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

Name: Median rent in the Town of Ontario, NY, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in the Town of Ontario, NY is $882 (±$172) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 765 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Ontario, the median gross rent went from $830 in 2015–2019 to $882 in 2020–2024 (+6.3%).

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 November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $882 (±$172)
Rented homes: 765 (±149)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +6.3%

How much rent costs in the Town of Ontario

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Town of Ontario	Wayne County	New York	United States
Less than $500	24.1% (±12.9 points)	14.9%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	35.9% (±15.3 points)	43.3%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	28.2% (±12.8 points)	30.7%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	11.8% (±9.3 points)	8.6%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±5.4 points)	1.5%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±5.4 points)	0.3%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±5.4 points)	0.7%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 35.9% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in the Town of Ontario cost $2,000 or more a month.

The Town of Ontario against Wayne County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Ontario	Wayne County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$882 (±$172)	$938 (±$32)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	765 (±149)	7,192 (±506)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In the Town of Ontario, median gross rent is not measurably different from Wayne County ($938).

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

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

In Wayne County, the Town of Ontario ranks 9 of 15 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 654 of 952.

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

How rent in the Town of Ontario 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	$830 (±$172)	$882 (±$172)	+6.3%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	19.9% (±4.1 points)	18.8% (±3.1 points)	−1.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±3.6 points)	0.0% (±5.0 points)	0.0 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 Ontario

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Ontario
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Town of Ontario	—	$882 (±$172)	—
Village of Webster	5.7 mi	$1,239 (±$221)	Higher
Town of Williamson	6.1 mi	$659 (±$304)	Not measurably different
Town of Walworth	6.2 mi	$910 (±$256)	Not measurably different
Town of Webster	6.6 mi	$1,489 (±$108)	Higher
Williamson (community)	6.8 mi	$445 (±$384)	Lower
Gananda	8.3 mi	$1,027 (±$83)	Not measurably different
Town of Marion	8.3 mi	$639 (±$394)	Not measurably different
Town of Penfield	9.2 mi	$1,473 (±$120)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Williamson (community), NY ($445).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Village of Webster, NY ($1,239), Town of Webster, NY ($1,489), Town of Penfield, NY ($1,473).

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

Median gross rent across Wayne County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
3	Town of Macedon	$1,092 (±$154)
4	Town of Arcadia	$1,002 (±$86)
5	Town of Savannah	$950 (±$409)
6	Town of Palmyra	$941 (±$51)
7	Town of Lyons	$920 (±$111)
8	Town of Walworth	$910 (±$256)
9	Town of Ontario	$882 (±$172)
10	Town of Galen	$864 (±$286)
11	Town of Sodus	$853 (±$194)
12	Town of Butler	$684 (±$203)
13	Town of Wolcott	$667 (±$106)
14	Town of Williamson	$659 (±$304)
15	Town of Marion	$639 (±$394)

Showing 13 of 15 places in Wayne County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

The figures for the Town of Ontario include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Ontario (community).

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 Ontario

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

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Ontario is $882 (±$172) 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 Ontario?

In the Town of Ontario, the median gross rent went from $830 in 2015–2019 to $882 in 2020–2024 (+6.3%).

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 the Town of Ontario cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in the Town of Ontario have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 24.1% cost less than $500.

Is rent in the Town of Ontario higher than in Wayne County?

In the Town of Ontario, median gross rent is not measurably different from Wayne County ($938).

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 Ontario town, Wayne County, New York (county subdivision:55013, in state:36 county:117).

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.