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Housing in Otselic

A typical Otselic home is worth roughly $108,000

Typical home value
$108K
NY $527K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,100
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,235
NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Otselic?

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
$214,000
Typical Otselic home $108K

That covers a typical Otselic home, with $106K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$750
Loan $530Tax $190Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100 a month here, $350 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, Otselic’s typical property tax (2.07% 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

3 of Otselic’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Otselic’s homes were built before 1971.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

New York: 54% own.

1971
typical home built · NY 1959
$2,235
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
2.07%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%
10%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Otselic

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100

Renters already here pay a median of $900, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$910
1 bedroom$950
2 bedrooms$1,100
3 bedrooms$1,480
4 bedrooms$1,630
13%
of households rent · NY 46%
38
renter households
$900
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

Otselic vs. its neighbors

Otselic is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Otselic$108K*—$1,100—$63,854
Pharsalia$126K*—$990—$77,083
Smyrna$90K*—$1,290—$59,408
Georgetown$167K+11.7%$1,2003$46,458

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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