housing costs · New York
Housing costs in Schenectady 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 | $1,194 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,159 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,092 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,018 | ± $30 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $235,700 | ± $3,709 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $223,100 | ± $3,751 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $204,400 | ± $4,387 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $178,000 | ± $3,652 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.1 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.0 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.9 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.0 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Schenectady County is $1,194, 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.