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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in New York (2026)

St. Lawrence has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in New York, at $1,166, followed by Allegany and Chemung. Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in New York

Top 25 of 62 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in New York
RankCountyValue
1St. Lawrence$1,166
2Allegany$1,181
3Chemung$1,250
4Franklin$1,293
5Chenango$1,294
6Cattaraugus$1,346
7Chautauqua$1,354
8Steuben$1,368
9Lewis$1,412
10Herkimer$1,523
11Otsego$1,542
12Broome$1,549
13Tioga$1,586
14Wyoming$1,591
15Cortland$1,603
16Oswego$1,629
17Orleans$1,630
18Jefferson$1,644
19Seneca$1,669
20Clinton$1,678
21Fulton$1,720
22Genesee$1,734
23Montgomery$1,742
24Hamilton$1,744
25Oneida$1,773

How this ranking works

This page ranks New York counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of monthly payment (piti).

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