Pay and cost of living in Chenango County, NY
Chenango County, NY is part of the Central East New York nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $39,070 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $39,070, and the lowest is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $39,070.
A one-bedroom apartment in Chenango County, NY has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $855 a month and a two-bedroom $1,014. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $18,397 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $31,977 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Chenango County, NY or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Chenango County, NY
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Chenango County, NY, set beside the New York and national medians.
Median household income in Chenango County, NY is $62,948, 27% below the New York median of $85,974 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,260) equals 16.3% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $39,070, is 38% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Chenango County, NY pay a median of $3,120 a year in real estate taxes, 53% below the New York median of $6,582. With a median home value of $137,900, 67% below the New York median of $423,800, the ratio of the two medians is 2.26% a year.
Renters in Chenango County, NY pay a median gross rent of $875 a month in the Census survey, 46% below the New York median of $1,621. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $855; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Chenango County, NY who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.8 minutes each way, 30% below the New York average of 32.6. 9.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.