Home values, rents and more in Essex County, NY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Essex County, NY compares
The typical home in Essex County, NY is worth about $293,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Essex County, NY are 44% below the typical value in New York ($525,000) and 20% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Essex County, NY rose 6.8%, compared with +5.6% in New York and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $71,661, against $85,974 in New York and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 36,438 people live in Essex County, NY (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Essex County, NY has the 26th-highest typical home value of the 62 counties in New York with Zillow figures.
Part of: New York
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Cities in Essex County, NY
ZIP codes in Essex County, NY
- 12851 · Minerva $224,000
- 12852 · Newcomb $290,000
- 12855 · North Hudson $182,000
- 12857 · Olmstedville $248,000
- 12870 · Schroon Lake $368,000
- 12883 · Ticonderoga $230,000
- 12928 · Crown Point $222,000
- 12932 · Elizabethtown $253,000
- 12936 · Essex $377,000
- 12941 · Jay $343,000
- 12942 · Keene $503,000
- 12943 · Keene Valley $521,000
- 12944 · Keeseville $207,000
- 12946 · Lake Placid $403,000
- 12950 · Lewis $204,000
- 12956 · Mineville $158,000
- 12960 · Moriah $201,000
- 12974 · Port Henry $160,000
- 12975 · Port Kent $286,000
- 12983 · Saranac Lake $349,000
- 12987 · Upper Jay $340,000
- 12993 · Westport $278,000
- 12996 · Willsboro $291,000
- 12997 · Wilmington $430,000
- 12998 · Witherbee $112,000
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.