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Cost of living in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

Lake Ronkonkoma, New York has about 18,221 people. Typical rent is $2,170 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $101,633 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 $2,170 a month.

Lake Ronkonkoma is a Census community, not a separate city government in New York. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $101,633 a year.

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People
18,221
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$2,170
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$101,633
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$525,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$2,689
Nassau-Suffolk, NY HUD Metro FMR Area

Lake Ronkonkoma, New York has about 18,221 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $525,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Suffolk County is $2,689 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lake Ronkonkoma. 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 Lake Ronkonkoma'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 Lake Ronkonkoma bill.

In July 2026, a typical New York home paid 29.90¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lake Ronkonkoma'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, 199 have higher typical rent than Lake Ronkonkoma.

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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.