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Amenia median home price approaches $400K

Amenia median home price approaches $400K

A ranch-style home with a separate two-family unit on 1.29 acres sold for $700,000. The property backs up to the Silo Ridge garden.

Photo by Christine Bates

AMENIA — The 12-month trailing median price for a single-family home in Amenia came in at $396,420 for the period ending Feb. 28, 2026 — its highest point since May of 2024 as home values across Dutchess County continued to edge higher.

The figure marks a signficant increase from the $349,900 median recorded for the 12 months ending Feb. 28, 2025, but less than $405,00 for the comparable period ending Feb 29, 2024.

Single-family home sales in Amenia, measured on a 12-month rolling basis, remained within their typical range of two to three transactions per month. A total of 32 homes sold in the 12 months ending Feb. 28, 2026, up from 23 sales during the same period a year earlier and largely in line with the 31 sales recorded for the 12 months ending Feb. 28, 2024. (Sales figures exclude condominium transactions at Silo Ridge.)

As of March 25, 2026, eight single-family homes were listed on OneKey MLS, including three priced below the current median and three listed above $5 million.

An additional seven parcels of land were on the market, with asking prices ranging from $79,000 to $2.379 million — unchanged from the previous month. The rental market included four apartments and four single-family homes.

February transactions

18 Prospect Avenue – The former 62.1 acre Ramalia Farm with a bungalow, greenhouse, large outdoor kitchen, barn and shedwas sold to DLV SC SR Opportunity LLC for $1,625,000

40 Glen Avenue – 3 bedroom/1 bath home built in 1930 with .46acres was sold to Marc Passantino for $315,000

5251 Route 44 – 3 bedroom/2 bath house built in 1976 on 3.37 acres sold to Jacob Hay for $645,000

263 Bog Hollow Road – 4 bedroom/3 bath home on 2.9 acre sold to Gabriela Mateo-Saja for $380,000

4377-4379 Route 22 –Three 1 bedroom/1 bath units built in 1960 on 1.29 acres located across from the Wassaic Metro North station sold to DLV SC SR Opportunity for $700,000

Redtail Pass (#678740) - .42 acres of rural vacant land within te Silo Ridge Club sold to KOFA 1 LLC for $2,350,000

* Town of Amenia real estate transfers recorded between Feb. 1, 2026, and Feb. 28, 2026, provided by Dutchess County Office of Real Property. Transfers without consideration are not included. Current market listings from Smart MLS. Note that recorded transfers frequently lag sales by a number of days. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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