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Housing in Grove

A typical Grove home is worth roughly $109,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$109K
NY $527K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,300
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,238
NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Grove?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

Less than across New York (6.1 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$166,000
Typical Grove home $109K

That covers a typical Grove home, with $57K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$840
Loan $540Tax $270Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,300 a month here, $460 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Grove’s typical property tax (2.97% 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

89% of Grove households own their home

Half of Grove’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

New York: 54% own.

1978
typical home built · NY 1959
$3,238
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
2.97%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%
32%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,300

Renters already here pay a median of $925, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930
1 bedroom$1,040
2 bedrooms$1,300
3 bedrooms$1,560
4 bedrooms$1,730
11%
of households rent · NY 46%
15
renter households
$925
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Grove in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Grove has permitted 20 homes in all.

Single-family
051015 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
20
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−59
New homes+14

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Grove's population fell by 59 even though 14 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 32% of Grove's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across New York: 2.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025110$500,000
2024110$150,000
2023440$499,000
2022440$363,000
2021110$60,000
2020220$160,000
2019220$160,000
2018220$500,000
2017220$500,000
2016110$130,000
2015110$130,000
2014220$260,000
2013110$55,000
2012110$55,000
2011110$32,000
2010110$17,000
2009110$29,000
2008110$15,000
2007220$174,000
2006330$262,000
2005330$170,000
2004110$145,000
2003110$75,000
200213130$1.6 million
200112120$1.5 million
2000770$593,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Grove vs. its neighbors

Grove is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Grove$109K*—$1,3001$55,000
Nunda$124K*—$1,2900$64,688
Birdsall——$1,2802$39,688
Granger$125K*—$1,1601$66,875
Burns$101K*—$1,3301$64,491
Ossian$173K*+8.4%†$1,3300$71,738

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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