Scotland

Scotland is the least populous town in Windham County — about 1,576 people across 18.7 square miles — and the birthplace of a man who signed the Declaration of Independence and presided over the Continental Congress. Single-family homes sold at a median of $375,000 in 2025, up 15% in a year, with no fire district and no special taxing district of any kind.

A note on the population figure, because the Census reports two of them: "Scotland" as a census-designated place is only the village center along Route 14, and that figure is roughly 214 people. The Town of Scotland — the actual municipality, and what matters when you buy a house here — is about 1,576. If you see 214 quoted somewhere, that is the village, not the town.

Scotland Home Prices and Market Data

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

The number that jumps out is days on market: 81 days in 2024, 28 in 2025. That is a market that unstuck itself. Prices rose 15%, the average rose even more, and homes went from sitting most of a season to selling in a month.

The usual and necessary caveat: fifteen sales. Scotland is the smallest market in the county, and any single statistic from it should be read as a direction, not a measurement. But 81 to 28 days is a big enough swing, in the same direction as the price and volume figures, that it is telling you something real.

Property Taxes

Scotland's mill rate is 31.43 on the October 1, 2024 Grand List, for fiscal year 2026. Like Chaplin, that sits on the high side of the county's headline numbers — but Scotland has no fire district, no lake district, and no special taxing district. The state registry returns nothing. That single number is the whole bill.

Compare that to what buyers in other towns actually pay: 25.45 in the Borough of Danielson, 26.43 in Putnam's Special Services District, 27.63 at Lake Bunggee in Woodstock, 37.02 inside Willimantic. Scotland's number is a real number, not a starting point.

The rate was 40.00 two years ago. That drop — the largest in the county at more than ten mills — was the 2023 revaluation resetting assessments upward, not a tax cut. The next revaluation is 2028.

One practical quirk: Scotland does not collect its own taxes. Revenue collection is handled by the Town of Canterbury at 1 Municipal Drive. If you need to confirm taxes are current on a property, that is where you call.

Samuel Huntington's House

At 36 Huntington Road, on Route 14, stands a house built between 1700 and 1722. It is the birthplace of Samuel Huntington, and it is a National Historic Landmark — both the landmark designation and the National Register listing date to November 11, 1971.

Huntington signed the Declaration of Independence, served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, and was Governor of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796.

The Huntington Homestead operates as a house museum, open for tours May through October, on the first and third Saturday of each month.

A town of 1,576 people with a National Historic Landmark on its main road is unusual. Most people driving Route 14 have no idea it's there.

Scotland also has the D'Elia Antique Tool Museum, established in 2005, holding more than 1,200 antique woodworking planes — a genuinely notable collection for a town this size.

Scotland Schools

Scotland Elementary School on Brook Road serves PK–6 with about 95 students.

For grades 7–12, Scotland belongs to Regional School District 11 with Chaplin and Hampton. Students attend Parish Hill Middle/High School in Chaplin, which serves roughly 184 students across all six grades for all three towns combined.

Those are small numbers, stated plainly: an elementary class here is likely under fifteen students, and the entire regional middle and high school is smaller than one grade at many Connecticut high schools. Whether that is the right environment is a family decision — go visit before you decide. Enrollment figures are from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Practical Things Worth Knowing

Scotland has no local historic district commission. The town's full list of boards, commissions, and committees contains none. That means Scotland's three National Register properties — the Huntington Homestead, the Edward Waldo House, and the Palmer Road listing — carry no local design restriction whatsoever. If you own a period house in Scotland and want to change your windows, siding, or roof, that is your decision, subject only to ordinary zoning and building permits.

Scotland is in the Eastern Highlands Health District, not the Northeast District. Well and septic permits, site investigations, plan review, and inspections go through Eastern Highlands, which also covers Mansfield, Coventry, Tolland, Willington, Ashford, and Chaplin — not NDDH in Brooklyn, which serves most of this county. They have an online permit portal.

PA 490 land classification applies to a lot of Scotland 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.

One correction while I'm at it: you'll see Scotland listed as an Air Line Trail town. It isn't. The trail's route through this county runs Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam. Scotland is next door to it, not on it.

Thinking of Selling in Scotland?

Two years ago the median home here took 81 days. Last year it took 28. That is the single most useful thing I can tell you about your position.

The market in Scotland is genuinely thin — fifteen sales in a year — so pricing off the town median is close to meaningless. It has to come off your actual comparables, adjusted for acreage and condition, and it has to be right at launch, because there is no crowd of buyers to correct an error.

I'd also put the tax structure in the marketing: 31.43 mills with no districts. Buyers coming from Killingly, Putnam, or Willimantic are used to a base rate plus a district bill, and they will assume the same applies here unless you tell them otherwise.

If you want a real number for your home, I'll walk the property, pull the actual comparables, and tell you honestly what I think it brings and how long it takes.

Frequently Asked Questions About Scotland Real Estate

What is the average home price in Scotland, CT?

Single-family homes in Scotland sold at a median of $375,000 in 2025, up 15.4% from $325,000 in 2024, across 15 sales. With a sample that small the median is directional rather than precise. Source: Eastern Connecticut Association of REALTORS®.

What is the population of Scotland, CT?

The Town of Scotland has about 1,576 residents across 18.7 square miles, making it the least populous town in Windham County. The Census also reports a much smaller figure of roughly 214 for the Scotland census-designated place, which covers only the village center along Route 14.

What is the mill rate in Scotland, CT?

31.43 on the October 1, 2024 Grand List, for fiscal year 2026. Scotland has no fire districts or special taxing districts, so that single rate is the entire bill. The drop from 40.00 two years earlier — the largest in the county — was the 2023 revaluation, not a tax cut. The next revaluation is 2028.

What high school do Scotland students attend?

Parish Hill Middle/High School in Chaplin, grades 7–12, serving Regional School District 11 — Scotland, Chaplin, and Hampton — with about 184 students total. Scotland Elementary School serves PK–6 in town.

What is the Huntington Homestead?

A house at 36 Huntington Road built between 1700 and 1722, the birthplace of Samuel Huntington — signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, and Governor of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796. It is a National Historic Landmark, designated November 11, 1971, and operates as a museum open the first and third Saturday of each month, May through October.

Who handles well and septic permits in Scotland?

The Eastern Highlands Health District, not the Northeast District Department of Health that serves most of Windham County.

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. School enrollment: National Center for Education Statistics. Regional School District 11: Parish Hill Middle/High School. Huntington Homestead: National Park Service, National Historic Landmark designation November 11, 1971. Well and septic: Eastern Highlands Health District. Population: U.S. Census, 2020. Air Line State Park Trail route: Connecticut State Parks.

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