Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 06051 New Britain, CT $292,199 $1,619 4.32% 10.0%
2 06412 Chester, CT $549,392 $1,683 2.39% 9.5%
3 06475 Old Saybrook, CT $710,654 $3,136 3.44% 9.4%
4 06108 East Hartford, CT $298,036 $1,504 3.94% 9.4%
5 06120 Hartford, CT $220,579 $1,949 6.89% 9.2%
6 06016 Broad Brook, CT $419,120 $1,971 3.67% 9.1%
7 06112 Hartford, CT $263,859 $1,679 4.96% 9.0%
8 06107 West Hartford, CT $616,080 $2,637 3.34% 8.9%
9 06081 Simsbury, CT $375,213 $1,530 3.18% 8.9%
10 06010 Bristol, CT $351,944 $1,685 3.73% 8.9%
11 06106 Hartford, CT $229,797 $1,676 5.69% 8.8%
12 06088 East Windsor, CT $327,621 $1,737 4.14% 8.8%
13 06119 West Hartford, CT $444,298 $2,272 3.99% 8.8%
14 06117 West Hartford, CT $586,236 $3,178 4.23% 8.7%
15 06053 New Britain, CT $312,005 $1,629 4.07% 8.7%
16 06074 South Windsor, CT $447,801 $2,434 4.24% 8.6%
17 06089 Simsbury, CT $500,954 $2,898 4.51% 8.6%
18 06237 Columbia, CT $445,902 $1,170 2.05% 8.6%
19 06035 Granby, CT $460,003 $2,895 4.91% 8.6%
20 06114 Hartford, CT $223,726 $1,568 5.47% 8.6%
21 06001 Avon, CT $585,857 $2,710 3.61% 8.6%
22 06002 Bloomfield, CT $367,348 $2,492 5.29% 8.6%
23 06052 New Britain, CT $369,963 $1,581 3.33% 8.6%
24 06096 Windsor Locks, CT $342,289 $2,308 5.26% 8.6%
25 06109 Wethersfield, CT $440,798 $2,176 3.85% 8.6%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →