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Housing in Harford

A typical Harford home is worth roughly $110,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$110K
NY $527K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,290
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,684
NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Harford?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$221,000
Typical Harford home $110K

That covers a typical Harford home, with $111K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$880
Loan $540Tax $310Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 a month here, $410 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, Harford’s typical property tax (3.36% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290

Renters already here pay a median of $1,019, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$990
1 bedroom$1,070
2 bedrooms$1,290
3 bedrooms$1,610
4 bedrooms$1,960
24%
of households rent · NY 46%
85
renter households
$1,019
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Binghamton, 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 Harford in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Harford has permitted 7 homes in all.

Single-family
01234 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
7
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−67
New homes+14

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Harford's population fell by 67 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. 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$400,000
2024000—
2023000—
2022110$100,000
2021220$498,000
2020220$498,000
2019000—
2018000—
2017110$120,000
2016000—
2015110$185,000
2014440$671,000
2013110$40,000
2012330$665,000
2011220$444,000
2010220$444,000
2009220$444,000
2008220$444,000
2007330$665,000
2006110$222,000
2005440$887,000
2004330$507,000
2003110$350,000
2002000—
2001000—
2000220$120,000

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

The homes

76% of Harford households own their home

Half of Harford’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 76%Rent 24%

New York: 54% own.

1979
typical home built · NY 1959
$3,684
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
3.36%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%
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.

Next door

Harford vs. its neighbors

Harford is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Harford$110K*—$1,2901$75,905
Virgil$245K*+11.1%†$1,4901$91,094
Lapeer$161K*—$1,1403$62,955

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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