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By Mr. Brown | November 13, 2026
Four rent trackers are watching Poughkeepsie. They cannot agree on which direction prices moved.
The Poughkeepsie Journal puts the city's median rent at $1,850 and describes prices as trending down. Three listing trackers report averages that all moved in the opposite direction. RentCafe, using Yardi Matrix data as of October 31, 2026, pegs the city average at $1,957, up 1.5 percent from $1,928 a year ago. Apartments.com, pulling from CoStar Group data for November 2026, puts the average at $1,810, up 1.7 percent year over year, or roughly $32 a month. Point2Homes, also drawing on Yardi Matrix data from September 2026, matches RentCafe at $1,957, also up 1.5 percent.
Why a Median and an Average Can Point in Different Directions
A median is the middle value when you line up all rentals from cheapest to most expensive. An average adds every price together and divides by the count. If a handful of pricier units came off the market, the median could slip even while landlords raised rents on the rest of the stock. Neither figure is wrong; they measure different things.
What the Trackers Show
The three listing trackers run from $1,810 to $1,957 on average, a spread of $147. That gap reflects different data sources and different snapshots in time. Yardi Matrix drives both RentCafe and Point2Homes; CoStar Group feeds Apartments.com. Data from different cut-off dates adds more daylight between them.
Despite the range, the trackers largely agree on the market. RentCafe finds 44 percent of city rentals fall between $1,501 and $2,000. Apartments.com puts that same band at 43 percent. Apartments.com also shows 39 percent of units priced above $2,000, 16 percent between $1,001 and $1,500, and 2 percent between $700 and $1,000.
City Versus Town
The gap between the City of Poughkeepsie and the Town of Poughkeepsie is not in dispute. RentCafe puts the town's average at $2,132, up 2.13 percent from $2,088, with 49 percent of its rentals in the $1,501 to $2,000 band. A one-bedroom in the town averaged $1,777 for 776 square feet. The town average of $2,132 sits $175 above the city average on RentCafe's figures, and both jurisdictions trended upward.
One tracker shows a dip. Three show gains. The consistent thread is that rentals in Poughkeepsie cluster between $1,500 and $2,000, and the town costs more than the city regardless of which data source you use.
