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Across the 364 New York towns we route calls in, 28% of housing units are detached houses and 65% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.
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Across the 364 New York towns covered here, 28% of housing units are detached houses, 65% are in multi-unit buildings and 1% are manufactured homes. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, and therefore who arranges and pays for the repair.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.
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How New York is built
| Housing type | Share of housing units |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 28% |
| Attached houses | 6% |
| Multi-unit buildings | 65% |
| Manufactured and mobile homes | 1% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 5,394,014 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.
The state does not divide evenly: 219 New York towns lead on detached houses, 60 New York towns lead on single-family housing, 43 New York towns lead on multi-unit buildings, 23 New York towns lead on a mix of building types, 19 New York towns lead on manufactured homes. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.
The largest towns we route
| Town | Detached | Multi-unit | Housing units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 5% | 86% | 1,090,146 |
| New York | 1% | 98% | 892,160 |
| Bronx | 6% | 88% | 554,789 |
| Staten Island | 34% | 40% | 184,074 |
| Syracuse | 53% | 43% | 104,484 |
| Jamaica | 25% | 67% | 85,051 |
| Flushing | 14% | 76% | 84,527 |
| Astoria | 2% | 93% | 77,463 |
Checking a plumber in New York
New York issues no state plumbing license. New York City licenses Master and Journeyman Plumbers through the Department of Buildings; elsewhere in the state it is your own city, town or county. Start here. Ask the contractor which municipality licenses them and confirm it with that office before work begins.
Towns we route in New York
- Accord 80% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Albany 42% detached · 53% multi-unit
- Albertson 88% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Altamont 77% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Altmar 76% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Amawalk 100% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Amityville 58% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Ardsley 75% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Armonk 88% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Astoria 2% detached · 93% multi-unit
- Auburn 60% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Ava 81% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Averill Park 86% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Babylon 79% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Baldwin 86% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Baldwin Place 71% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Baldwinsville 64% detached · 28% multi-unit
- Barneveld 93% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Bay Shore 72% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Bayport 80% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Bayville 84% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Bearsville 99% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Bedford 99% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Bedford Hills 48% detached · 41% multi-unit
- Bellerose 55% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Bellmore 92% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Bellport 75% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Bernhards Bay 78% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Bethpage 81% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Blossvale 85% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Blue Point 89% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Bohemia 73% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Boiceville 95% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Boonville 72% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Bouckville 86% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Brewerton 80% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Briarcliff Manor 66% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Bridgehampton 99% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Bridgeport 86% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Bridgewater 37% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Brightwaters 98% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Bronx 6% detached · 88% multi-unit
- Bronxville 28% detached · 69% multi-unit
- Brookhaven 90% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Brooklyn 5% detached · 86% multi-unit
- Buchanan 84% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Calverton 63% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Camden 75% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Camillus 76% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Canastota 74% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Carle Place 75% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Cassville 69% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Castleton On Hudson 71% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Cato 82% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Cazenovia 85% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Cedarhurst 53% detached · 43% multi-unit
- Centereach 90% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Centerport 95% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Central Islip 67% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Central Square 72% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Chadwicks 36% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Chappaqua 84% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Chittenango 72% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Cicero 85% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Clark Mills 18% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Clay 89% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Clayville 79% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Cleveland 80% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Clinton 59% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Cold Brook 80% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Cold Spring Harbor 94% detached · 0% multi-unit
- College Point 21% detached · 65% multi-unit
- Commack 91% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Constantia 78% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Copiague 74% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Coram 54% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Corona 7% detached · 88% multi-unit
- Cortlandt Manor 85% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Cottekill 75% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Cropseyville 83% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Cross River 62% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Croton On Hudson 55% detached · 36% multi-unit
- De Ruyter 75% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Deansboro 86% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Deer Park 81% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Delmar 73% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Dobbs Ferry 36% detached · 49% multi-unit
- Dolgeville 73% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Durhamville 95% detached · 4% multi-unit
- East Elmhurst 10% detached · 70% multi-unit
- East Greenbush 67% detached · 22% multi-unit
- East Islip 80% detached · 19% multi-unit
- East Meadow 82% detached · 15% multi-unit
- East Nassau 76% detached · 6% multi-unit
- East Northport 91% detached · 6% multi-unit
- East Norwich 68% detached · 32% multi-unit
- East Rockaway 62% detached · 35% multi-unit
- East Schodack 100% detached · 0% multi-unit
- East Setauket 85% detached · 6% multi-unit
- East Syracuse 64% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Eastchester 58% detached · 38% multi-unit
- Eaton 77% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Elbridge 64% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Elmhurst 5% detached · 90% multi-unit
- Elmsford 42% detached · 51% multi-unit
- Erieville 95% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Fabius 92% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Farmingdale 76% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Farmingville 86% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Fayetteville 71% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Floral Park 60% detached · 35% multi-unit
- Flushing 14% detached · 76% multi-unit
- Forest Hills 9% detached · 81% multi-unit
- Forestport 88% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Frankfort 76% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Franklin Square 85% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Freeport 62% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Fresh Meadows 29% detached · 54% multi-unit
- Garden City 79% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Georgetown 76% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Glen Cove 51% detached · 44% multi-unit
- Glen Head 91% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Glen Oaks 49% detached · 47% multi-unit
- Glenmont 72% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Glenwood Landing 86% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Goldens Bridge 70% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Great Neck 57% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Great River 97% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Greenlawn 82% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Greenvale 91% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Guilderland 23% detached · 74% multi-unit
- Hamilton 74% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Harrison 45% detached · 46% multi-unit
- Hartsdale 36% detached · 61% multi-unit
- Hastings 74% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Hastings On Hudson 52% detached · 39% multi-unit
- Hauppauge 78% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Hawthorne 90% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Hempstead 47% detached · 50% multi-unit
- Herkimer 60% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Hewlett 78% detached · 20% multi-unit
- High Falls 81% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Holbrook 73% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Holland Patent 86% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Hollis 43% detached · 49% multi-unit
- Holtsville 68% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Howard Beach 39% detached · 59% multi-unit
- Hubbardsville 84% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Huntington 87% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Huntington Station 83% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Hurley 87% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Ilion 62% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Irvington 52% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Island Park 57% detached · 39% multi-unit
- Islandia 82% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Islip 70% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Islip Terrace 91% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Jackson Heights 2% detached · 94% multi-unit
- Jamaica 25% detached · 67% multi-unit
- Jamesville 83% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Jericho 69% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Jordan 81% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Jordanville 78% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Katonah 93% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Kew Gardens 8% detached · 89% multi-unit
- Kings Park 83% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Kingston 53% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Kirkville 82% detached · 6% multi-unit
- La Fayette 75% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Lacona 82% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Lake Grove 81% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Lake Peekskill 91% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Larchmont 61% detached · 38% multi-unit
- Latham 63% detached · 32% multi-unit
- Lawrence 66% detached · 32% multi-unit
- Lee Center 81% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Levittown 94% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Lindenhurst 81% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Little Falls 61% detached · 28% multi-unit
- Liverpool 60% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Locust Valley 92% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Long Beach 43% detached · 55% multi-unit
- Long Island City 1% detached · 98% multi-unit
- Lowville 74% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Lynbrook 58% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Madison 66% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Malverne 94% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Mamaroneck 37% detached · 59% multi-unit
- Manhasset 76% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Manlius 76% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Manorville 71% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Marcellus 83% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Marcy 83% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Marietta 88% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Maspeth 14% detached · 66% multi-unit
- Massapequa 91% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Massapequa Park 95% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Medford 79% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Melrose 86% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Melville 59% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Memphis 79% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Merrick 97% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Middle Island 47% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Middle Village 10% detached · 57% multi-unit
- Mill Neck 99% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Miller Place 85% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Millwood 81% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Mineola 56% detached · 43% multi-unit
- Minoa 83% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Mohawk 78% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Mohegan Lake 65% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Montrose 62% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Morrisville 65% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Mount Kisco 44% detached · 44% multi-unit
- Mount Sinai 83% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Mount Tremper 80% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Mount Vernon 26% detached · 68% multi-unit
- Munnsville 70% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Nassau 77% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Nedrow 89% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Nesconset 89% detached · 5% multi-unit
- New Hartford 69% detached · 21% multi-unit
- New Hyde Park 87% detached · 10% multi-unit
- New Rochelle 34% detached · 60% multi-unit
- New Woodstock 73% detached · 5% multi-unit
- New York 1% detached · 98% multi-unit
- New York Mills 41% detached · 58% multi-unit
- Newport 77% detached · 12% multi-unit
- North Babylon 78% detached · 16% multi-unit
- North Salem 87% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Northport 89% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Oakdale 74% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Oceanside 84% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Old Bethpage 95% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Old Forge 87% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Old Westbury 96% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Olivebridge 82% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Oneida 64% detached · 32% multi-unit
- Oriskany 79% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Oriskany Falls 63% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Ossining 39% detached · 48% multi-unit
- Oyster Bay 73% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Ozone Park 24% detached · 62% multi-unit
- Parish 71% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Patchogue 67% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Peekskill 33% detached · 51% multi-unit
- Pelham 61% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Pennellville 78% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Phoenicia 73% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Phoenix 73% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Plainview 86% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Pleasantville 72% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Poestenkill 87% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Poland 78% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Port Byron 66% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Port Chester 34% detached · 53% multi-unit
- Port Jefferson 68% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Port Jefferson Station 74% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Port Washington 61% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Pound Ridge 95% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Purchase 95% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Purdys 99% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Rego Park 6% detached · 85% multi-unit
- Remsen 78% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Rensselaer 51% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Richland 77% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Richmond Hill 26% detached · 66% multi-unit
- Ridgewood 6% detached · 86% multi-unit
- Rifton 89% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Riverhead 65% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Rockville Centre 62% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Rocky Point 94% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Rome 63% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Ronkonkoma 80% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Rosendale 61% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Roslyn 77% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Roslyn Heights 82% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Rye 66% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Sag Harbor 93% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Sagaponack 97% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Saint Albans 53% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Saint James 77% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Salisbury Center 77% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Sand Lake 88% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Sauquoit 86% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Sayville 80% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Scarsdale 72% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Schaghticoke 89% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Schodack Landing 88% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Sea Cliff 84% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Seaford 95% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Selden 86% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Selkirk 63% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Sherrill 76% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Shokan 92% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Shoreham 99% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Shrub Oak 51% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Skaneateles 86% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Slingerlands 58% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Smithtown 85% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Somers 38% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Sound Beach 98% detached · 1% multi-unit
- South Ozone Park 51% detached · 40% multi-unit
- South Richmond Hill 40% detached · 49% multi-unit
- South Salem 88% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Southampton 88% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Staten Island 34% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Stittville 77% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Stone Ridge 83% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Stony Brook 90% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Sunnyside under 1% detached · 94% multi-unit
- Sylvan Beach 67% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Syosset 93% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Syracuse 53% detached · 43% multi-unit
- Taberg 66% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Tarrytown 28% detached · 61% multi-unit
- Thornwood 86% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Tillson 82% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Troy 36% detached · 59% multi-unit
- Tuckahoe 46% detached · 50% multi-unit
- Tully 84% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Uniondale 86% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Utica 48% detached · 47% multi-unit
- Valhalla 64% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Valley Stream 79% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Vernon 59% detached · 39% multi-unit
- Vernon Center 57% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Verona 88% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Verplanck 57% detached · 32% multi-unit
- Wading River 97% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Wantagh 94% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Warners 97% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Water Mill 98% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Waterville 71% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Weedsport 60% detached · 14% multi-unit
- West Babylon 74% detached · 22% multi-unit
- West Edmeston 74% detached · 3% multi-unit
- West Harrison 41% detached · 57% multi-unit
- West Hempstead 93% detached · 6% multi-unit
- West Hurley 93% detached · 1% multi-unit
- West Islip 97% detached · 2% multi-unit
- West Monroe 70% detached · 5% multi-unit
- West Sand Lake 92% detached · 7% multi-unit
- West Sayville 83% detached · 17% multi-unit
- West Shokan 79% detached · 0% multi-unit
- West Winfield 72% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Westbury 69% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Westernville 90% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Westmoreland 83% detached · 0% multi-unit
- White Plains 34% detached · 62% multi-unit
- Whitesboro 74% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Whitestone 41% detached · 48% multi-unit
- Williamstown 62% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Williston Park 80% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Woodbury 55% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Woodhaven 18% detached · 65% multi-unit
- Woodmere 84% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Woodside 4% detached · 87% multi-unit
- Woodstock 85% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Wynantskill 78% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Yaphank 44% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Yonkers 24% detached · 72% multi-unit
- Yorktown Heights 78% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Yorkville 61% detached · 38% multi-unit
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