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Housing in Wethersfield

A typical Wethersfield home is worth roughly $131,000

Typical home value
$131K
NY $527K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,787
NY $6,582

What kind of housing town is Wethersfield?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$319,000
Typical Wethersfield home $131K

That covers a typical Wethersfield home, with $188K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$920
Loan $650Tax $230Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $70 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wethersfield’s typical property tax (2.12% 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

80% of Wethersfield households own their home

Half of Wethersfield’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

New York: 54% own.

1977
typical home built · NY 1959
$2,787
median property tax bill · NY $6,582
2.12%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NY 1.55%
24%
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 $990

Renters already here pay a median of $916.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$850
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,620
20%
of households rent · NY 46%
53
renter households
$916
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Allegany 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

Wethersfield vs. its neighbors

Wethersfield is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wethersfield$131K*—$990$96,094
Java$224K*—$1,090$95,129
Eagle$149K*—$970$72,778
Orangeville$149K*+13.1%†$970$85,563
Gainesville$118K*—$970$56,250
Warsaw$153K*+11.6%†$970$56,894

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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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