Delanson, New York.
Typical home $371,295 (+6.2% in a year). Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,074 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $21,780 +6%
- $349,515$371,295 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $84,580 +29%
- $286,716$371,295 since Sep 2021
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.
- Delanson$1,949
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Delanson, NY rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Delanson, Schenectady County, New York
Delanson is a village of 335 people in Schenectady County. Unemployment in Schenectady County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Schenectady County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Delanson is a very small village, one of the smallest places in Schenectady County, where neighbors are likely to know one another by sight. Homes here are worth more than many people expect for a place this size, and fewer households live below the poverty line than is common nationally. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and highs just below freezing, while July brings warm days, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, shops and government. Commutes are on the longer side, and a fair number of people work from home. Across Schenectady County, some of the largest workplaces are Ellis Hospital, Union College and the Schenectady City School District. Unemployment in the county is unchanged from a year ago, and the county has gained a few more jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Several small rivers and creeks, including Bowman Creek, Fox Creek and Cripplebush Creek, are a short drive away. For a longer outing, John Boyd Thacher State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, and Howe Caverns is a well-known tourist attraction at a similar distance. The New York State Museum is also a longer drive away for a day indoors.
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- 4%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Schenectady County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Schenectady County had 60,183 jobs in 2025, 2.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 59°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Delanson 2NE weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Schenectady County
- Ellis HospitalGeneral hospital2,026FTE
- Schenectady City School DistrictSchool district1,685FTE
- GE Global Research1,201
- Union CollegeUniversity or college801
- Niskayuna Central School DistrictSchool district744FTE
- Charter CommunicationsWired telecommunication carriers540
- GolubGeneral warehousing and storage500
- Rotterdam-mohonasen Central School DistrictSchool district476FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 145 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,197 people in all across the county; Delanson has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (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 moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Delanson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Schenectady County and the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro.
Delanson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Delanson$371,295
- New York$524,942
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Delanson listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Delanson29.96%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Delanson19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Delanson7
Zip codes with a Delanson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Delanson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.