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State data • Updated March 2026

New York rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across New York cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

New York at a glance

$1,998Median city rent (ZORI)
4.6%Unemployment
4,241Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all New York cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Sag Harbor $46,212 +12.6%
East Hampton $41,890 +9.1%
Westhampton Beach $39,889
Southampton $39,063 +14.7%
Scarsdale $5,043
Rye $4,970
Great Neck $4,828 +7.1%
Garden City $4,522
Harrison $4,413 +9.7%
Island Park $4,075

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Utica $1,338 +6.8%
Buffalo $1,360 +3.5%
Rochester $1,489 +3.5%
Schenectady $1,494 +0.4%
Troy $1,500 +3.9%
Syracuse $1,584 +5.1%
Albany $1,646 +3.4%
Mount Vernon $2,607 +1.3%
Yonkers $2,747 +6.4%
New Rochelle $2,814 +1.1%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 New York cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

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