Cost of living in Watervliet, New York
Watervliet, New York has about 10,287 people. Typical rent is $1,083 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $57,919 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 #126 in New York on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,083 a month.
Watervliet is a city in New York. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $57,919 a year.
- People
- 10,287
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,083
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $57,919
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $179,700
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,711
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
Watervliet, New York has about 10,287 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $179,700.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Albany County is $1,711 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Watervliet. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area, prices sit at 99.6 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 Watervliet'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 Watervliet bill.
In July 2026, a typical New York home paid 29.90¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Watervliet'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, 509 have higher typical rent than Watervliet.
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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.