Home / New York county housing affordability Ranked observations 0 counties excluded for unavailable home-value-to-income ratio; ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.
Lowest home-value-to-income ratios in New York Rank County GEOID Home-value-to-income ratio 1 Allegany County, New York 36003 1.62 2 Cattaraugus County, New York 36009 1.90 3 St. Lawrence County, New York 36089 1.94 4 Steuben County, New York 36101 2.09 5 Orleans County, New York 36073 2.13 6 Herkimer County, New York 36043 2.16 7 Chautauqua County, New York 36013 2.19 8 Chenango County, New York 36017 2.19 9 Oswego County, New York 36075 2.19 10 Chemung County, New York 36015 2.21 11 Tioga County, New York 36107 2.21 12 Franklin County, New York 36033 2.23 13 Seneca County, New York 36099 2.28 14 Wayne County, New York 36117 2.28 15 Cortland County, New York 36023 2.30 16 Genesee County, New York 36037 2.33 17 Wyoming County, New York 36121 2.35 18 Livingston County, New York 36051 2.36 19 Montgomery County, New York 36057 2.43 20 Lewis County, New York 36049 2.44 21 Fulton County, New York 36035 2.45 22 Madison County, New York 36053 2.45 23 Broome County, New York 36007 2.47 24 Cayuga County, New York 36011 2.52 25 Clinton County, New York 36019 2.54 26 Schuyler County, New York 36097 2.54 27 Oneida County, New York 36065 2.60 28 Onondaga County, New York 36067 2.60 29 Otsego County, New York 36077 2.60 30 Yates County, New York 36123 2.65 31 Washington County, New York 36115 2.67 32 Ontario County, New York 36069 2.71 33 Niagara County, New York 36063 2.73 34 Schoharie County, New York 36095 2.74 35 Monroe County, New York 36055 2.80 36 Jefferson County, New York 36045 2.84 37 Delaware County, New York 36025 2.89 38 Rensselaer County, New York 36083 2.94 39 Essex County, New York 36031 2.96 40 Schenectady County, New York 36093 2.96 41 Erie County, New York 36029 3.21 42 Warren County, New York 36113 3.41 43 Sullivan County, New York 36105 3.44 44 Albany County, New York 36001 3.45 45 Saratoga County, New York 36091 3.46 46 Greene County, New York 36039 3.48 47 Putnam County, New York 36079 3.73 48 Hamilton County, New York 36041 3.78 49 Tompkins County, New York 36109 3.93 50 Orange County, New York 36071 3.99 51 Dutchess County, New York 36027 4.03 52 Ulster County, New York 36111 4.09 53 Columbia County, New York 36021 4.26 54 Suffolk County, New York 36103 4.43 55 Nassau County, New York 36059 4.68 56 Rockland County, New York 36087 5.43 57 Westchester County, New York 36119 5.57 58 Richmond County, New York 36085 6.87 59 Queens County, New York 36081 8.40 60 New York County, New York 36061 10.49 61 Bronx County, New York 36005 10.88 62 Kings County, New York 36047 11.28
Method and provenance ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated New York bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums . New York county map and full table .