Town of Riverhead and Southampton town taxes (New York, Wading River: house, to buy)

[bpoerio]

Which area has the cheapest property taxes. The towns within Riverhead town are on the NorthFork of Long Island and the towns or villages within Southampton town are farther east. Looking to sell in the Quogue area to buy on the Northfork.
Thanks in advance/

[Walter Greenspan]

bpoerio, in case you are unfamiliar with the local geography:

What people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".

Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village".

NYS Geographic Glossary and Excellent Long Island Geographic Resource may be of some help to you in understanding the geography of "Lawn Guyland".

On LI, You Ain't Where You Think You Are, rev. 2 may help you understand the great geographic confusions caused by non-conforming ZIP Code postal zones.


You can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet on Long Island by going here American FactFinder and input the name of the city, village or hamlet for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and New York for "State", and then click "GO".

You'll get a lot of demographic, and some economic, statistics for the city, village or hamlet you selected, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.


When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP, or Census Designated Place, is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)

And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.

[freerunner]

On the North Fork, the taxes in Riverhead are the highest, thanks to the number of Southampton residents we have to educate in our school district and supply state mandated lunches and other assistance.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by freerunner

On the North Fork, the taxes in Riverhead are the highest, thanks to the number of Southampton residents we have to educate in our school district and supply state mandated lunches and other assistance.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Riverhead Central School District includes all or part of the Hamlet of Riverhead, the Hamlet of Northville, the Hamlet of Jamesport, the Hamlet of Aquebogue, the Hamlet of Flanders, the Hamlet of Riverside, the Hamlet of Northampton, the Hamlet of Calverton, the Hamlet of Wading River and the Hamlet of Baiting Hollow.

A map of the Riverhead Central School District: