Living here
Cost of living in Staten Island
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,689/mo
25% above US
Median home value
$658,500
117% above US
Median household income
$98,290
25% above US
Rent as share of income
21%
US 21%
Home price to income
6.7×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.875%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Staten Island compares
- Staten Island$1,689
- New York$1,576
- United States$1,348
- Hempstead$1,649
- Yonkers$1,730
- North Hempstead$2,276
- Oyster Bay$2,300
- White Plains$2,151
- Huntington$2,347
- Islip$2,192
- Brookhaven$1,908
- Staten Island$658,500
- New York$403,000
- United States$303,400
- Hempstead$442,100
- Yonkers$478,000
- North Hempstead$870,500
- Oyster Bay$634,600
- White Plains$624,100
- Huntington$733,000
- Islip$486,900
- Brookhaven$577,000
Taxes
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Life in Staten Island
Questions
Is Staten Island expensive to live in?
Housing in Staten Island is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,689 (25% above US) and the median home value is $658,500 (117% above US).
How much is rent in Staten Island?
The median gross rent is $1,689 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $2,593, 1 bedroom $2,729, 2 bedrooms $2,971, 3 bedrooms $3,760, 4 bedrooms $4,121.
How much of their income do renters spend in Staten Island?
At the median, a year’s rent ($20,268) equals about 21% of the median household income ($98,290); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Staten Island?
Sales tax is 8.875% and property taxes run about 0.92% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance, Publication 718 (2/25), Sales and Use Tax Rates by Jurisdiction, effective March 1, 2025.