Rent Affordability for An Elementary School Teacher in New York
A typical elementary school teacher in New York earns about $76,471 a year, which supports approximately $1,912 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked New York city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.
As of May 2026. 53 of 146 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 93 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloversville, NY | $1,000/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Lockport, NY | $1,025/mo | 16.1% | very comfortable |
| Cortland, NY | $1,143/mo | 17.9% | very comfortable |
| Elmira, NY | $1,148/mo | 18% | very comfortable |
| Niagara Falls, NY | $1,180/mo | 18.5% | very comfortable |
| Amsterdam, NY | $1,185/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Potsdam, NY | $1,187/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Corning, NY | $1,198/mo | 18.8% | very comfortable |
| East Syracuse, NY | $1,200/mo | 18.8% | very comfortable |
| Palmyra, NY | $1,208/mo | 19% | very comfortable |
| Endicott, NY | $1,216/mo | 19.1% | very comfortable |
| Oswego, NY | $1,291/mo | 20.3% | affordable |
| Tonawanda, NY | $1,306/mo | 20.5% | affordable |
| Brockport, NY | $1,314/mo | 20.6% | affordable |
| North Tonawanda, NY | $1,341/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Johnson City, NY | $1,338/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Whitesboro, NY | $1,338/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Rome, NY | $1,347/mo | 21.1% | affordable |
| Hamburg, NY | $1,371/mo | 21.5% | affordable |
| Utica, NY | $1,392/mo | 21.8% | affordable |
| Painted Post, NY | $1,392/mo | 21.8% | affordable |
| Auburn, NY | $1,417/mo | 22.2% | affordable |
| Buffalo, NY | $1,421/mo | 22.3% | affordable |
| Glens Falls, NY | $1,440/mo | 22.6% | affordable |
| Rochester, NY | $1,454/mo | 22.8% | affordable |
| Troy, NY | $1,473/mo | 23.1% | affordable |
| Henrietta, NY | $1,474/mo | 23.1% | affordable |
| Monticello, NY | $1,492/mo | 23.4% | affordable |
| Schenectady, NY | $1,517/mo | 23.8% | affordable |
| Watervliet, NY | $1,519/mo | 23.8% | affordable |
| Watertown, NY | $1,546/mo | 24.3% | affordable |
| Syracuse, NY | $1,566/mo | 24.6% | affordable |
| Canandaigua, NY | $1,596/mo | 25% | affordable |
| Lancaster, NY | $1,599/mo | 25.1% | affordable |
| Ellenville, NY | $1,600/mo | 25.1% | affordable |
| Catskill, NY | $1,600/mo | 25.1% | affordable |
| West Henrietta, NY | $1,613/mo | 25.3% | affordable |
| Albany, NY | $1,664/mo | 26.1% | affordable |
| Clifton Park, NY | $1,677/mo | 26.3% | affordable |
| Penfield, NY | $1,683/mo | 26.4% | affordable |
| Depew, NY | $1,696/mo | 26.6% | affordable |
| Fairport, NY | $1,706/mo | 26.8% | affordable |
| Clarence, NY | $1,725/mo | 27.1% | affordable |
| New Hartford, NY | $1,750/mo | 27.5% | affordable |
| Port Jervis, NY | $1,788/mo | 28.1% | affordable |
| Webster, NY | $1,795/mo | 28.2% | affordable |
| Binghamton, NY | $1,838/mo | 28.8% | affordable |
| Camillus, NY | $1,840/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Kingston, NY | $1,862/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| Poughkeepsie, NY | $1,865/mo | 29.3% | affordable |
| Cohoes, NY | $1,865/mo | 29.3% | affordable |
| Rensselaer, NY | $1,877/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Baldwinsville, NY | $1,877/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Newburgh, NY | $1,939/mo | 30.4% | stretched |
| Delmar, NY | $1,966/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Grand Island, NY | $1,991/mo | 31.2% | stretched |
| Ballston Spa, NY | $2,001/mo | 31.4% | stretched |
| Farmington, NY | $2,019/mo | 31.7% | stretched |
| East Amherst, NY | $2,031/mo | 31.9% | stretched |
| Ithaca, NY | $2,038/mo | 32% | stretched |
| New Paltz, NY | $2,100/mo | 33% | stretched |
| Oneonta, NY | $2,107/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Getzville, NY | $2,130/mo | 33.4% | stretched |
| Williamsville, NY | $2,144/mo | 33.6% | stretched |
| Saratoga Springs, NY | $2,165/mo | 34% | stretched |
| Brentwood, NY | $2,300/mo | 36.1% | stretched |
| Liverpool, NY | $2,345/mo | 36.8% | stretched |
| Deer Park, NY | $2,404/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Warwick, NY | $2,419/mo | 38% | stretched |
| Middletown, NY | $2,442/mo | 38.3% | stretched |
| Manorville, NY | $2,450/mo | 38.4% | stretched |
| Latham, NY | $2,458/mo | 38.6% | stretched |
| New Windsor, NY | $2,470/mo | 38.8% | stretched |
| Moriches, NY | $2,475/mo | 38.8% | stretched |
| Farmingdale, NY | $2,585/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| Hudson, NY | $2,589/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| Mount Vernon, NY | $2,639/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Beacon, NY | $2,645/mo | 41.5% | rent-burdened |
| Bohemia, NY | $2,686/mo | 42.1% | rent-burdened |
| Patchogue, NY | $2,746/mo | 43.1% | rent-burdened |
| Yonkers, NY | $2,765/mo | 43.4% | rent-burdened |
| Nyack, NY | $2,776/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| Wappingers Falls, NY | $2,787/mo | 43.7% | rent-burdened |
| Holbrook, NY | $2,811/mo | 44.1% | rent-burdened |
| Goshen, NY | $2,814/mo | 44.2% | rent-burdened |
| Central Islip, NY | $2,876/mo | 45.1% | rent-burdened |
| Suffern, NY | $2,890/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Monroe, NY | $2,905/mo | 45.6% | rent-burdened |
| Peekskill, NY | $2,938/mo | 46.1% | rent-burdened |
| Franklin Square, NY | $2,950/mo | 46.3% | rent-burdened |
| West Babylon, NY | $2,986/mo | 46.9% | rent-burdened |
| New Rochelle, NY | $2,995/mo | 47% | rent-burdened |
| Ronkonkoma, NY | $3,005/mo | 47.2% | rent-burdened |
| Amityville, NY | $3,047/mo | 47.8% | rent-burdened |
| Hauppauge, NY | $3,078/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| Westbury, NY | $3,098/mo | 48.6% | rent-burdened |
| Irvington, NY | $3,100/mo | 48.6% | rent-burdened |
| Hempstead, NY | $3,106/mo | 48.7% | rent-burdened |
| Coram, NY | $3,107/mo | 48.8% | rent-burdened |
| Port Chester, NY | $3,130/mo | 49.1% | rent-burdened |
| Port Jefferson Station, NY | $3,140/mo | 49.3% | rent-burdened |
| Port Jefferson, NY | $3,229/mo | 50.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Valley Stream, NY | $3,236/mo | 50.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ossining, NY | $3,257/mo | 51.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Nanuet, NY | $3,276/mo | 51.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Huntington Station, NY | $3,287/mo | 51.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| White Plains, NY | $3,301/mo | 51.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Eastchester, NY | $3,351/mo | 52.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Massapequa, NY | $3,358/mo | 52.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Levittown, NY | $3,367/mo | 52.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bay Shore, NY | $3,362/mo | 52.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Centereach, NY | $3,381/mo | 53.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rockville Centre, NY | $3,400/mo | 53.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Harrison, NY | $3,455/mo | 54.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Oceanside, NY | $3,475/mo | 54.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hampton Bays, NY | $3,484/mo | 54.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Woodbury, NY | $3,510/mo | 55.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Uniondale, NY | $3,537/mo | 55.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Long Beach, NY | $3,563/mo | 55.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Oyster Bay, NY | $3,565/mo | 55.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Dobbs Ferry, NY | $3,629/mo | 56.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Tivoli, NY | $3,650/mo | 57.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mamaroneck, NY | $3,664/mo | 57.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Glen Cove, NY | $3,702/mo | 58.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Huntington, NY | $3,724/mo | 58.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Farmingville, NY | $3,749/mo | 58.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| West Hempstead, NY | $3,859/mo | 60.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mineola, NY | $3,886/mo | 61% | severely rent-burdened |
| Washingtonville, NY | $3,900/mo | 61.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Purchase, NY | $3,939/mo | 61.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| New Hyde Park, NY | $3,975/mo | 62.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hicksville, NY | $4,058/mo | 63.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| New York, NY | $4,089/mo | 64.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Southold, NY | $4,250/mo | 66.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| West Harrison, NY | $4,250/mo | 66.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Port Washington, NY | $4,354/mo | 68.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sleepy Hollow, NY | $4,375/mo | 68.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Great Neck, NY | $4,894/mo | 76.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Plainview, NY | $4,902/mo | 76.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rye, NY | $6,117/mo | 96% | severely rent-burdened |
| Garden City, NY | $6,343/mo | 99.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Larchmont, NY | $6,700/mo | 105.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Scarsdale, NY | $7,500/mo | 117.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Westhampton Beach, NY | $12,000/mo | 188.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| East Quogue, NY | $13,000/mo | 204% | severely rent-burdened |
| Southampton, NY | $19,789/mo | 310.5% | severely rent-burdened |