Simsbury is a Hartford County town in the Farmington Valley, about 12 miles northwest of Hartford, with Talcott Mountain along its eastern edge and the Farmington River winding through the middle. Our office is on Station Street in Simsbury center, so this is the guide we'd hand a friend who's thinking about moving to Simsbury.
Simsbury is one town with four villages, and each has its own post office and zip code. Whether your address says Weatogue, West Simsbury or Tariffville, you're in the Town of Simsbury for property taxes, town services and Town Hall. Zip code lines don't follow village lines exactly, so go by the address.
| Village | Zip code | Where it is |
|---|---|---|
| Simsbury center | 06070 | Along Hopmeadow Street (Routes 10 and 202) around Town Hall, the public library and the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. 06070 also covers most of the rest of town. |
| Weatogue | 06089 | South of the center along Route 10 and Route 185, near the Pinchot Sycamore and the Farmington River. |
| West Simsbury | 06092 | The west side of town around Farms Village Road, near Stratton Brook State Park, Massacoe State Forest and Tulmeadow Farm. |
| Tariffville | 06081 | The northeast corner, where the Farmington River runs through the Tariffville Gorge. The village grew up around a 19th-century carpet mill, and its historic district has been on the National Register since 1993. |
Simsbury covers about 34 square miles and borders Avon, Canton, Granby, East Granby and Bloomfield. Connecticut has no county government, so taxes and services come from the town.
Got one weekend to get a feel for the town? Start with these five. They're the places we take visiting friends, roughly in the order we'd take them.
1Photo: Craig R., CC BY-SA 4.0It's the hike everyone recommends first, and for good reason. A 1.25-mile trail climbs the ridge to the 165-foot Heublein Tower, and from the top you can look straight down the valley to the Hartford skyline. The tower opens as a museum on long weekends from late May to early November; the trail is open all year.
Summit Ridge Drive, off Route 185
Plan a visit
2Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0Simsbury's paved rail trail runs right through the middle of town: flat, easy and mostly away from traffic. Walk it before work, bike it to lunch, or follow it for miles. Easy places to hop on are Iron Horse Boulevard, 1113 Hopmeadow Street and Latimer Lane.
Trail map and parking
3Photo: Marty Aligata, CC BY-SA 4.0An 1892 iron bridge over the Farmington River that now carries flower boxes instead of cars. After you walk across, head over to Weatogue to stand under the Pinchot Sycamore, Connecticut's largest tree, named for Simsbury-born conservationist Gifford Pinchot.
About the bridge
4Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0Up in Tariffville the river squeezes through a gorge with a mile and a half of Class III–IV whitewater, strictly for experienced paddlers. Everyone else can put in at Tariffville Park, Curtiss Park or the Pinchot Sycamore park, or just wander the village.
Town parks and river access
5Photo: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0Four sheets of ice under one roof, including NHL- and Olympic-size rinks. Check the calendar for ice shows and events, and plan on bringing a jacket even in July.
1375 Hopmeadow Street
What's on
Simsbury was incorporated in 1670, which makes it one of Connecticut's older towns. It covers about 34 square miles.
In the summers of 1944 and 1947, Martin Luther King Jr. worked on a Cullman Brothers tobacco farm here, years before the rest of the country knew his name. Read about his time in Simsbury
You're never far from a trailhead in Simsbury. The town has three state parks, a state forest, a Wild and Scenic stretch of the Farmington River and its own 235-acre recreation complex, so there's green space in every direction.
Two places we'd send anyone new to town, plus a few more for once you've settled in.
Seasonal New American cooking from chef Tyler Anderson
Our pick for a celebration dinner, like the night you close on the house. Anderson has been a James Beard Award semifinalist for Best Chef: Northeast several times, and Connecticut Magazine put Millwright's on its 2025 Overall Excellence list.
77 West Street · millwrightsrestaurant.com
Also worth booking: Present Company in Tariffville, and Abigail's Grille & Wine Bar in Weatogue.
Coffee on Hopmeadow Street, the town's main road
Our go-to first stop on a Saturday morning. CT Bites included it in its Guide to Great Coffee in Connecticut in both 2025 and 2026.
750 Hopmeadow Street · thecoffeespot.net
Also good for a morning stop: Pop Over Eatery (928 Hopmeadow) and Harvest Café & Bakery (1390 Hopmeadow).
Honestly, most of Simsbury is a driving town. Where you live makes a real difference, though. Around Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury center, the library, coffee, restaurants, Town Hall and the rail trail are all close together. Homes in West Simsbury are more spread out. Here's how each village scores, and you can check any address.
Around Town Hall on Hopmeadow Street
Near the Weatogue post office
Near the West Simsbury post office
Tariffville village center
Approximate, from Town Hall, without traffic.
CTtransit's 912 Simsbury–Granby Express runs on weekdays between Simsbury and downtown Hartford, with park-and-ride lots along the route. There's no train station in town. The closest Hartford Line stations are in Windsor and Hartford.
Simsbury's 2026–27 property tax rate is 35.00 mills: 33.67 for the town plus 1.33 for the Simsbury Fire District. Connecticut taxes a home at 70% of its appraised value, so every $100,000 of value costs about $2,450 a year in taxes here. Below is what homes actually sell for, and what they cost to carry once they're yours.
Median sale prices from the state's records, in 12-month periods running October through September.
| 12 months ending | Single-family | Condo |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | $485,000196 sales | $277,17576 sales |
| Sep 2025 | $533,000216 sales | $335,00083 sales |
State sales records run about a year behind. For what's selling this month, text us and we'll pull it for you.
35.00mills in total, fiscal year 2026–27
That's $35 a year for every $1,000 of assessed value. One mill is $1 per $1,000. The fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30.
| Fiscal year | Town | Fire district | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 37.41 | 1.22 | 38.63 |
| 2023–24 | 30.82 | 1.00 | 31.82 |
| 2024–25 | 32.26 | 1.05 | 33.31 |
| 2025–26 | 33.02 | 1.14 | 34.16 |
| 2026–27 | 33.67 | 1.33 | 35.00 |
Why the big drop in 2023–24? The town revalued every property in 2022. Assessments went up, so the rate came down. The next revaluation takes effect October 1, 2027, and first shows up on the July 2028 bills. Sources: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management; Simsbury Tax Collector.
Listings often show last year's tax bill. Before you make an offer, check the town's own records.
A few Simsbury-specific things we check on every purchase, ideally before you write an offer rather than after.
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority limits for Simsbury, as of June 2026:
Limits change during the year, and eligibility depends on more than income and price.
See CHFA's limits mapParts of town along the Farmington River and its brooks sit in FEMA high-risk flood zones, where lenders require flood insurance. It's decided address by address, so we look up the FEMA map before your offer, not the week before closing.
FEMA's flood map for SimsburyUSDA's map puts Simsbury's village centers outside its eligible rural areas, so most buyers here finance with Conventional, FHA, VA or CHFA loans. Send us the address and we'll tell you what fits.
Compare loan optionsAbout half of Simsbury's populated area is on town sewer. The rest of the homes use septic systems, overseen by the Farmington Valley Health District. If the house is on septic, we build the septic inspection into your timeline so it's done well before your mortgage contingency date.
Town sewer serviceThe median Simsbury condo sold for $335,000 in the year ending September 2025. With an FHA or VA loan, the complex has to be on the approved list, or the unit has to qualify for FHA's single-unit approval. We check before you write the offer, since it can change which loan fits.
FHA's approved condo listCHFA limits from CHFA's Mortgage Resource Map, June 2026 update; Simsbury has no CHFA targeted areas. All loans are subject to credit approval, underwriting, and property and program requirements.
We're at 6 Station Street, right here in town. Call, text or stop by, and we'll run the numbers on the homes you're looking at, taxes and flood check included.
Once you have a closing date, here's who to call to get the lights, heat, water and trash set up in your name.
66 Wolcott Road. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Arrive by 2:45 and bring proof of residency. It takes bulky waste, brush, scrap metal, tires and recycling. Weekly household trash goes with your private hauler.
Bulky items, loads and tires cost extra. Leaves, grass clippings and TVs, monitors, computers and printers are free.
Full fee scheduleSimsbury Town Hall is at 933 Hopmeadow Street. It's open Monday 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday 8:30 to 4:30, and Friday 8:30 to 1. Each link opens that office's page on the Town of Simsbury website.
The short answers. Call or text us for the long ones.
For fiscal year 2026–27, Simsbury's property tax rate is 35.00 mills: 33.67 for the town plus 1.33 for the Simsbury Fire District. That's $35 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value. The motor vehicle rate is 32.46 mills, the state cap.
Connecticut assesses homes at 70% of appraised value, so a $500,000 home would be assessed at about $350,000. At the combined 35.00 mills, that's about $12,250 a year, or about $1,021 a month. The actual bill depends on the town assessor's appraisal, not the price you pay.
In the 12 months from October 2024 through September 2025, the median single-family sale in Simsbury was $533,000 across 216 sales, up from $485,000 the year before. The median condo sale was $335,000 across 83 sales.
Real estate taxes are billed in two installments, due July 1 and January 1. Car tax bills are due July 1, and supplemental car tax bills, for cars registered after October 1, are due January 1. Each bill has a one-month grace period. After that, Connecticut charges interest of 1.5% a month.
Simsbury's next revaluation takes effect October 1, 2027, on the state's schedule. The new assessments first show up on the tax bills due in July 2028. The last revaluation was in 2022.
Simsbury is in Hartford County, in the Farmington Valley about 12 miles northwest of Hartford. It borders Avon, Canton, Granby, East Granby and Bloomfield. Connecticut has no county government, so taxes and services come from the town.
Simsbury has four: 06070 for Simsbury center and most of town, 06089 for Weatogue, 06092 for West Simsbury and 06081 for Tariffville. All four are part of the Town of Simsbury, and zip code lines don't exactly follow village lines.
It depends on where you live. Around Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury center, the library, coffee shops, restaurants, Town Hall and the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail are close together. Most of the rest of town is car-dependent, so check the Walk Score for the specific address.
CTtransit's 912 Simsbury–Granby Express bus runs on weekdays between Simsbury and downtown Hartford, with park-and-ride lots along the route. Simsbury has no train station. The closest Hartford Line stations are in Windsor and Hartford.
No. Simsbury has no town curbside trash pickup, so residents hire a private hauler. The town's transfer station at 66 Wolcott Road takes bulky waste, brush and recycling on Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 to 3, with a permit.
A permit for the transfer station at 66 Wolcott Road costs $50 for July through June, $40 for residents 65 and older, $10 for a second car, or $20 for one week. Bring proof of residency. Bulky items cost extra. Leaves, grass clippings and TVs, monitors, computers and printers are free.
Eversource supplies electricity. Connecticut Natural Gas serves parts of town, so check the street. Water comes from Aquarion, Connecticut Water or the Tariffville Water Commission, depending on the address. About half of the town's populated area is on town sewer, and the rest uses septic systems.
As of CHFA's June 2026 update, the household income limit in Simsbury is $129,500 for one or two people and $148,925 for three or more, and the purchase price limit is $566,350. Simsbury has no CHFA targeted areas.
USDA's eligibility map places Simsbury's village centers outside its eligible rural areas, so most buyers use Conventional, FHA, VA or CHFA financing. Eligibility is set address by address.
Downtown Hartford is about 12 miles from Simsbury Town Hall, roughly 20 to 30 minutes by car without traffic. Bradley International Airport is also about 12 miles away, roughly 25 to 30 minutes.
Comparing Simsbury with its neighbors? Each guide has that town's mill rate, home prices and services. Or see every Connecticut town guide.
