RANKING · 2024 ACS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Least affordable housing, New York counties

New York counties ranked by the CensusEasy Afford Score, median home value divided by median household income (2024 ACS). A higher score means a home costs more years of local income. This list covers the 62 counties in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 62 is 2.7. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Niagara County, NY, up 9 places to #30.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01Kings County, NYNY2,653,96311.3+49%

02▲1Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33210.9+38%

03▼1New York County, NYNY1,664,86210.5−28%

04Queens County, NYNY2,358,1828.4+52%

05Richmond County, NYNY501,2906.9+63%

06Westchester County, NYNY1,015,7435.6−4%

07Rockland County, NYNY357,3975.4+32%

08Nassau County, NYNY1,398,9394.7+22%

09Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,0904.4+32%

10▲4Columbia County, NYNY60,1684.3+23%

11▼1Ulster County, NYNY183,3304.1+21%

12Dutchess County, NYNY300,7084.0+14%

13Orange County, NYNY417,6694.0+11%

14▼3Tompkins County, NYNY104,0473.9+15%

15▲7Hamilton County, NYNY5,0063.8+23%

16▼1Putnam County, NYNY99,0283.7+3%

17Greene County, NYNY47,2383.5+4%

18▲1Saratoga County, NYNY241,3433.5+18%

19▼3Albany County, NYNY321,2253.5+4%

20Sullivan County, NYNY80,5863.4+2%

21▼3Warren County, NYNY65,0203.4+14%

22▲4Erie County, NYNY946,7413.2+22%

23▲5Schenectady County, NYNY162,5813.00%

24▼1Essex County, NYNY36,4383.0+19%

25Rensselaer County, NYNY160,5102.9+2%

26▼5Delaware County, NYNY44,3052.9+3%

27▼3Jefferson County, NYNY111,5402.8+23%

28▲4Monroe County, NYNY750,5062.8+10%

29▲4Schoharie County, NYNY30,1762.7−3%

30▲9Niagara County, NYNY208,9122.7+24%

31Ontario County, NYNY113,1302.7+14%

32▼2Washington County, NYNY59,3532.7+9%

33▼4Yates County, NYNY24,5472.6+17%

34▲8Oneida County, NYNY226,3922.6−4%

35Onondaga County, NYNY466,5842.6+3%

36▼9Otsego County, NYNY60,5892.6−3%

37▼3Schuyler County, NYNY16,9242.5+34%

38▼2Clinton County, NYNY78,1382.5+5%

39▲2Cayuga County, NYNY74,3652.5+17%

40▼2Broome County, NYNY195,7362.5−10%

41▼4Fulton County, NYNY52,2162.5+5%

42▼2Madison County, NYNY67,1202.4+5%

43▲2Lewis County, NYNY26,4792.4+23%

44Montgomery County, NYNY50,0462.4−5%

45▼2Livingston County, NYNY61,4382.4+1%

46▲4Wyoming County, NYNY39,7412.3+24%

47▲2Genesee County, NYNY58,4162.3+10%

48▼2Cortland County, NYNY45,8502.3−7%

49▲4Seneca County, NYNY32,8832.3+13%

50▼3Wayne County, NYNY91,2502.3+4%

51▼3Franklin County, NYNY46,5002.2−1%

52▼1Chemung County, NYNY80,4152.2+9%

53▲1Tioga County, NYNY47,4532.2−5%

54▲5Oswego County, NYNY118,5692.2−2%

55Chautauqua County, NYNY124,1262.2+11%

56▼4Chenango County, NYNY45,7152.2+2%

57▲3Herkimer County, NYNY59,2192.2−9%

58▼2Orleans County, NYNY39,8252.1+7%

59▼2Steuben County, NYNY91,8552.1+16%

60▼2St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,4881.9+5%

61Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,3901.9+6%

62Allegany County, NYNY46,8001.6+4%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES