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Housing in Point Lookout

A typical Point Lookout home is worth about $1,461,000

Up 11.2% in a year, 177% above the New York typical home.

Typical home value
$1.46M
▲ 11.2% in a year · NY $527K
Zillow
Median sale price
$763K
April 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in April · 5 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$3,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$10,001
NY $6,582

Only 1 sale in April 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Point Lookout?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 17.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$319,000
Typical Point Lookout home $1.46M

That’s $1.14M short of a typical Point Lookout home.

The typical home, each month
$8,770
Loan $7,230Tax $1,110Insurance $430

A two-bedroom rents for about $3,080 a month here, $5,690 less 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, Point Lookout’s typical property tax (0.91% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Up 48.4% in five years

Faster than New York (29.5%).

Point LookoutNew York
$200K$300K$400K$500K$600K$700K$800K$900K$1M$1.1M$1.2M$1.3M$1.4M$1.5M20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryPoint LookoutNew York
2017$773,000$298,000
2018$821,000$317,000
2019$832,000$337,000
2020$866,000$353,000
2021$903,000$379,000
2022$1,006,000$417,000
2023$1,130,000$437,000
2024$1,191,000$458,000
2025$1,282,000$489,000
2026$1,353,000$510,000
August 2026$1,461,000$527,000
Then & now

A typical Point Lookout home worth $765K in September 2016 is worth about $1.46M today.

+$695K
+11.2%
past year
+48.4%
past 5 years
+90.8%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

The homes

75% of Point Lookout households own their home

Half of Point Lookout’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

New York: 54% own.

1938
typical home built · NY 1959
$10,001
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
0.91%
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 $3,080

Renters already here pay a median of $3,327.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$2,230
1 bedroom$2,670
2 bedrooms$3,080
3 bedrooms$4,000
4 bedrooms$4,220
25%
of households rent · NY 46%
115
renter households
$3,327
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Point Lookout vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Point Lookout. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Point Lookout$1.46M+11.2%$3,080$81,635
Lido Beach$1.1M+7.6%$3,080$193,625

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, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 2026. 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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