Highest property taxes in New York: Census estimated rates

Ordered by median annual taxes paid divided by median home value. These are survey estimates, not local statutory tax rates.

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Census survey estimates, 2020–2024 ACS five-year vintage 2024. Effective rate here means median annual real estate taxes paid (B25103) divided by median owner-occupied home value (B25077). Owner-occupied units come from B25003. This is a ratio of two medians, not a statutory rate or the median of individual homeowners’ rates.

Survey estimates have sampling error. Countywide medians do not account for a particular home’s condition, assessment rules, exemptions or taxing districts. Rankings describe point estimates, not statistically significant differences. Missing and bounded estimates are excluded from rates and rankings.

Last verified 2026-10-24. Census data and methodology. Amounts are in 2024 dollars; no inflation adjustment is applied to your inputs. Displayed rates are rounded; calculations use the unrounded ratio.

New York county ranking

56 counties with usable estimates. Ties use FIPS order; rankings use unrounded ratios. Small displayed differences may reflect rounding or survey error.

New York counties, highest estimated rates first (2020–2024)
Rank	County	Estimated effective rate	Median home value	Median annual taxes paid	Owner-occupied units	Census sources
1	Allegany County, NY	2.92%	$101,700	$2,968	14,038	Value / Tax / Units
2	Orleans County, NY	2.72%	$140,800	$3,823	12,515	Value / Tax / Units
3	Cattaraugus County, NY	2.64%	$113,100	$2,991	23,996	Value / Tax / Units
4	Monroe County, NY	2.63%	$213,700	$5,616	202,708	Value / Tax / Units
5	Cortland County, NY	2.56%	$162,100	$4,149	12,597	Value / Tax / Units
6	Broome County, NY	2.52%	$154,900	$3,902	52,920	Value / Tax / Units
7	Wayne County, NY	2.50%	$170,000	$4,250	30,676	Value / Tax / Units
8	Montgomery County, NY	2.46%	$157,500	$3,872	13,798	Value / Tax / Units
9	Steuben County, NY	2.46%	$137,900	$3,386	28,738	Value / Tax / Units
10	Livingston County, NY	2.45%	$174,600	$4,286	18,684	Value / Tax / Units
11	Chemung County, NY	2.45%	$141,100	$3,451	24,132	Value / Tax / Units
12	Onondaga County, NY	2.44%	$200,200	$4,880	130,389	Value / Tax / Units
13	Genesee County, NY	2.41%	$170,500	$4,113	18,351	Value / Tax / Units
14	Oswego County, NY	2.40%	$151,700	$3,646	34,680	Value / Tax / Units
15	Schenectady County, NY	2.36%	$235,700	$5,568	42,844	Value / Tax / Units
16	St. Lawrence County, NY	2.33%	$121,900	$2,844	29,945	Value / Tax / Units
17	Tioga County, NY	2.33%	$160,800	$3,751	16,091	Value / Tax / Units
18	Chautauqua County, NY	2.27%	$127,900	$2,901	36,762	Value / Tax / Units
19	Madison County, NY	2.26%	$184,600	$4,181	20,545	Value / Tax / Units
20	Chenango County, NY	2.26%	$137,900	$3,120	14,993	Value / Tax / Units
21	Wyoming County, NY	2.25%	$162,300	$3,650	12,494	Value / Tax / Units
22	Tompkins County, NY	2.24%	$290,900	$6,515	23,422	Value / Tax / Units
23	Seneca County, NY	2.19%	$155,400	$3,403	9,654	Value / Tax / Units
24	Orange County, NY	2.19%	$387,900	$8,494	94,002	Value / Tax / Units
25	Niagara County, NY	2.19%	$189,800	$4,155	65,383	Value / Tax / Units
26	Cayuga County, NY	2.19%	$171,000	$3,740	22,518	Value / Tax / Units
27	Herkimer County, NY	2.10%	$147,700	$3,107	19,723	Value / Tax / Units
28	Fulton County, NY	2.06%	$163,100	$3,364	16,320	Value / Tax / Units
29	Rensselaer County, NY	2.05%	$258,400	$5,301	43,190	Value / Tax / Units
30	Ontario County, NY	2.05%	$222,900	$4,565	35,598	Value / Tax / Units
31	Schoharie County, NY	2.03%	$192,500	$3,914	9,824	Value / Tax / Units
32	Oneida County, NY	2.02%	$182,600	$3,690	64,435	Value / Tax / Units
33	Washington County, NY	2.01%	$196,200	$3,946	18,755	Value / Tax / Units
34	Clinton County, NY	2.00%	$180,600	$3,606	23,273	Value / Tax / Units
35	Sullivan County, NY	2.00%	$249,000	$4,969	21,178	Value / Tax / Units
36	Erie County, NY	1.98%	$233,800	$4,622	269,652	Value / Tax / Units
37	Schuyler County, NY	1.97%	$171,800	$3,390	5,823	Value / Tax / Units
38	Dutchess County, NY	1.89%	$400,600	$7,562	80,447	Value / Tax / Units
39	Yates County, NY	1.88%	$184,700	$3,477	7,326	Value / Tax / Units
40	Ulster County, NY	1.77%	$352,500	$6,238	51,924	Value / Tax / Units
41	Albany County, NY	1.77%	$294,600	$5,200	76,213	Value / Tax / Units
42	Delaware County, NY	1.72%	$183,100	$3,145	14,835	Value / Tax / Units
43	Otsego County, NY	1.70%	$179,100	$3,041	17,129	Value / Tax / Units
44	Franklin County, NY	1.68%	$145,400	$2,440	14,151	Value / Tax / Units
45	Lewis County, NY	1.62%	$166,100	$2,688	8,912	Value / Tax / Units
46	Jefferson County, NY	1.54%	$188,200	$2,899	26,018	Value / Tax / Units
47	Greene County, NY	1.49%	$271,600	$4,056	14,422	Value / Tax / Units
48	Warren County, NY	1.47%	$267,400	$3,936	21,731	Value / Tax / Units
49	Essex County, NY	1.47%	$211,900	$3,119	12,625	Value / Tax / Units
50	Saratoga County, NY	1.40%	$348,600	$4,875	73,682	Value / Tax / Units
51	Columbia County, NY	1.40%	$347,100	$4,852	20,315	Value / Tax / Units
52	Bronx County, NY	1.03%	$529,500	$5,447	107,175	Value / Tax / Units
53	Hamilton County, NY	1.00%	$260,200	$2,597	1,997	Value / Tax / Units
54	Richmond County, NY	0.92%	$675,500	$6,247	115,688	Value / Tax / Units
55	Queens County, NY	0.87%	$723,800	$6,297	377,295	Value / Tax / Units
56	Kings County, NY	0.71%	$905,000	$6,382	297,916	Value / Tax / Units

6 counties excluded from the ranking

At least one median is missing or bounded; no precise ratio is shown.

Counties with incomplete Census medians (2020–2024)
County	Estimated effective rate	Median home value	Median annual taxes paid	Owner-occupied units	Census sources
New York County, NY	Unavailable	$1,090,500	Unavailable	194,982	Value / / Units
Suffolk County, NY	Unavailable	$578,400	Unavailable	421,146	Value / / Units
Nassau County, NY	Unavailable	$684,700	Unavailable	375,466	Value / / Units
Westchester County, NY	Unavailable	$663,200	Unavailable	230,602	Value / / Units
Rockland County, NY	Unavailable	$596,900	Unavailable	70,564	Value / / Units
Putnam County, NY	Unavailable	$471,300	Unavailable	29,778	Value / / Units

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