A typical Stony Brook home is worth about $802,000
Up 9.1% in a year, 52% above the New York typical home. Homes typically sell in 16 days, a little above asking.
What kind of housing town is Stony Brook?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A strong seller's market
Homes are selling faster than new ones are listed: less than two months of supply. Well-priced homes can draw several offers.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
Up 32.5% in five years
About the same pace as New York (29.5%).
Show as a table
| January | Stony Brook | New York |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $465,000 | $298,000 |
| 2018 | $488,000 | $317,000 |
| 2019 | $515,000 | $337,000 |
| 2020 | $528,000 | $353,000 |
| 2021 | $560,000 | $379,000 |
| 2022 | $626,000 | $417,000 |
| 2023 | $650,000 | $437,000 |
| 2024 | $697,000 | $458,000 |
| 2025 | $726,000 | $489,000 |
| 2026 | $765,000 | $510,000 |
| August 2026 | $802,000 | $527,000 |
A typical Stony Brook home worth $459K in September 2016 is worth about $802K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4.6 years of income
Less than across New York (6.1 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $181K short of a typical Stony Brook home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $3,380 a month here, $1,890 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Stony Brook’s typical property tax (1.60% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
91% of Stony Brook households own their home
Half of Stony Brook’s homes were built before 1965.
New York: 54% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $3,380
Renters already here pay a median of $3,501.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
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.
Stony Brook vs. its neighbors
Stony Brook is the 4th least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | $802K | +9.1% | $3,380 | — | $174,872 |
| Stony Brook University | — | +5.2%† | $3,390 | — | — |
| Smithtown | $829K | +7% | $2,870 | 32 | $152,636 |
| Brookhaven | $721K | +7% | $2,850 | 286 | $120,110 |
| Head of the Harbor | $1.38M | +11.6% | $2,760 | 0 | $250,001 |
| East Setauket | $638K* | +5.9%† | $3,080 | — | $151,603 |
| Old Field | $1.32M* | +6%† | $3,080 | 8 | $250,001 |
| St. James | $762K | +7.7% | $2,740 | — | $142,368 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Stony Brook buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 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.