
Litchfield County · Connecticut
ZIP code 06079
- Population
- 0
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 6.35%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Connecticut state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 06079 sits in Litchfield County, Connecticut and is home to 0 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. — of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6.35% (Connecticut state rate).
- County
- Litchfield County
- State
- Connecticut (CT)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 09005
288 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 06079
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 0ZIP 06079 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- —All residents
- Homeownership rate
- —Owner-occupied households
ZIP 06079 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 06079 is a very small community in Litchfield County, Connecticut, with 0 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #286 of 288 ranked by population. The median age here is not published. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in ZIP 06079 earn a median of not published a year. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches an unpublished share of residents here.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 06079 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The homeownership rate is not published. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
With 0 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 06079 against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent, poverty rate for ZIP 06079 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 06079 in context
How 06079 sits inside Litchfield County and Connecticut.
ZIP 06079 is tabulated inside Litchfield County, Connecticut, one of 40 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 288 across Connecticut. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 06079 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 06079 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Connecticut charges 6.35% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 06079.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 06079 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 06079
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Connecticut levies 6.35% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 06079 compares
ZIP 06079 against the median ZIP in Litchfield County and across Connecticut.
| Measure | ZIP 06079 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $103,843 | $105,813 | — |
| Median home value | — | $378,350 | $348,800 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,297 | $1,432 | — |
| Population | 0 | 2,011 | 7,984 | -100% |
Medians are computed across the 40 ZIP areas in Litchfield County and the 288 ZIP areas in Connecticut.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 288 Connecticut ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #286
Not published
Not published
larger than 1% of 288 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Litchfield County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
ZIP 06079 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 06079?
- ZIP 06079 lies mostly in Litchfield County, Connecticut. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 06079?
- Connecticut charges 6.35% statewide.
- Is 06079 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Connecticut ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Connecticut Department of Revenue Services — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.