housing costs · New York
Housing costs in Tompkins 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 | $1,411 | ± $42 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,374 | ± $50 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,320 | ± $45 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,218 | ± $40 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $290,900 | ± $12,898 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $271,500 | ± $11,485 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $264,300 | ± $8,113 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $228,900 | ± $6,609 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.5 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 36.1 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 35.9 % | ± 2.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 36.0 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Tompkins County is $1,411, 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.