county benchmark · New York
Rent as share of income, 2017-2021
Across 62 counties in New York. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 26.6 % |
| 25th | 27.7 % |
| Median | 29.0 % |
| 75th | 31.2 % |
| 90th percentile | 32.6 % |
Highest counties
Tompkins County leads reliably only from rank 7 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 7, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tompkins County | 36.0 % | 33.6 % – 38.4 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Bronx County | 35.1 % | 34.6 % – 35.6 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Rockland County | 34.3 % | 33.0 % – 35.6 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Suffolk County | 34.2 % | 33.4 % – 35.0 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Ulster County | 33.3 % | 31.4 % – 35.2 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Orange County | 33.2 % | 32.1 % – 34.3 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Nassau County | 32.7 % | 31.9 % – 33.5 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Richmond County | 31.9 % | 30.8 % – 33.0 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Westchester County | 31.7 % | 30.9 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Greene County | 31.6 % | 28.9 % – 34.3 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Queens County | 31.5 % | 31.1 % – 31.9 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Chautauqua County | 31.4 % | 29.8 % – 33.0 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Kings County | 31.4 % | 31.1 % – 31.7 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Montgomery County | 31.4 % | 29.4 % – 33.4 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Putnam County | 31.4 % | 28.8 % – 34.0 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Livingston County | 31.2 % | 29.4 % – 33.0 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Broome County | 31.1 % | 29.7 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Dutchess County | 31.1 % | 30.1 % – 32.1 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Monroe County | 31.0 % | 30.2 % – 31.8 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Chemung County | 30.8 % | 29.3 % – 32.3 % | evidence → |
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