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

Name: Median rent in the Town of Starkey, NY, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in the Town of Starkey, NY is $744 (±$96) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 344 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Starkey, the median gross rent went from $580 in 2015–2019 to $744 in 2020–2024 (+28.3%).

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: $744 (±$96)
Rented homes: 344 (±96)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +28.3%

How much rent costs in the Town of Starkey

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Town of Starkey	Yates County	New York	United States
Less than $500	32.0% (±10.5 points)	19.8%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	56.1% (±11.3 points)	50.6%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	11.0% (±6.3 points)	15.1%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.9% (±1.4 points)	12.8%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±11.6 points)	0.8%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±11.6 points)	0.6%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±11.6 points)	0.4%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 56.1% of renting households.

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

The Town of Starkey against Yates County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Starkey	Yates County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$744 (±$96)	$834 (±$48)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	344 (±96)	1,949 (±263)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In the Town of Starkey, median gross rent is not measurably different from Yates County ($834).

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

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

In Yates County, the Town of Starkey ranks 8 of 9 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 868 of 952.

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

How rent in the Town of Starkey 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	$580 (±$95)	$744 (±$96)	+28.3%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	24.0% (±5.6 points)	26.7% (±6.0 points)	+2.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	2.3% (±4.1 points)	6.2% (±6.8 points)	+3.9 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 Starkey

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Starkey
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Town of Starkey	—	$744 (±$96)	—
Village of Dundee	1.7 mi	$703 (±$118)	Not measurably different
Town of Barrington	5.5 mi	$1,574 (±$667)	Higher
Town of Milo	6.8 mi	$733 (±$137)	Not measurably different
Town of Reading	7.2 mi	$1,507 (±$514)	Higher
Town of Lodi	7.5 mi	$684 (±$54)	Not measurably different
Town of Tyrone	7.6 mi	$1,104 (±$594)	Not measurably different
Village of Lodi	8.8 mi	$950 (±$155)	Higher
Town of Hector	9.4 mi	$1,083 (±$525)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Town of Barrington, NY ($1,574), Town of Reading, NY ($1,507), Village of Lodi, NY ($950).

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

Median gross rent across Yates County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
2	Town of Benton	$1,541 (±$628)
3	Town of Middlesex	$1,406 (±$672)
4	Town of Torrey	$1,200 (±$620)
5	Town of Italy	$1,038 (±$231)
6	Town of Potter	$1,005 (±$136)
7	Town of Jerusalem	$870 (±$116)
8	Town of Starkey	$744 (±$96)
9	Town of Milo	$733 (±$137)

Showing 8 of 9 places in Yates County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

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

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Starkey is $744 (±$96) 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 Starkey?

In the Town of Starkey, the median gross rent went from $580 in 2015–2019 to $744 in 2020–2024 (+28.3%).

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 Starkey cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in the Town of Starkey have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 32.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in the Town of Starkey higher than in Yates County?

In the Town of Starkey, median gross rent is not measurably different from Yates County ($834).

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 Starkey town, Yates County, New York (county subdivision:70816, in state:36 county:123).

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.