If you don’t tell them, they won’t know it.

So let’s compare apples to apples. The mill rates of the following larger Connecticut communities:

Harford 69.95

New Haven 39.96

Waterbury 43.34

New Britain 39.18

West Hartford 46

Middletown 33.30

Stamford 28.47

Bristol 35.30

Manchester 41

Hamden 53.67

Let’s compare largest city to nearby neighbors:

Stratford 37.73

Trumbull 37.42

Easton 33.15

Monroe 29.88

Now, for the internal political caveat, as we enter 2027, a mayoral and City Council election year. Revals are screwy wabbits. Some assessments rise, some fall, some stay the same reflected in the tax bills that property owners received for the start of the July 1 fiscal year. Many residential owners did okay such as Black Rock, historically the highest taxed area, condo owners such as the North End not so much.

With revaluation now set for the next four years, property tax bills will be fairly straight forward. Mill rate goes up taxes go up. Mill rate stays the same, your tax bill is the same. Outliers exists for senior citizen qualified tax relief.

Mayor Joe Ganim is seeking another four-year term in 2027. He will not raise taxes. Not happening. The looming question: will he cut taxes a bit for everyone?

That depends on a number of variables. The grand list of taxable property, moolah from the state, credit worthiness from Wall Street, the quality of the competition.

Municipal property tax mill rates for all 169 Connecticut towns, alphabetically. Fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 (2025 Grand List). One mill equals $1 in tax per $1,000 of assessed value. Special taxing districts and other additional levies are not included.

Source: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, Mill Rates for FY 2014–2027. Data downloaded October 10, 2026. Rates may differ for properties in special taxing districts.