housing costs · New York
Housing costs in Essex County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $934 | ± $69 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $890 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $875 | ± $29 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $845 | ± $48 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $211,900 | ± $11,846 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $200,000 | ± $10,178 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $189,500 | ± $11,308 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $162,700 | ± $6,146 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.8 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.0 % | ± 2.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.4 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.1 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Essex County is $934, below the New York median of $986 across 62 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.
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