Cost of living in Jefferson County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,453 a month.
That HUD number covers Jefferson County, New York, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,012
- 1 bed
- $1,111
- 2 bed
- $1,453
- 3 bed
- $1,995
- 4 bed
- $2,376
This county is in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 87.7 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Watertown · 24,375 people
- Fort Drum · 16,065 people
- Carthage · 3,510 people
- Calcium · 2,935 people
- West Carthage · 1,864 people
- Clayton · 1,661 people
- Black River · 1,651 people
- Adams · 1,531 people
- Sackets Harbor · 1,490 people
- Alexandria Bay · 1,212 people