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Home values, rents and more in Black River, NY

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$249,000
Metro: $234,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.7%
Metro: +6.0% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,651
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$86,645
Metro: $66,301 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Black River, NY, shaded by typical home valueBlack River
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ZIP codes around Black River, NY, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Black River is outlined.

How Black River compares

The typical home in Black River, NY is worth about $249,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Black River are 6% above the typical value in the Watertown metro area ($234,000) and 32% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Black River rose 4.7%, compared with +6.0% in the Watertown metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $86,645, against $66,301 in the Watertown metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,651 people live in Black River (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Black River has the 9th-highest typical home value of the 26 cities in the Watertown metro area and the 250th-lowest of 728 in New York with Zillow figures.

Part of: Jefferson County, NY · Watertown metro area · New York

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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