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Housing in McDonough

A typical McDonough home is worth roughly $113,000

Typical home value
$113K
NY $527K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,542
NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is McDonough?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$223,000
Typical McDonough home $113K

That covers a typical McDonough home, with $110K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$800
Loan $560Tax $210Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $180 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, McDonough’s typical property tax (2.25% 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

92% of McDonough households own their home

Half of McDonough’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

New York: 54% own.

1971
typical home built · NY 1959
$2,542
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
2.25%
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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $950.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$860
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,370
4 bedrooms$1,500
8%
of households rent · NY 46%
32
renter households
$950
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

McDonough vs. its neighbors

McDonough is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
McDonough$113K*—$980$68,266
Pharsalia$126K*—$990$77,083
Preston$122K*—$980$85,625
Smithville$173K*—$1,050$70,433

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.

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