Cambridge, New York.
Typical home $264,178 (+3.0% in a year). Glens Falls, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$149 (+12%) since Jan 2024.
- 1 year
- Up $7,601 +3%
- $256,577$264,178 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Cambridge$1,387
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Cambridge, NY rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cambridge, Washington County, New York
Cambridge is a village of 1,788 people in Washington County. Unemployment in Washington County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Cambridge is a small village in Washington County, in upstate New York. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest; a fair amount of rain and melted snow falls across the year. A good number of adults have a four-year degree, and incomes in the county sit a little above the typical home's cost of living for many rural areas, though a noticeable share of residents live below the poverty line.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and professional and business services. Across Washington County, the largest workplaces include the Hudson Falls Central School District, Irving Consumer Products and The Fort Miller Co. Unemployment in the county has held steady over the past year, and job numbers have barely moved. Commutes are on the long side, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Hubbard Hall, a theatre in or beside town, is the closest cultural stop. A short drive away is the Walloomsac River, and farther afield are the Clark Art Institute, a museum, and the Hoosic River. Those with time for a longer drive can also reach the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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- 955households
- 33%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 14,858 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Buskirk weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Washington CountyLegislative bodies543
- Hudson Falls Central School DistrictSchool district490FTE
- Irving Consumer ProductsPaper towels made in paper mills330
- Granville Central School DistrictSchool district219FTE
- The Fort Miller CoConcrete products, precast, manufacturing209
- Cambridge Central School DistrictSchool district197FTE
- Greenwich Central School DistrictSchool district190FTE
- RozellCrane rental with operator170
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 36 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,360 people in all across the county; Cambridge has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cambridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the Glens Falls, NY metro.
Cambridge home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cambridge$264,178
- New York$524,942
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Cambridge16
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Cambridge5
Zip codes with a Cambridge address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cambridge — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.