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

Name: Median rent in the Town of Islip, NY, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in the Town of Islip, NY is $2,209 (±$47) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 19,261 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Islip, the median gross rent went from $1,730 in 2015–2019 to $2,209 in 2020–2024 (+27.7%).

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: $2,209 (±$47)
Rented homes: 19,261 (±1,025)
$2,000 or more: 61.1%
Since 2015–2019: +27.7%

How much rent costs in the Town of Islip

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Town of Islip	Suffolk County	New York	United States
Less than $500	6.1% (±1.6 points)	4.4%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	4.6% (±1.3 points)	5.4%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	11.0% (±1.9 points)	10.1%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	17.3% (±2.4 points)	17.5%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	26.5% (±2.8 points)	24.6%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	19.8% (±2.3 points)	16.8%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	14.8% (±2.5 points)	21.2%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 26.5% of renting households.

61.1% of rented homes in the Town of Islip cost $2,000 or more a month.

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

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Islip	Suffolk County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$2,209 (±$47)	$2,255 (±$27)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	19,261 (±1,025)	85,927 (±2,465)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In the Town of Islip, 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, the Town of Islip ranks 6 of 10 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 24 of 952.

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

How rent in the Town of Islip 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	$1,730 (±$31)	$2,209 (±$47)	+27.7%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	21.5% (±0.8 points)	19.5% (±1.0 points)	−2.0 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	5.3% (±1.4 points)	5.5% (±1.3 points)	+0.2 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 Islip

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Islip
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Town of Islip	—	$2,209 (±$47)	—
Village of Brightwaters	3.5 mi	$1,728 (±$147)	Lower
Village of Islandia	6.5 mi	$2,019 (±$1,224)	Not measurably different
North Babylon	6.9 mi	$2,144 (±$233)	Not measurably different
Village of Babylon	7.0 mi	$2,427 (±$120)	Higher
Deer Park	7.4 mi	$1,906 (±$87)	Lower
Hauppauge	7.5 mi	$2,646 (±$134)	Higher
Town of Babylon	8.2 mi	$2,168 (±$68)	Not measurably different
West Babylon	8.6 mi	$2,225 (±$160)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Village of Brightwaters, NY ($1,728), Deer Park, NY ($1,906).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Village of Babylon, NY ($2,427), Hauppauge, NY ($2,646).

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 Islip include them.

The figures for the Town of Islip include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Bayport, Bay Shore, Baywood, Bohemia, Central Islip, East Islip, Great River, Holbrook, +10.

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 Islip

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

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Islip is $2,209 (±$47) 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 Islip?

In the Town of Islip, the median gross rent went from $1,730 in 2015–2019 to $2,209 in 2020–2024 (+27.7%).

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 Islip cost more than $2,000 a month?

61.1% of rented homes in the Town of Islip have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 6.1% cost less than $500.

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

In the Town of Islip, 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 Islip town, Suffolk County, New York (county subdivision:38000, 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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