Home values, rents and more in Watertown, NY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Watertown compares
The typical home in Watertown, NY is worth about $206,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Watertown are 12% below the typical value in the Watertown metro area ($234,000) and 44% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Watertown rose 4.5%, compared with +6.0% in the Watertown metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,546 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 3% above the Watertown metro area ($1,496) and 20% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 8.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $51,753, against $66,301 in the Watertown metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 24,375 people live in Watertown (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Watertown has the 7th-lowest typical home value of the 26 cities in the Watertown metro area and the 157th-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.