housing costs · New York
Housing costs in Suffolk 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 | $2,255 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,190 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,113 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,895 | ± $26 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $578,400 | ± $2,887 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $539,500 | ± $3,628 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $490,800 | ± $2,499 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $436,300 | ± $2,417 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.5 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 34.5 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 34.2 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 34.2 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Suffolk County is $2,255, 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.