What is the median rent in the Town of Babylon, NY?

Name: Median rent in the Town of Babylon, NY, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in the Town of Babylon, NY is $2,168 (±$68) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 14,207 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Babylon, the median gross rent went from $1,677 in 2015–2019 to $2,168 in 2020–2024 (+29.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,168 (±$68)
Rented homes: 14,207 (±807)
$2,000 or more: 58.3%
Since 2015–2019: +29.3%

How much rent costs in the Town of Babylon

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Town of Babylon	Suffolk County	New York	United States
Less than $500	2.2% (±1.0 points)	4.4%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	3.7% (±1.7 points)	5.4%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	9.7% (±2.0 points)	10.1%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	26.1% (±3.1 points)	17.5%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	24.7% (±2.9 points)	24.6%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	15.6% (±2.3 points)	16.8%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	18.0% (±3.0 points)	21.2%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 26.1% of renting households.

58.3% of rented homes in the Town of Babylon cost $2,000 or more a month.

The Town of Babylon against Suffolk County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Babylon	Suffolk County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$2,168 (±$68)	$2,255 (±$27)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	14,207 (±807)	85,927 (±2,465)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In the Town of Babylon, median gross rent is lower than in 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, the Town of Babylon ranks 7 of 10 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 31 of 952.

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

How rent in the Town of Babylon has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,677 (±$34)	$2,168 (±$68)	+29.3%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	23.9% (±1.3 points)	21.7% (±1.2 points)	−2.2 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	4.6% (±1.3 points)	4.5% (±1.5 points)	−0.1 percentage points	Not 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 the Town of Babylon

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Babylon
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Town of Babylon	—	$2,168 (±$68)	—
Village of Babylon	3.7 mi	$2,427 (±$120)	Higher
Village of Lindenhurst	4.2 mi	$1,885 (±$284)	Not measurably different
West Islip	4.4 mi	$2,765 (±$337)	Higher
West Bay Shore	5.1 mi	$2,370 (±$2,297)	Not measurably different
Village of Amityville	5.6 mi	$2,247 (±$343)	Not measurably different
Village of Brightwaters	6.0 mi	$1,728 (±$147)	Lower
East Massapequa	6.8 mi	$1,486 (±$886)	Not measurably different
Bay Shore	7.0 mi	$2,063 (±$114)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Village of Brightwaters, NY ($1,728).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Village of Babylon, NY ($2,427), West Islip, NY ($2,765).

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

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Town of East Hampton	$2,578 (±$532)
2	Town of Southampton	$2,363 (±$127)
3	Town of Huntington	$2,358 (±$162)
4	Town of Brookhaven	$2,314 (±$46)
5	Town of Smithtown	$2,233 (±$96)
6	Town of Islip	$2,209 (±$47)
7	Town of Babylon	$2,168 (±$68)
8	Town of Southold	$2,135 (±$227)
9	Town of Riverhead	$1,974 (±$228)
10	Poospatuck Reservation	$1,444 (±$1,145)

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Babylon include them.

The figures for the Town of Babylon include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Copiague, Deer Park, East Farmingdale, North Amityville, North Babylon, North Lindenhurst, West Babylon, Wheatley Heights.

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 Town of Babylon

What is the average rent in the Town of Babylon, NY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Babylon is $2,168 (±$68) 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 the Town of Babylon?

In the Town of Babylon, the median gross rent went from $1,677 in 2015–2019 to $2,168 in 2020–2024 (+29.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in the Town of Babylon cost more than $2,000 a month?

58.3% of rented homes in the Town of Babylon have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in the Town of Babylon higher than in Suffolk County?

In the Town of Babylon, median gross rent is lower than in 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 Babylon town, Suffolk County, New York (county subdivision:04000, in state:36 county:103).

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.