What is the median rent in Ridge, NY?

The median gross rent in Ridge, NY is $2,044 (±$292) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 529 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Ridge, the median gross rent went from $1,560 in 2015–2019 to $2,044 in 2020–2024 (+31.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$2,044 (±$292)
Rented homes
529 (±197)
$2,000 or more
52.2%
Since 2015–2019
+31.0%

How much rent costs in Ridge

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentRidgeSuffolk CountyNew YorkUnited States
Less than $5002.5% (±4.2 points)4.4%7.8%6.3%
$500 to $9990.0% (±7.7 points)5.4%15.2%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,4991.5% (±2.6 points)10.1%22.2%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,99943.9% (±20.0 points)17.5%19.8%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,49924.8% (±13.4 points)24.6%14.3%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,99912.7% (±13.6 points)16.8%7.6%5.5%
$3,000 or more14.7% (±9.2 points)21.2%13.2%6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 43.9% of renting households.

52.2% of rented homes in Ridge cost $2,000 or more a month.

Ridge against Suffolk County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
RidgeSuffolk CountyNew YorkUnited States
Median gross rent$2,044 (±$292)$2,255 (±$27)$1,621 (±$7)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent529 (±197)85,927 (±2,465)3,406,652 (±12,095)42,849,984

In Ridge, median gross rent is not measurably different from Suffolk County ($2,255).

It is also higher than in New York ($1,621).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Suffolk County, Ridge ranks 78 of 97 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 157 of 349.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Ridge has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$1,560 (±$302)$2,044 (±$292)+31.0%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent14.6% (±3.1 points)10.5% (±3.2 points)−4.1 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate9.4% (±8.8 points)0.0% (±6.6 points)−9.4 percentage pointsNot a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Ridge

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Ridge
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Ridge—$2,044 (±$292)—
East Shoreham3.3 mi$1,791 (±$116)Not measurably different
Middle Island3.5 mi$1,868 (±$244)Not measurably different
Rocky Point3.6 mi$2,337 (±$311)Not measurably different
Gordon Heights4.9 mi$2,667 (±$163)Higher
Yaphank5.6 mi$2,976 (±$376)Higher
Manorville5.9 mi$2,129 (±$192)Not measurably different
Calverton6.0 mi$1,828 (±$310)Not measurably different
Sound Beach6.0 mi$3,343 (±$738)Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Gordon Heights, NY ($2,667), Yaphank, NY ($2,976), Sound Beach, NY ($3,343).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Suffolk County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
72Elwood$2,064 (±$475)
73Bay Shore$2,063 (±$114)
74Shirley$2,056 (±$435)
75Huntington Station$2,052 (±$331)
76 (tie)East Patchogue$2,045 (±$166)
76 (tie)Riverhead (community)$2,045 (±$252)
78Ridge$2,044 (±$292)
79Smithtown (community)$2,020 (±$316)
80Mastic$2,016 (±$266)
81Greenport West$1,979 (±$1,612)
82East Hampton North$1,964 (±$546)
83Kings Park$1,927 (±$242)
84South Huntington$1,908 (±$817)

Showing 13 of 97 places in Suffolk County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Ridge is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside the Town of Brookhaven, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Ridge

What is the average rent in Ridge, NY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Ridge is $2,044 (±$292) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Ridge?

In Ridge, the median gross rent went from $1,560 in 2015–2019 to $2,044 in 2020–2024 (+31.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Ridge cost more than $2,000 a month?

52.2% of rented homes in Ridge have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Ridge higher than in Suffolk County?

In Ridge, median gross rent is not measurably different from Suffolk County ($2,255).

It is also higher than in New York ($1,621).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Ridge CDP, New York (place:61665, in state:36).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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