New York Cost of Living by County
Compare annual cost of living, median household income, affordability, and major expense drivers across New York counties. These estimates are based on a single adult household with no children. Cost rank for each county in New York are rated from highest modeled total costs to lowest.
Counties tracked:
0Across New YorkMedian Household Income:
$0In New YorkMedian Annual Cost:
$0Across New YorkMost Expensive County:
New York County, NY $94,283Most Affordable County:
Chautauqua County, NY$43,876State National Rank
#15Most expensive state across the U.S.Out of 50 states plus D.C.Albany County, NY
Cost Rank: 23 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$52,776
Median Household Income:
$115,490
Cost / Income ratio :
45.7%
Biggest category: Housing$13,084
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Allegany County, NY
Cost Rank: 59 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$46,204
Median Household Income:
$80,013
Cost / Income ratio :
57.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,251
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NY
Bronx County, NY
Cost Rank: 10 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$66,697
Median Household Income:
$59,322
Cost / Income ratio :
112.4%
Biggest category: Housing$22,767
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Broome County, NY
Cost Rank: 50 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$47,640
Median Household Income:
$83,422
Cost / Income ratio :
57.1%
Biggest category: Transport$11,886
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Cattaraugus County, NY
Cost Rank: 61 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$45,441
Median Household Income:
$75,127
Cost / Income ratio :
60.5%
Biggest category: Transport$13,483
Cheaper Alternatives:
Cayuga County, NY
Cost Rank: 48 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$48,523
Median Household Income:
$85,449
Cost / Income ratio :
56.8%
Biggest category: Transport$13,293
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Chautauqua County, NY
Cost Rank: 62 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$43,876
Median Household Income:
$76,149
Cost / Income ratio :
57.6%
Biggest category: Transport$12,832
Cheaper Alternatives:
Chemung County, NY
Cost Rank: 36 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,326
Median Household Income:
$81,566
Cost / Income ratio :
61.7%
Biggest category: Transport$12,678
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Chenango County, NY
Cost Rank: 54 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$47,088
Median Household Income:
$76,894
Cost / Income ratio :
61.2%
Biggest category: Transport$13,582
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Clinton County, NY
Cost Rank: 21 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$54,059
Median Household Income:
$90,354
Cost / Income ratio :
59.8%
Biggest category: Transport$13,352
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Columbia County, NY
Cost Rank: 17 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$57,132
Median Household Income:
$104,645
Cost / Income ratio :
54.6%
Biggest category: Housing$14,052
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Cortland County, NY
Cost Rank: 39 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$49,987
Median Household Income:
$85,316
Cost / Income ratio :
58.6%
Biggest category: Transport$13,367
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Delaware County, NY
Cost Rank: 34 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,628
Median Household Income:
$76,474
Cost / Income ratio :
66.2%
Biggest category: Transport$13,615
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Dutchess County, NY
Cost Rank: 14 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$60,991
Median Household Income:
$122,611
Cost / Income ratio :
49.7%
Biggest category: Housing$15,212
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Erie County, NY
Cost Rank: 44 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$48,953
Median Household Income:
$96,230
Cost / Income ratio :
50.9%
Biggest category: Housing$11,916
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Essex County, NY
Cost Rank: 33 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,711
Median Household Income:
$85,105
Cost / Income ratio :
59.6%
Biggest category: Transport$14,364
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Franklin County, NY
Cost Rank: 60 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$45,987
Median Household Income:
$75,978
Cost / Income ratio :
60.5%
Biggest category: Transport$13,826
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NY
Fulton County, NY
Cost Rank: 53 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$47,213
Median Household Income:
$73,183
Cost / Income ratio :
64.5%
Biggest category: Transport$12,952
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Genesee County, NY
Cost Rank: 58 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$46,380
Median Household Income:
$89,729
Cost / Income ratio :
51.7%
Biggest category: Transport$13,962
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Greene County, NY
Cost Rank: 20 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$54,163
Median Household Income:
$96,523
Cost / Income ratio :
56.1%
Biggest category: Transport$14,218
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Hamilton County, NY
Cost Rank: 15 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$58,018
Median Household Income:
$87,302
Cost / Income ratio :
66.5%
Biggest category: Transport$16,794
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Herkimer County, NY
Cost Rank: 30 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$51,229
Median Household Income:
$88,417
Cost / Income ratio :
57.9%
Biggest category: Transport$13,399
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Jefferson County, NY
Cost Rank: 43 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$49,246
Median Household Income:
$80,333
Cost / Income ratio :
61.3%
Biggest category: Transport$12,910
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Kings County, NY
Cost Rank: 7 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$79,835
Median Household Income:
$87,226
Cost / Income ratio :
91.5%
Biggest category: Housing$28,284
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Lewis County, NY
Cost Rank: 49 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$48,490
Median Household Income:
$78,095
Cost / Income ratio :
62.1%
Biggest category: Transport$15,221
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Livingston County, NY
Cost Rank: 32 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,785
Median Household Income:
$93,602
Cost / Income ratio :
54.3%
Biggest category: Transport$14,208
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Madison County, NY
Cost Rank: 38 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,082
Median Household Income:
$94,317
Cost / Income ratio :
53.1%
Biggest category: Transport$14,354
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Monroe County, NY
Cost Rank: 27 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$52,048
Median Household Income:
$99,834
Cost / Income ratio :
52.1%
Biggest category: Housing$12,544
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Montgomery County, NY
Cost Rank: 47 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$48,564
Median Household Income:
$86,028
Cost / Income ratio :
56.5%
Biggest category: Transport$12,770
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Nassau County, NY
Cost Rank: 9 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$75,591
Median Household Income:
$165,692
Cost / Income ratio :
45.6%
Biggest category: Housing$22,202
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
New York County, NY
Cost Rank: 1 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$94,283
Median Household Income:
$142,014
Cost / Income ratio :
66.4%
Biggest category: Housing$33,802
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Niagara County, NY
Cost Rank: 57 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$46,559
Median Household Income:
$88,304
Cost / Income ratio :
52.7%
Biggest category: Transport$12,593
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Oneida County, NY
Cost Rank: 42 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$49,647
Median Household Income:
$88,011
Cost / Income ratio :
56.4%
Biggest category: Transport$12,362
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Onondaga County, NY
Cost Rank: 35 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,575
Median Household Income:
$98,891
Cost / Income ratio :
51.1%
Biggest category: Transport$11,957
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Ontario County, NY
Cost Rank: 18 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$54,419
Median Household Income:
$100,623
Cost / Income ratio :
54.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,551
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Orange County, NY
Cost Rank: 13 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$61,958
Median Household Income:
$113,255
Cost / Income ratio :
54.7%
Biggest category: Housing$16,011
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Orleans County, NY
Cost Rank: 51 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$47,455
Median Household Income:
$83,039
Cost / Income ratio :
57.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,838
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Oswego County, NY
Cost Rank: 40 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$49,920
Median Household Income:
$84,690
Cost / Income ratio :
58.9%
Biggest category: Transport$13,746
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Otsego County, NY
Cost Rank: 28 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$51,632
Median Household Income:
$84,415
Cost / Income ratio :
61.2%
Biggest category: Transport$13,589
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Putnam County, NY
Cost Rank: 2 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$91,411
Median Household Income:
$144,954
Cost / Income ratio :
63.1%
Biggest category: Housing$28,919
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Queens County, NY
Cost Rank: 5 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$85,653
Median Household Income:
$96,052
Cost / Income ratio :
89.2%
Biggest category: Housing$30,361
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Rensselaer County, NY
Cost Rank: 24 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$52,658
Median Household Income:
$111,952
Cost / Income ratio :
47.0%
Biggest category: Transport$12,878
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Richmond County, NY
Cost Rank: 6 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$84,604
Median Household Income:
$117,811
Cost / Income ratio :
71.8%
Biggest category: Housing$26,778
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Rockland County, NY
Cost Rank: 4 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$88,956
Median Household Income:
$130,026
Cost / Income ratio :
68.4%
Biggest category: Housing$28,950
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Saratoga County, NY
Cost Rank: 16 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$57,643
Median Household Income:
$125,869
Cost / Income ratio :
45.8%
Biggest category: Housing$14,077
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Schenectady County, NY
Cost Rank: 26 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$52,116
Median Household Income:
$98,882
Cost / Income ratio :
52.7%
Biggest category: Transport$12,896
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Schoharie County, NY
Cost Rank: 29 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$51,537
Median Household Income:
$87,727
Cost / Income ratio :
58.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,680
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Schuyler County, NY
Cost Rank: 52 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$47,449
Median Household Income:
$84,851
Cost / Income ratio :
55.9%
Biggest category: Transport$14,185
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Seneca County, NY
Cost Rank: 45 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$48,860
Median Household Income:
$86,917
Cost / Income ratio :
56.2%
Biggest category: Transport$13,615
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
St. Lawrence County, NY
Cost Rank: 55 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$46,973
Median Household Income:
$80,918
Cost / Income ratio :
58.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,666
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Steuben County, NY
Cost Rank: 46 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$48,790
Median Household Income:
$86,598
Cost / Income ratio :
56.3%
Biggest category: Transport$13,395
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Suffolk County, NY
Cost Rank: 8 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$76,740
Median Household Income:
$147,792
Cost / Income ratio :
51.9%
Biggest category: Housing$22,152
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Sullivan County, NY
Cost Rank: 25 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$52,586
Median Household Income:
$88,086
Cost / Income ratio :
59.7%
Biggest category: Transport$13,627
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Tioga County, NY
Cost Rank: 37 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,291
Median Household Income:
$86,598
Cost / Income ratio :
58.1%
Biggest category: Transport$13,871
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Tompkins County, NY
Cost Rank: 11 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$63,361
Median Household Income:
$111,825
Cost / Income ratio :
56.7%
Biggest category: Housing$15,840
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Ulster County, NY
Cost Rank: 12 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$62,319
Median Household Income:
$110,044
Cost / Income ratio :
56.6%
Biggest category: Housing$16,440
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Warren County, NY
Cost Rank: 19 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$54,240
Median Household Income:
$102,500
Cost / Income ratio :
52.9%
Biggest category: Transport$13,171
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Washington County, NY
Cost Rank: 22 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$53,432
Median Household Income:
$84,756
Cost / Income ratio :
63.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,022
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Wayne County, NY
Cost Rank: 31 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$50,971
Median Household Income:
$94,964
Cost / Income ratio :
53.7%
Biggest category: Transport$14,310
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Westchester County, NY
Cost Rank: 3 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$90,855
Median Household Income:
$153,491
Cost / Income ratio :
59.2%
Biggest category: Housing$29,743
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Wyoming County, NY
Cost Rank: 56 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$46,694
Median Household Income:
$84,930
Cost / Income ratio :
55.0%
Biggest category: Transport$14,532
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
Yates County, NY
Cost Rank: 41 / 62Modeled annual cost:
$49,735
Median Household Income:
$82,228
Cost / Income ratio :
60.5%
Biggest category: Transport$14,532
Cheaper Alternatives: Chautauqua County, NYCattaraugus County, NY
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