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

The median gross rent in the Town of Liberty, NY is $917 (±$71) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,384 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Liberty, the median gross rent went from $840 in 2015–2019 to $917 in 2020–2024 (+9.2%).

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

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$917 (±$71)
Rented homes
1,384 (±240)
$2,000 or more
2.9%
Since 2015–2019
+9.2%

How much rent costs in the Town of Liberty

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentTown of LibertySullivan CountyNew YorkUnited States
Less than $50015.9% (±8.8 points)8.4%7.8%6.3%
$500 to $99948.2% (±12.5 points)33.8%15.2%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49925.7% (±9.4 points)31.2%22.2%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9997.3% (±5.0 points)15.0%19.8%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4992.9% (±2.9 points)7.4%14.3%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9990.0% (±3.0 points)3.3%7.6%5.5%
$3,000 or more0.0% (±3.0 points)1.0%13.2%6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 48.2% of renting households.

2.9% of rented homes in the Town of Liberty cost $2,000 or more a month.

The Town of Liberty against Sullivan County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Town of LibertySullivan CountyNew YorkUnited States
Median gross rent$917 (±$71)$1,106 (±$52)$1,621 (±$7)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent1,384 (±240)9,646 (±752)3,406,652 (±12,095)42,849,984

In the Town of Liberty, median gross rent is lower than in Sullivan County ($1,106).

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

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

In Sullivan County, the Town of Liberty ranks 13 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 589 of 952.

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

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

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$840 (±$71)$917 (±$71)+9.2%Down after inflation
Households that rent47.0% (±5.2 points)38.6% (±5.2 points)−8.4 percentage pointsMeasurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate5.8% (±4.5 points)1.0% (±1.4 points)−4.8 percentage pointsMeasurable decrease

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 Liberty

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Liberty
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Town of Liberty—$917 (±$71)—
Village of Liberty2.2 mi$889 (±$68)Not measurably different
Loch Sheldrake6.7 mi$1,158 (±$293)Not measurably different
Hurleyville7.2 mi$1,051 (±$360)Not measurably different
Town of Callicoon7.6 mi$1,017 (±$280)Not measurably different
Village of Jeffersonville7.9 mi$1,056 (±$267)Not measurably different
Town of Bethel9.3 mi$1,240 (±$250)Higher
Town of Neversink10 mi$992 (±$151)Not measurably different
Town of Fallsburg10 mi$1,079 (±$87)Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Town of Bethel, NY ($1,240), Town of Fallsburg, NY ($1,079).

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

Median gross rent across Sullivan County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
7Town of Rockland$1,119 (±$152)
8Town of Fallsburg$1,079 (±$87)
9Town of Cochecton$1,063 (±$109)
10Town of Callicoon$1,017 (±$280)
11Town of Neversink$992 (±$151)
12Town of Lumberland$938 (±$147)
13Town of Liberty$917 (±$71)
14Town of Tusten$915 (±$140)

Showing 8 of 14 places in Sullivan County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

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 Liberty

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

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Liberty is $917 (±$71) 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 Liberty?

In the Town of Liberty, the median gross rent went from $840 in 2015–2019 to $917 in 2020–2024 (+9.2%).

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

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

2.9% of rented homes in the Town of Liberty have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 15.9% cost less than $500.

Is rent in the Town of Liberty higher than in Sullivan County?

In the Town of Liberty, median gross rent is lower than in Sullivan County ($1,106).

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

It is lower 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 Liberty town, Sullivan County, New York (county subdivision:42235, in state:36 county:105).

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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