Chenango Forks, New York.
Typical home $203,686 (+8.5% in a year). Binghamton, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$187 (+21%) since Jan 2024.
- 1 year
- Up $16,024 +9%
- $187,662$203,686 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.
- Chenango Forks$1,069
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Chenango Forks, NY rose 8.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Chenango Forks, Broome County, New York
The Census does not count Chenango Forks on its own, so the figures here are Broome County's. Half the county's households earn more than $62,616 a year and half less; 18% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 64% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Broome County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Broome County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Chenango Forks is a town in Broome County, in the Southern Tier of New York State. Most homes across the county are lived in by their owners, and home values are modest compared with much of the state. Median household incomes across Broome County are lower than those in many parts of New York, and some households live below the poverty line, a larger share than in many parts of the country.
Work. Across Broome County, many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in manufacturing. Jobs grew slightly over the past year, and the unemployment rate has held steady at the same level as a year earlier. Relatively few adults in the county hold a college degree, and commutes tend to be fairly short.
Things to do. The Tioughnioga River runs in or beside the town, which makes it a convenient place for a walk along the water. Chenango Valley State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and Cutler Botanic Garden, a botanical garden, is a longer drive off. Winters are cold and snowy, while summers are warm, so the seasons shape which outings are most pleasant.
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- 82,005households
- 39.2median age
- 31%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Broome County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Broome County had 83,845 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 58°. About 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Whitney Pt Dam weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Broome County
- UHS HospitalsGeneral hospital4,034FTE
- UHS Wilson Medical CenterGeneral medical and surgical hospitals3,079
- Binghamton UniversityUniversity or college3,038
- Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial HospGeneral hospital2,158FTE
- BAE SystemsLoading printed circuit boards1,303
- Binghamton City School DistrictSchool district1,066FTE
- Union-endicott Central School DistrictSchool district749FTE
- Children's Home of Wyoming ConferenceOther residential care facilites728
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 189 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 25,878 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Broome County, 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 Broome County and the Binghamton, NY metro.
Chenango Forks home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Chenango Forks$203,686
- 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.
- Chenango Forks10
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Chenango Forks address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Chenango Forks — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.