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Housing in Walton

A typical Walton home is worth roughly $119,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$119K
NY $527K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,481
NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Walton?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$117,000
Typical Walton home $119K

That’s $2K short of a typical Walton home.

The typical home, each month
$830
Loan $590Tax $210Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $140 more than owning.

How Walton ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Walton’s typical property tax (2.08% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $771, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,400
38%
of households rent · NY 46%
430
renter households
47%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NY 52%
34%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$771
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

62% of Walton households own their home

Half of Walton’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 62%Rent 38%

New York: 54% own.

1938
typical home built · NY 1959
$2,481
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
2.08%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Walton in 2025. The last year with any was 2015 (2 new homes).

Single-family2+ homes per building
051015 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−203
New homes+4

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Walton's population fell by 203 even though 4 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across New York: 2.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015220$100,000
2014110$165,000
2013110$100,000
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008110$580,000
200715114$1.1 million
2006000—
2005110$150,000
2004330$178,000
2003220$138,000
2002000—
2001000—
2000202$70,000

How Walton ranks on new homes being built →

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

On the market in Walton

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

Neighbors talk housing

What Walton buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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