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Housing costs in Rensselaer 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 | $1,217 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,182 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,141 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,046 | ± $22 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $258,400 | ± $6,368 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $244,300 | ± $4,823 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $230,800 | ± $4,185 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $204,200 | ± $4,202 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.9 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.6 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.2 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.6 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Rensselaer County is $1,217, above 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.