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Home values, rents and more in Ulster County, NY

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

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Typical home value
$452,000
Metro: $452,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+3.6%
Metro: +3.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$2,015/mo
Metro: $2,015 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+4.3%
Metro: +4.2% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
183,330
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$86,271
Metro: $86,271 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Ulster County, NY, shaded by typical home valueUlsterDelawareSullivanOrangeDutchessWayneGreeneColumbiaPikeOtsegoSchohariePutnamRockland
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Counties around Ulster County, NY, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Ulster County, NY is outlined.

How Ulster County, NY compares

The typical home in Ulster County, NY is worth about $452,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ulster County, NY are about the same as the typical value in the Kingston metro area ($452,000) and 23% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Ulster County, NY rose 3.6%, compared with +3.6% in the Kingston metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $2,015 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Kingston metro area ($2,015) and 4% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.3% over the past year.

The median household income is $86,271, against $86,271 in the Kingston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 183,330 people live in Ulster County, NY (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Ulster County, NY has the 15th-highest typical home value of the 62 counties in New York with Zillow figures.

Part of: Kingston 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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