Eastford

Eastford is a town of about 1,650 that sold sixteen houses last year — and it was the only town in Windham County where the median price went down. It has a mill rate of 21.20 with no fire district and no special taxing district, a PK–8 school of 173 students, and Natchaug State Forest running through it. Single-family homes sold at a median of $357,500 in 2025.

Eastford Home Prices and Market Data

Full calendar year, single-family. Source: Eastern Connecticut Association of REALTORS®.

Eastford was the only town in Windham County where the median fell in 2025 — down 2.1% while every other town rose, several by double digits. Days on market more than doubled, from 21 to 47.

Now the honest caveat, which matters more here than anywhere else in the county: Eastford sold sixteen houses. Sixteen. Two or three modest homes selling in a year where the prior year happened to include a couple of expensive ones is enough to produce a "decline" that reflects the mix of what sold rather than any change in value.

Note that the average price actually rose, from $365,207 to $393,219, while the median fell. When the average and the median move in opposite directions in a sixteen-sale market, that is a composition effect, not a trend.

What I would not do is tell an Eastford seller their home lost value, or tell a buyer this is a soft market. Neither conclusion is supported. What is supported: homes here take longer to sell than they did, and they sell at about 99% of asking when they do.

Property Taxes: 21.20, and That's It

Eastford's mill rate is 21.20 on the October 1, 2024 Grand List, for fiscal year 2026, and the state's special taxing district registry returns nothing for the town — no fire districts, no lake districts, no service districts.

In a county where Killingly stacks eight fire districts on top of its base rate, Plainfield four, Woodstock three lake districts, and Putnam a Special Services District worth nearly eight mills, a clean single rate is worth naming.

The rate was 27.50 two years ago. That drop was the 2023 revaluation resetting assessments upward, not a tax cut — the town's own assessor page confirms the 2023 revaluation has ended and the next is 2028.

Eastford Schools

Eastford Elementary School serves PK–8 with about 173 students.

Eastford has no high school. Most Eastford students attend The Woodstock Academy, the independent school founded in 1801 that serves as the designated public high school for a group of area towns. I'd confirm the current tuition arrangement with the Eastford Board of Education rather than assuming it — the Academy does not publish its sending-town list, and this is the kind of detail worth having in writing before you buy.

Enrollment figures are from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Natchaug, the Still River, and General Lyon

Natchaug State Forest occupies a substantial part of Eastford, including the National Register–listed Natchaug Forest Lumber Shed. The Still River runs through town and powered a twine mill at Phoenixville from 1831.

General Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861) is buried in the family plot in Eastford. Lyon was the first Union general killed in the Civil War, at Wilson's Creek in Missouri, and an estimated 15,000 people attended his funeral here — an extraordinary number for a town this size in 1861, and a measure of what his death meant at that moment in the war.

A small precision note, because it gets repeated wrongly: Lyon is buried in Eastford. Sources differ on where he was born, with some pointing to Ashford. I'd say "buried in Eastford" and leave the birthplace alone unless you've checked it.

Practical Things Worth Knowing

Eastford has no design review over your house. The town's Conservation & Historic Preservation Commission is explicitly non-regulatory — its charge is information and education, not certificates of appropriateness. Eastford's National Register listings are honorary and restrict nothing for private owners. If you buy a period house here and want to change the windows, that is between you and the building official.

Well and septic permits go through the Northeast District Department of Health in Brooklyn — site investigations, plan review, permits, inspections, and searchable online records. Not Town Hall.

PA 490 land classification is common on Eastford acreage. The classification ends when the property sells unless the buyer reapplies, and a change of use within ten years triggers a conveyance penalty starting at 10% of fair market value. Ask the assessor before you write the offer.

Thinking of Selling in Eastford?

You are going to see a headline somewhere saying Eastford prices fell last year, and a buyer's agent may well bring it to you. Here is what I would say back.

Sixteen sales cannot establish a trend. The average price rose while the median fell, which is the statistical signature of a different mix of houses selling — not of houses being worth less. Meanwhile sellers here got 99% of asking in both years running.

What did change is speed: 47 days instead of 21. That is worth planning around. Price it right at launch and be prepared for the right buyer to take six or seven weeks to show up, because in a town of 1,650 that is simply how long it takes.

If you want a real number for your home, I'll walk the property, pull the actual comparables rather than the town median, and tell you honestly what I think it brings.

Frequently Asked Questions About Eastford Real Estate

What is the average home price in Eastford, CT?

Single-family homes in Eastford sold at a median of $357,500 in 2025, compared with $365,000 in 2024, across 16 sales. The average sale price rose over the same period, from $365,207 to $393,219 — with a sample that small, the median and average moving in opposite directions reflects which houses happened to sell rather than a change in values. Source: Eastern Connecticut Association of REALTORS®.

What is the mill rate in Eastford, CT?

21.20 on the October 1, 2024 Grand List, for fiscal year 2026. Eastford has no fire districts or special taxing districts, so that single rate is the entire property tax bill. The drop from 27.50 two years earlier was the 2023 revaluation, not a tax cut. The next revaluation is 2028.

What high school do Eastford students attend?

Eastford operates a PK–8 school and has no high school of its own. Most students attend The Woodstock Academy. Confirm the current tuition arrangement with the Eastford Board of Education.

Who was General Nathaniel Lyon?

The first Union general killed in the Civil War, at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, in 1861. He is buried in the family plot in Eastford, and an estimated 15,000 people attended his funeral there.

Does Eastford restrict exterior changes to historic homes?

No. Eastford's Conservation & Historic Preservation Commission is non-regulatory — its role is information and education. There is no certificate-of-appropriateness process, and National Register listings impose no restriction on private owners.

Sources and dates. Sale price, volume, days on market, and list-to-sale: Eastern Connecticut Association of REALTORS®, full-year 2025 and 2024 Windham County town reports. Mill rates, special taxing district registry, and revaluation schedule: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, October 1, 2024 Grand List, and the Town of Eastford Assessor. School enrollment: National Center for Education Statistics. Natchaug State Forest: Connecticut DEEP. Well and septic: Northeast District Department of Health. PA 490: Connecticut Office of Legislative Research.

Last updated August 2026. Tax rates and market data change — ask me for current numbers.