Southbury Connecticut town hall is located at 501 Main Street South. All of the Southbury town departments are located here.

According to the most recent statistics, Southbury, Connecticut is a safe community with good schools featuring upscale homes and neighborhoods and is conveniently located to the ocean and to a couple of metropolitan centers. Readily available information on schools, population, income, and business all suggest that a Connecticut real estate appraisal for a home in Southbury, CT will have a higher value than a similar home in many other Connecticut towns.

Almost equidistant between Waterbury and Danbury, Southbury, CT, a town of about 20,000 people, is largely a bedroom community for those who commute by car to job centers in larger cities including New Haven, Danbury, and Waterbury and by train or car to New York City. There are over 7,200 jobs in Southbury with an unemployment rate of 4.7 percent in 2003.

CT is a state that has a proven track record for real estate appreciation and that’s no more true than in Southbury. Southbury Real estate appraisals have reflected the steadily increasing property values over the last decade.

The average value of a home in 2000 was $209,100 and that number shot to $338,100 by 2005. By Spring of 2007, the average MLS listing of a Southbury, CT, home was $399,000. Not surprisingly, the median house value is above the state average, but so is the median household income ($67,287 in 2004) and median educational levels reached (over 43 percent had bachelor’s degrees or higher in 2004.) Pomperaug High School students taking the SATs have average 31 points better in the verbal and 49 points better in the math portion than other Connecticut students, translating to a 1085 average Southbury score vs. an average Connecticut score of 1005.

In 2004, only 19 houses were sold under $100,000, while 387 were sold between $100,000 and $300,000. Few were sold between $300,000 and $400,000 while 201 homes were sold for more than $400,000.

Town of Southbury, Connecticut Contact Information

Pomperaug High School, located in Southbury on Judd Rd, serves the towns of Southbury and Middlebury Connecticut. The Town of Southbury has an excellent web site that can be found at www.southbury-ct.gov.  In Spring of 2007, some of the important officials serving the town include: Michael Moriarty, Assessor, (203) 262-0674 Penny Cognato, Tax Collector, (203) 262-0654 Mark Cody, Zoning Enforcement Officer, Building Dept. Officer (203) 262-0665 Virgina M. Salisbury, Town Clerk, (203) 262-0657  For those interested in the wetlands regulations, copies of the Inland Wetlands Regulations ($10.00) and Wetland Map ($3.00) are available at the town office during regular office hours, The commission regulates wetlands, watercourses, open water bodies plus a setback area.  Setbacks are 50 feet from wetlands, watercourses, ponds and 100 feet from Bullet Hill Brook, Eight Mile Brook, Transylvania Brook, Pomperaug River, Shepaug River, Lake Lillinonah, Housatonic River and Lake Zoar. Mark Massoud is the Inland Wetlands Enforcement Officer and can be reached at  (203) 262-0624 Another organization interested in land preservation is the Southbury Land Trust, which can be reached at www.southburylandtrust.org Additional links include: Economic Development Committee:  WWW.Southbury-CT.Gov\EDC Pomperaug Regional School District 15:  WWW.Region15.Org Southbury Public Library:  WWW.SouthburyLibrary.Org