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Housing in Castorland

A typical Castorland home is worth about $215,000

Up 4.5% in a year, 59% below the New York typical home.

Typical home value
$215K
▲ 4.5% in a year · NY $527K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,130
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,417
NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Castorland?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Castorland

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You could afford about
$307,000
Typical Castorland home $215K

That covers a typical Castorland home, with $92K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,400
Loan $1,060Tax $280Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $270 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the New York typical property tax (1.55% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

55% of Castorland households own their home

Half of Castorland’s homes were built before 1947.

Owners and renters
Own 55%Rent 45%

New York: 54% own.

1947
typical home built · NY 1959
$3,417
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Price trend

Up 28% in five years

About the same pace as New York (29.5%).

CastorlandNew York
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K$500K$550K202220242026
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JanuaryCastorlandNew York
2022$169,000$417,000
2023$187,000$437,000
2024$197,000$458,000
2025$207,000$489,000
2026$210,000$510,000
August 2026$215,000$527,000
Then & now

A typical Castorland home worth $160K in February 2021 is worth about $215K today.

+$55K
+4.5%
past year
+28%
past 5 years
+34.7%
since 2021

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130

Renters already here pay a median of $853, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$860
1 bedroom$940
2 bedrooms$1,130
3 bedrooms$1,570
4 bedrooms$1,830
45%
of households rent · NY 46%
85
renter households
$853
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Lewis County, NY): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

On the market in Castorland

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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