Housing · Watertown
Watertown, NY housing market
Homes typically sell in 69 days, below asking.
Home values, sales, trends and how Watertown compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
The market right now
Watertown at a glance
Median sale price
$209K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
69
New York: 42 days
Sale-to-list
98.5%
Homes sell below asking
Homes sold
23
in May · 135 for sale
Market temperature
A balanced market
Buyer's marketBalancedSeller's market
About 5.9 months of supply: neither buyers nor sellers have a clear edge.
Next door
Watertown and its neighbors
The towns that share a border. Tap one to see its housing page.
Affordability
3.1 years of income
The typical Watertown home costs about 3.1 years of the town's median household income, less than across New York (6.1 years).
How Watertown ranks on affordability →
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
The homes
Owners, rent & taxes
Homeownership
40.9%
New York: 54.3%
Median tax bill
$2,710
New York: $6,582
Median rent
$967
New York: $1,621
Typical home built
1945
New York: 1959
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
On the market
Recent listings in Watertown
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Listings link to their publishers.