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

Allegany has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in New York, at $673, followed by St. Lawrence and Chemung (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 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 2026-04), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in New York
RankCountyValue
1Allegany$673
2St. Lawrence$690
3Chemung$777
4Chenango$789
5Cattaraugus$797
6Steuben$831
7Franklin$850
8Chautauqua$852
9Lewis$939
10Herkimer$956
11Broome$957
12Tioga$973
13Orleans$986
14Cortland$988
15Oswego$990
16Wyoming$1,003
17Montgomery$1,031
18Otsego$1,034
19Fulton$1,067
20Seneca$1,075
21Genesee$1,088
22Clinton$1,105
23Jefferson$1,112
24Cayuga$1,125
25Oneida$1,148

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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