Homes for Sale in Lebanon

Lebanon's town green runs a mile long, and a good part of it is still being farmed. Not kept as a lawn — actually farmed, which makes it a genuinely rare surviving eighteenth-century New England common. The town holds nearly 10,000 acres of farmland, 5,500 of it permanently preserved. Single-family homes sold at a median of $367,000 in 2025.

I sell all over this part of the state, and Lebanon comes with a few things you won't run into anywhere else nearby. Here's what I'd want to know before I bought here.

What Homes Are Selling For in Lebanon

Full calendar year, single-family detached. Source: SmartMLS Local Market Update, December 2025.

The median dropped about 2.8%, and I went looking for a reason and couldn't find one. No subdivision came online. No big development delivered. No zoning change. On 71 sales, a $10,500 move in the median sits well inside the noise a thin market throws off from mix shift alone.

The other columns tell you more. Days on market went from 34 to 25, and homes still sold over asking at 102.3%. That's a market that got faster.

The Green — and the Claim I'm Not Going to Make

You'll read that Lebanon has the largest town green in Connecticut. I couldn't verify that, and the Town of Lebanon doesn't claim it either. Nobody authoritative ranks Connecticut greens by size.

What the town does say is verifiable, and honestly it's the better line:

"A mile in length and with a major portion still in agricultural use, the Lebanon green is unique because of its size, its preservation as an example of an early town settlement."

An eighteenth-century common, a mile long, still being farmed, sitting in the middle of a town. That's a real thing & it doesn't need a superlative stapled to it.

The green went on the National Register in the late 1970s. The John Trumbull Birthplace inside the district is a National Historic Landmark, a step above National Register listing, and there aren't many of those in this corner of the state.

The Revolutionary War History Actually Holds Up

Lebanon calls itself the "Heartbeat of the Revolution." Usually that kind of branding is a stretch. Here it's earned.

Jonathan Trumbull Sr. was Connecticut's governor from 1769 to 1784, and the only colonial governor who sided with the colonists. So he was the last governor of the colony and the first governor of the state.

The War Office — Trumbull's store, built around 1730 — is where he convened the Council of Safety and planned supply to the Continental Army out of this town.

French soldiers camped in Lebanon for seven months at the height of the war, after their cavalry landed at Newport. Tents and temporary barracks in the fields around the green. Washington came through.

And 677 Lebanon men served — more than 50% of the adult population.

Farming Is the Economy and the Landscape Both

The Town calls itself one of New England's largest agricultural communities and a Connecticut capital for the dairy, poultry, equine and nursery industries. Its own farm directory lists more than 50 individual farm operations.

Here's the number that matters most if you're buying: nearly 10,000 acres of farmland, and 5,500 of those acres are permanently preserved.

That difference matters. Preserved farmland isn't just open land nobody's built on yet — it's land that can't be built on. If you're buying here for the landscape and the quiet, those 5,500 protected acres are what keeps it that way.

If you're buying acreage yourself, ask whether the parcel carries a PA 490 farm, forest or open space classification. That gets you a much lower assessment tied to continued agricultural use, and Connecticut charges a conveyance tax penalty if the land is sold or converted within ten years. A listing advertising "low taxes" on land in a town like this often has PA 490 behind it, and those low taxes end when the use changes.

Two Special Taxing Districts, and One of Them Maintains Your Road

Lebanon has two districts on the state registry, and they don't work the same way at all.

The Amston Lake Tax District spans Hebron and Lebanon — the two originally separate districts were merged by act of the General Assembly. It levies 2.13 mills for FY2026 on 70%-of-value assessments, billed in two installments on July 1 and January 1 for bills over $200. It pays for lake health management, lake access, docks, beaches and district governance.

And here's the part that matters: the district maintains the roads on the Lebanon side. The district says so itself — the Lebanon rate runs higher than Hebron's precisely because the Lebanon budget carries road maintenance. Buy at Amston Lake and your road is the district's job, not the town's.

The Lake Williams Beach Association runs differently. It charges a flat $215 fee, not a mill rate. It shows up in the state's data under flat fees instead of mill rates, and that small distinction has a real consequence: your cost doesn't scale with your assessment.

Under Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-328, special taxing district charges are a lien on the property the same way town taxes are, and they can be foreclosed. Confirm district membership through your title search and get a paid-to-date letter from the district's own tax collector, not just the town's. What the $215 Lake Williams fee actually buys an owner, I couldn't verify — ask the association.

Property Taxes

Lebanon's mill rate is 22.00 on the October 1, 2024 Grand List. That's low for Connecticut, and part of the reason is revaluation timing: Lebanon revalued in 2023, so its assessments are fairly fresh. The next revaluation is 2028.

That's a good spot to be buying into. Plenty of nearby towns — East Lyme, Salem, Colchester, Groton, Waterford, Montville, Griswold — all revalue on the October 1, 2026 Grand List this fall, so their tax bills are about to reset. Lebanon's aren't.

Connecticut's OPM hasn't published FY2026-27 rates. Confirm the current figure with the Lebanon Tax Collector.

Crumbling Concrete Foundations — Lebanon Is the Exception Around Here

Every other town in New London County sits well outside Connecticut's crumbling foundation area. Lebanon doesn't.

Lebanon is on the state testing program's list of towns partially within the 20-mile radius of the former J.J. Mottes Concrete Company in Stafford Springs. "Partially within" means whether a specific address qualifies comes down to where it sits relative to that line. Don't assume either way.

The short version if you're buying: concrete poured from 1983 through 2015 is the at-risk window. A standard home inspection doesn't cover this, and a clean seller's disclosure isn't a test result — the disclosure only asks what the seller knows. And this is the one that catches people. Connecticut's assistance program requires the foundation to have been tested or visually examined before the date of sale. Close without it and you've forfeited eligibility.

A visual examination by a Connecticut-licensed Professional Engineer gets reimbursed at 100% up to $400 and fits inside a normal inspection contingency. On a 1983-or-later house in Lebanon, I treat it as standard.

I've written a full buyer's guide to this — how testing actually works, what it costs, what the state assistance program pays and doesn't pay, and the deadline that catches people out. Crumbling Foundations in Connecticut: What Buyers Must Do Before Closing.

Schools

Lebanon runs its own high school, Lyman Memorial High School. That sets it apart from most of its eastern neighbors — Bozrah, Franklin, Lisbon, Preston, Sprague and Voluntown all send their high schoolers out of town, most to Norwich Free Academy.

A Few Practical Things

Septic and well permits go through the Uncas Health District.

Lebanon is big, rural and low-density. Expect private well and septic on most properties, and budget for an inspection and a water test.

Thinking of Selling in Lebanon?

Days on market improved from 34 to 25 and homes sold above asking. That's a better market than the median makes it look, and on 71 sales that median move is noise.

Three things I'd get ready. If the property carries a PA 490 classification, disclose it early and explain it — buyers who stumble onto it at title assume something was hidden from them. If you're at Amston Lake, have the district rate and a paid-to-date letter ready to go. And if the foundation was poured in 1983 or later, test it before we list. Lebanon's the one town in this county where that question is live, and answering it with a result instead of a shrug is worth real money.

If you want a real number on your home, call me. I'll walk the property, pull the actual comps, and tell you honestly what I think it brings.

Nearby Towns

Lebanon borders 4 of the other towns I cover, and people looking here almost always look at a couple of them too. Same guide, same numbers, for each one:

• Bozrah real estate
• Colchester real estate
• Franklin real estate
• Windham real estate

Or see how every town in the county compares side by side in my New London County real estate guide.

Sources and dates. Sale price, closed sales, days on market and percent of list received: SmartMLS Local Market Update, December 2025, single-family detached, full-year 2025 and 2024. Mill rate: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, October 1, 2024 Grand List. Revaluation schedule: CT OPM Revaluation Schedule 2023-2037. Green description, National Register listing, Revolutionary War history, Trumbull governorship, War Office, French encampment and service numbers: Town of Lebanon and Connecticut Humanities. John Trumbull Birthplace National Historic Landmark status: National Park Service. Farmland acreage, preserved acreage and farm directory: Town of Lebanon. Amston Lake Tax District merger, rate, billing and road maintenance: Amston Lake District and 2002 legislative act; Lake Williams Beach Association flat fee: CT OPM special tax district data. District lien authority: Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-328. Crumbling foundations town classification: the state foundation testing program administered by the Capitol Region Council of Governments; program details from Connecticut Department of Housing. Health district: Uncas Health District.

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