Cost of living in Carmel, New York
Carmel, New York has about 7,306 people. Typical rent is $1,150 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $114,954 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #81 in New York on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,150 a month.
Carmel is a Census community, not a separate city government in New York. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $114,954 a year.
- People
- 7,306
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,150
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $114,954
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $488,300
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,971
- New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area
Carmel, New York has about 7,306 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $488,300.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Putnam County is $2,971 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Carmel. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, prices sit at 112.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
New York taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Carmel's exact store tax.
Some places in New York add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 1.60% of income. That is not a Carmel bill.
In July 2026, a typical New York home paid 29.90¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Carmel's bill.
In 2025, all-grades gas in New York averaged $3.18 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.
Among 745 places we list in New York with a rent figure, 477 have higher typical rent than Carmel.
Nearby places
- Brewster HeightsCompare with Carmel
- Brewster
Typical rent $1,657
Compare with Carmel - Mahopac
Typical rent $1,931
Compare with Carmel - Brewster HillCompare with Carmel
- Lake Carmel
Typical rent $1,565
Compare with Carmel - Heritage Hills
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Carmel - Lincolndale
- Shenorock
Typical rent $2,417
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.