Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Renting in Keeseville: a two-bedroom costs about $1,380
Keeseville is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Only 3 sales in September 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
The short version on homes in Keeseville
Owning can cost less than renting
With 20% down at the calculator’s rate, the typical Keeseville home runs about $1,360 a month with tax and insurance. A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380. Can I afford it? ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through September 2026; permits are Census figures through 2011 (2011 partly estimated); incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Keeseville isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
Next door, Au Sable grades B− for cost of living.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380
Renters already here pay a median of $1,091, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Clinton County, NY): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the New York norm
The median bill is $1,827 (New York: $6,582), 1.51% of a home’s value a year, against 1.55% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
The rest of a budget near Keeseville
Only figures published free for the whole country, each labeled with the area it covers: New York, or New York. Groceries follow the goods price level; nobody publishes them town by town.
| Cost | Here | Compared with | Area | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity cents per kWh, homes | 29.9¢ | U.S. 18.3¢ | state | EIA, July 2026 |
Price levels: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities 2024 (metro area and state). Electricity: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A.
Keeseville vs. its neighbors
Of the 1 towns here with a Zillow value, Keeseville has the lowest. Chesterfield and Au Sable have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeseville | – | $209K | $121K | 1.51% | $1,380 |
| Au Sable | B− | — | $133K | 2.44% | $1,360 |
| Chesterfield | B+ | — | $143K | 1.45% | $1,380 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Keeseville
How much is rent in Keeseville?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,380 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $1,091 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Keeseville?
The median bill is $1,827 a year, 1.51% of the median home value (New York: $6,582, 1.55%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Keeseville have a cost of living grade?
Keeseville is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Keeseville buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.