Housing in Junius

A typical Junius home is worth roughly $196,000

Home prices around Junius have risen about 56% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$196K

▲ 3.2% in a year · NY $527K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,300

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,875

NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Junius?

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

Your money goes further63% below the New York typical home.A town of owners90% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$267,000

Typical Junius home $196K

That covers a typical Junius home, with $70K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,320

Loan $970Tax $290Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,300 a month here, $20 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Waterloo$190K Phelps$166K Galen$95K Tyre$162K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Junius’s typical property tax (1.79% 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

90% of Junius households own their home

Half of Junius’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters

Own 90%Rent 10%

New York: 54% own.

1979

typical home built · NY 1959

$2,875

median property tax bill · NY $6,582

1.79%

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

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

Price trend

Home prices up 56% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Junius rose 56% over the past 5 years, faster than across New York (52%). Last year prices rose 3.2%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Junius home at roughly $196,000 today.

Junius areaNew York

+3.2%

past year

+56%

past 5 years

+91%

past 10 years

Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $196K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Junius, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,300

Renters already here pay a median of $1,333.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930

1 bedroom$1,050

2 bedrooms$1,300

3 bedrooms$1,560

4 bedrooms$1,840

10%

of households rent · NY 46%

renter households

59%

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

20%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,333

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.

Next door

Junius vs. its neighbors

Junius is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Junius$196K Waterloo$190K Phelps$166K Tyre$162K Galen$95K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Junius	$196K*	+3.2%†	$1,300	—	$76,750
Waterloo	$190K	+4.5%	$1,300	—	$63,226
Phelps	$166K*	−10.2%†	$1,310	13	$80,262
Galen	$95K*	—	$1,310	4	$64,177
Tyre	$162K*	+7.4%†	$1,290	—	$63,125

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.