Cost of living in Schenectady County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,711 a month.
That HUD number covers Schenectady County, New York, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,238
- 1 bed
- $1,425
- 2 bed
- $1,711
- 3 bed
- $2,039
- 4 bed
- $2,249
This county is in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 99.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Schenectady · 68,847 people
- Rotterdam · 22,695 people
- Niskayuna · 21,227 people
- East Glenville · 11,914 people
- Scotia · 7,264 people