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The median home value in Dutchess County, NY is $505,712 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.51% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$505,712
Year-over-Year
+5.51%
National Rank
#199 of 3071
Dutchess County ranks 10th out of 62 counties in NY by median home price, and is +115.8% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NY, the typical county has a median home value of $257,530, making Dutchess County +96.4% above the NY state median.
Households here earn a median of $99,478 a year against a typical home value of $505,712 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.1×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 85% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Dutchess County recorded a violent crime rate of 80 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 662 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 21,294 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Dutchess County is $505,712. That's up 5.51% from a year earlier. That is about 115.8% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Dutchess County the 10th most expensive of 62 counties in New York.
Median household income here is $99,478, so a typical home costs about 5.1× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Dutchess County recorded 80 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 21,294 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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