RANKING · 2024 ACS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Most affordable housing, New York counties

New York counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). 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: Otsego County, NY, up 9 places to #27.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01Allegany County, NYNY46,8001.6+4%

02Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,3901.9+6%

03▲2St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,4881.9+5%

04▲2Steuben County, NYNY91,8552.1+16%

05▲2Orleans County, NYNY39,8252.1+7%

06▼3Herkimer County, NYNY59,2192.2−9%

07▲4Chenango County, NYNY45,7152.2+2%

08Chautauqua County, NYNY124,1262.2+11%

09▼5Oswego County, NYNY118,5692.2−2%

10▼1Tioga County, NYNY47,4532.2−5%

11▲1Chemung County, NYNY80,4152.2+9%

12▲3Franklin County, NYNY46,5002.2−1%

13▲3Wayne County, NYNY91,2502.3+4%

14▼4Seneca County, NYNY32,8832.3+13%

15▲2Cortland County, NYNY45,8502.3−7%

16▼2Genesee County, NYNY58,4162.3+10%

17▼4Wyoming County, NYNY39,7412.3+24%

18▲2Livingston County, NYNY61,4382.4+1%

19Montgomery County, NYNY50,0462.4−5%

20▼2Lewis County, NYNY26,4792.4+23%

21▲2Madison County, NYNY67,1202.4+5%

22▲4Fulton County, NYNY52,2162.5+5%

23▲2Broome County, NYNY195,7362.5−10%

24▼2Cayuga County, NYNY74,3652.5+17%

25▲2Clinton County, NYNY78,1382.5+5%

26▲3Schuyler County, NYNY16,9242.5+34%

27▲9Otsego County, NYNY60,5892.6−3%

28Onondaga County, NYNY466,5842.6+3%

29▼8Oneida County, NYNY226,3922.6−4%

30▲4Yates County, NYNY24,5472.6+17%

31▲2Washington County, NYNY59,3532.7+9%

32Ontario County, NYNY113,1302.7+14%

33▼9Niagara County, NYNY208,9122.7+24%

34▼4Schoharie County, NYNY30,1762.7−3%

35▼4Monroe County, NYNY750,5062.8+10%

36▲3Jefferson County, NYNY111,5402.8+23%

37▲5Delaware County, NYNY44,3052.9+3%

38Rensselaer County, NYNY160,5102.9+2%

39▲1Essex County, NYNY36,4383.0+19%

40▼5Schenectady County, NYNY162,5813.00%

41▼4Erie County, NYNY946,7413.2+22%

42▲3Warren County, NYNY65,0203.4+14%

43Sullivan County, NYNY80,5863.4+2%

44▲3Albany County, NYNY321,2253.5+4%

45▼1Saratoga County, NYNY241,3433.5+18%

46Greene County, NYNY47,2383.5+4%

47▲1Putnam County, NYNY99,0283.7+3%

48▼7Hamilton County, NYNY5,0063.8+23%

49▲3Tompkins County, NYNY104,0473.9+15%

50Orange County, NYNY417,6694.0+11%

51Dutchess County, NYNY300,7084.0+14%

52▲1Ulster County, NYNY183,3304.1+21%

53▼4Columbia County, NYNY60,1684.3+23%

54Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,0904.4+32%

55Nassau County, NYNY1,398,9394.7+22%

56Rockland County, NYNY357,3975.4+32%

57Westchester County, NYNY1,015,7435.6−4%

58Richmond County, NYNY501,2906.9+63%

59Queens County, NYNY2,358,1828.4+52%

60▲1New York County, NYNY1,664,86210.5−28%

61▼1Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33210.9+38%

62Kings County, NYNY2,653,96311.3+49%

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