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 (2023 ACS). This list covers the 62 counties in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

01Allegany County, NYNY46,8001.6+1%

02Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,3901.9+8%

03St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,4881.9+6%

04Steuben County, NYNY91,8552.1+18%

05Orleans County, NYNY39,8252.1+14%

06Herkimer County, NYNY59,2192.2+9%

07Chenango County, NYNY45,7152.2+27%

08Chautauqua County, NYNY124,1262.2+17%

09Oswego County, NYNY118,5692.2+15%

10Tioga County, NYNY47,4532.2+22%

11Chemung County, NYNY80,4152.2+22%

12Franklin County, NYNY46,5002.2+18%

13Wayne County, NYNY91,2502.3+20%

14Seneca County, NYNY32,8832.3+20%

15Cortland County, NYNY45,8502.3+7%

16Genesee County, NYNY58,4162.3+14%

17Wyoming County, NYNY39,7412.3+24%

18Livingston County, NYNY61,4382.4+15%

19Montgomery County, NYNY50,0462.4+21%

20Lewis County, NYNY26,4792.4+32%

21Madison County, NYNY67,1202.4+25%

22Fulton County, NYNY52,2162.5+31%

23Broome County, NYNY195,7362.5+18%

24Cayuga County, NYNY74,3652.5+29%

25Clinton County, NYNY78,1382.5+21%

26Schuyler County, NYNY16,9242.5+37%

27Otsego County, NYNY60,5892.6+17%

28Onondaga County, NYNY466,5842.6+25%

29Oneida County, NYNY226,3922.6+28%

30Yates County, NYNY24,5472.6+21%

31Washington County, NYNY59,3532.7+28%

32Ontario County, NYNY113,1302.7+32%

33Niagara County, NYNY208,9122.7+28%

34Schoharie County, NYNY30,1762.7+21%

35Monroe County, NYNY750,5062.8+28%

36Jefferson County, NYNY111,5402.8+46%

37Delaware County, NYNY44,3052.9+25%

38Rensselaer County, NYNY160,5102.9+27%

39Essex County, NYNY36,4383.0+34%

40Schenectady County, NYNY162,5813.0+34%

41Erie County, NYNY946,7413.2+40%

42Warren County, NYNY65,0203.4+41%

43Sullivan County, NYNY80,5863.4+41%

44Albany County, NYNY321,2253.5+31%

45Saratoga County, NYNY241,3433.5+52%

46Greene County, NYNY47,2383.5+38%

47Putnam County, NYNY99,0283.7+31%

48Hamilton County, NYNY5,0063.8+38%

49Tompkins County, NYNY104,0473.9+52%

50Orange County, NYNY417,6694.0+47%

51Dutchess County, NYNY300,7084.0+42%

52Ulster County, NYNY183,3304.1+56%

53Columbia County, NYNY60,1684.3+60%

54Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,0904.4+57%

55Nassau County, NYNY1,398,9394.7+40%

56Rockland County, NYNY357,3975.4+57%

57Westchester County, NYNY1,015,7435.6+24%

58Richmond County, NYNY501,2906.9+75%

59Queens County, NYNY2,358,1828.4+73%

60New York County, NYNY1,664,86210.5+37%

61Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33210.9+63%

62Kings County, NYNY2,653,96311.3+58%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES