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Cost of living in Forest Home, New York

Forest Home, New York has about 1,303 people. Typical rent is $1,379 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $59,018 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.

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Typical rent is $1,379 a month.

Forest Home is a Census community, not a separate city government in New York. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $59,018 a year.

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People
1,303
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,379
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$59,018
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$499,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,709
Ithaca, NY MSA

Forest Home, New York has about 1,303 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $499,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tompkins County is $1,709 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Forest Home. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Ithaca, NY metro area, prices sit at 103.3 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 Forest Home'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 Forest Home bill.

In July 2026, a typical New York home paid 29.90¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Forest Home'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, 397 have higher typical rent than Forest Home.

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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.