Housing in Horicon

A typical Horicon home is worth roughly $295,000

Typical home value

$295K

NY $527K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,270

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,667

NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Horicon?

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

A second-home town51% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.Your money goes further44% below the New York typical home.

★ What stands out · The homes

85% of Horicon households own their home

Half of Horicon’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 15%

New York: 54% own.

1972

typical home built · NY 1959

$2,667

median property tax bill · NY $6,582

0.90%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%

51%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

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

You could afford about

$315,000

Typical Horicon home $295K

That covers a typical Horicon home, with $20K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,770

Loan $1,460Tax $220Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270 a month here, $500 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Chester$306K Pottersville$337K Warrensburg$251K Bolton$327K Schroon$273K Hague$501K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Horicon’s typical property tax (0.90% 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 $1,270

Renters already here pay a median of $1,032, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$970

1 bedroom$1,000

2 bedrooms$1,270

3 bedrooms$1,630

4 bedrooms$1,690

15%

of households rent · NY 46%

renter households

61%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NY 52%

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,032

median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Horicon vs. its neighbors

Horicon is the 3rd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Hague$501K Pottersville$337K Bolton$327K Chester$306K Horicon$295K Schroon$273K Warrensburg$251K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Horicon	$295K*	—	$1,270	—	$80,750
Chester	$306K*	—	$1,260	—	$84,623
Pottersville	$337K	+9.9%	$1,240	—	$53,462
Warrensburg	$251K	+3.6%	$1,320	—	$60,907
Bolton	$327K*	—	$1,320	—	$102,898
Schroon	$273K*	—	$1,250	12	$69,955
Hague	$501K	+6.7%	$1,340	—	$81,845

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. 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.