Total Units | Norwalk | County | State |
Total Units | 35,458 | 369,044 | 1,507,711 |
% Single Family Unit (2013-2017) | 47.5% | 58% | 59.2% |
New Permits Auth (2017) | 429 | 1,719 | 4,547 |
As % of Existing Units | 1.2% | .5% | .3% |
Demolitions (2017) | 21 | 538 | 1403 |
Home Sales | 623 | 5,187 | 21,880 |
Median Price | $421,900 | 417,800 | 270,100 |
Built Pre-1950 share | 31.2% | 29% | 29.3% |
Owner Occupied Dwellings | 19,885 | 228,666 | 906,798 |
As % of Total Dwellings | 59.6% | 67.7% | 66.6% |
Subsidized Housing (2018) | 4,516 | 34,037 | 167,879 |
As a % of total Units | 12.7% | 9.2% | 11.1% |
Source: CERC Norwalk Town Profile 2019
Distribution of House Sales (2017)
Price | Norwalk | County | State |
Less than $100,000 | 0 | 34 | 536 |
$100,000 -$199,999 | 2 | 343 | 5,237 |
$200,000-299,999 | 23 | 749 | 6,681 |
$300,000-399,999 | 126 | 865 | 3,863 |
$400,000 or more | 472 | 3,196 | 5,563 |
Source: CERC Norwalk Town Profile 2019
Rental Market (2013-2017)
Price | Norwalk | County | State |
Median Rent | $1,562 | $1,439 | $1,123 |
Cost Burdened Renters | 54.2% | 54.6% | 52.3% |
Source: CERC Norwalk Town Profile 2019
Affordable Housing Comparison
The following chart highlights the number of housing units and number and percentage of affordable (subsidized units) by town in Fairfield County.
Norwalk’s affordable housing percentage is higher than the state and Fairfield County and is third behind Bridgeport and Stamford.
City Town | Total Housing Units (2013-17) | Affordable Housing Units (2018) | % of Housing |
State | 1,507,711 | 167,879 | 11.1% |
Fairfield County | 369,044 | 34,037 | 9.2% |
Bethel | 7554 | 428 | 5.6% |
Bridgeport | 58,124 | 11,593 | 19.9% |
Brookfield | 6573 | 352 | 5.3% |
Danbury | 32,658 | 3373 | 10.3% |
Darien | 7045 | 252 | 3.5% |
Easton | 2837 | 16 | .05% |
Fairfield | 21,615 | 527 | 2.4% |
Greenwich | 24,617 | 1,297 | 5.2% |
Monroe | 7312 | 93 | .01% |
New Canaan | 1676 | 152 | .9% |
New Fairfield | 5898 | 80 | 1.3% |
Newtown | 10,282 | 248 | 2.4% |
NORWALK | 35,458 | 4516 | 12.7% |
Redding | 3893 | 14 | .03% |
Ridgefield | 9,645 | 279 | 2.8% |
Shelton | 17,130 | 503 | 2.9% |
Sherman | 1764 | 7 | .03% |
Stamford | 53,257 | 7648 | 14.3% |
Stratford | 21,745 | 1343 | 6.1% |
Trumbull | 12,898 | 592 | 4.5% |
Weston | 3912 | 7 | .01% |
Westport | 10,870 | 350 | 3.2% |
Wilton | 6466 | 259 | 4% |
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