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

Name: Median rent in the Town of Salem, NY, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in the Town of Salem, NY is $948 (±$40) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 188 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Salem, the median gross rent went from $871 in 2015–2019 to $948 in 2020–2024 (+8.8%).

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 November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $948 (±$40)
Rented homes: 188 (±96)
$2,000 or more: 2.7%
Since 2015–2019: +8.8%

How much rent costs in the Town of Salem

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Town of Salem	Washington County	New York	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±20.1 points)	3.2%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	75.5% (±20.4 points)	43.4%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	13.3% (±15.5 points)	40.0%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	8.5% (±8.3 points)	9.6%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	2.7% (±4.8 points)	3.1%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±20.1 points)	0.3%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±20.1 points)	0.5%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 75.5% of renting households.

2.7% of rented homes in the Town of Salem cost $2,000 or more a month.

The Town of Salem against Washington County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Salem	Washington County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$948 (±$40)	$1,033 (±$47)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	188 (±96)	5,361 (±471)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In the Town of Salem, median gross rent is lower than in Washington County ($1,033).

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

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

In Washington County, the Town of Salem ranks 14 of 16 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 532 of 952.

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

How rent in the Town of Salem 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	$871 (±$71)	$948 (±$40)	+8.8%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	19.7% (±5.3 points)	22.9% (±8.6 points)	+3.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	8.4% (±10.1 points)	0.0% (±15.0 points)	−8.4 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 Salem

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Salem
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Town of Salem	—	$948 (±$40)	—
Town of Jackson	6.3 mi	$1,139 (±$43)	Higher
Town of Hebron	6.9 mi	$1,055 (±$120)	Not measurably different
Town of Greenwich	7.8 mi	$1,142 (±$92)	Higher
Arlington	8.4 mi	$1,191 (±$172)	Higher
Town of Argyle	9.3 mi	$1,068 (±$124)	Not measurably different
Village of Cambridge	9.6 mi	$1,164 (±$142)	Higher
Village of Argyle	10.0 mi	$738 (±$394)	Not measurably different
Village of Greenwich	10 mi	$1,211 (±$136)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Town of Jackson, NY ($1,139), Town of Greenwich, NY ($1,142), Arlington, VT ($1,191).

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

Median gross rent across Washington County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
8	Town of Dresden	$1,066 (±$109)
9	Town of Cambridge	$1,064 (±$103)
10	Town of Kingsbury	$1,063 (±$85)
11	Town of Hebron	$1,055 (±$120)
12	Town of Fort Edward	$1,011 (±$231)
13	Town of Whitehall	$975 (±$96)
14	Town of Salem	$948 (±$40)
15	Town of Fort Ann	$938 (±$149)
16	Town of Granville	$784 (±$119)

Showing 9 of 16 places in Washington County, ranked from highest to lowest.

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Salem 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 Salem

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

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Salem is $948 (±$40) 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 Salem?

In the Town of Salem, the median gross rent went from $871 in 2015–2019 to $948 in 2020–2024 (+8.8%).

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 Salem cost more than $2,000 a month?

2.7% of rented homes in the Town of Salem have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in the Town of Salem higher than in Washington County?

In the Town of Salem, median gross rent is lower than in Washington County ($1,033).

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 Salem town, Washington County, New York (county subdivision:64782, in state:36 county:115).

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.