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The median home value in Columbia County, NY is $488,466 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.07% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$488,466
Year-over-Year
+6.07%
National Rank
#228 of 3071
Columbia County ranks 12th out of 62 counties in NY by median home price, and is +108.4% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NY, the typical county has a median home value of $257,530, making Columbia County +89.7% above the NY state median.
Households here earn a median of $81,528 a year against a typical home value of $488,466 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.0×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 93% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Columbia County recorded a violent crime rate of 263 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,260 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 7,222 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Columbia County is $488,466. That's up 6.07% from a year earlier. That is about 108.4% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Columbia County the 12th most expensive of 62 counties in New York.
Median household income here is $81,528, so a typical home costs about 6.0× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Columbia County recorded 263 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 7,222 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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