NYS Property Tax Data (Albany, Schenectady: sales, real estate, homes)

[a private person]

a) County
b) Median Property Taxes Paid on Homes
c) Median Home Value
d) Taxes as % of Home Value
e) Median Income for Home Owners
f) Taxes as % of Income

a)____________b)___________c)____________d)_______ _e)____________f)
Cattaraugus___$1,719___|___$74,100___|___2.30%__|_ _$46,266___|___3.70%
St._Lawrence__$1,423___|___$75,800___|___1.90%__|_ _$46,948___|___3.00%
Chautauqua____$1,899___|___$75,300___|___2.50%__|_ _$47,280___|___4.00%
Oswego_______$1,901___|___$81,900___|___2.30%__|__ $49,198___|___3.90%
Steuben_______$1,955___|___$82,100___|___2.40%__|_ _$49,604___|___3.90%
Jefferson______$1,551___|___$94,200___|___1.60%__| __$50,996___|___3.00%
Chemung______$1,840___|___$76,400___|___2.40%__|__ $51,278___|___3.60%
Oneida________$2,165___|___$91,300___|___2.40%__|_ _$51,465___|___4.20%
Broome________$2,094___|___$93,400___|___2.20%__|_ _$53,150___|___3.90%
Niagara________$2,638___|___$90,700___|___2.90%__| __$53,469___|___4.90%
Cayuga________$2,256___|___$93,200___|___2.40%__|_ _$53,568___|___4.20%
Madison_______$2,230___|___$103,200__|___2.20%__|_ _$55,224___|___4.00%
Clinton________$1,844___|___$107,300__|___1.70%__| __$56,521___|___3.30%
Sullivan_______$3,059___|___$180,600__|___1.70%__| __$57,193___|___5.30%
Wayne________$2,912___|___$99,200___|___2.90%__|__ $57,397___|___5.10%
Erie___________$2,768___|___$108,900__|___2.50%__| __$58,084___|___4.80%
Warren________$2,196___|___$159,700__|___1.40%__|_ _$60,088___|___3.70%
Ontario_______$2,690___|___$114,000__|___2.40%__|_ _$60,547___|___4.40%
Monroe________$3,407___|___$120,400__|___2.80%__|_ _$60,974___|___5.60%
Onondaga______$2,896___|___$115,900__|___2.50%__|_ _$61,703___|___4.70%
Bronx_________$2,064___|___$366,500__|___0.60%__|_ _$62,086___|___3.30%
Ulster________$3,732___|___$238,600__|___1.60%__|_ _$64,189___|___5.80%
Queens________$2,521___|___$470,500__|___0.50%__|_ _$66,929___|___3.80%
Schenectady___$3,471___|___$145,300__|___2.40%__|_ _$67,251___|___5.20%
Rensselaer____$2,970___|___$150,200__|___2.00%__|_ _$67,302___|___4.40%
Kings_________$2,523___|___$534,500__|___0.50%__|_ _$68,500___|___3.70%
Saratoga______$2,737___|___$201,000__|___1.40%__|_ _$69,208___|___4.00%
Albany________$3,028___|___$180,500__|___1.70%__|_ _$71,808___|___4.20%
Tompkins______$3,234___|___$146,500__|___2.20%__|_ _$73,153___|___4.40%
Orange________$4,794___|___$319,300__|___1.50%__|_ _$78,139___|___6.10%
Dutchess______$4,217___|___$334,200__|___1.30%__|_ _$80,954___|___5.20%
Richmond______$2,562___|___$476,500__|___0.50%__|_ _$83,537___|___3.10%
Suffolk_______$6,413___|___$445,700__|___1.40%__|_ _$85,606___|___7.50%
Putnam________$6,431___|___$407,800__|___1.60%__|_ _$91,203___|___7.10%
Rockland______$7,041___|___$502,300__|___1.40%__|_ _$93,527___|___7.50%
Nassau________$7,706___|___$506,800__|___1.50%__|_ _$95,430___|___8.10%
Westchester___$7,626___|___$581,600__|___1.30%__|_ _$103,847__|___7.30%
New_York______$3,565___|___$787,900__|___0.50%__|_ _$128,602__|___2.80%

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Source: The Tax Foundation - Educating Taxpayers Since 1937

Figures are for property taxes paid by households on owner-occupied housing.

Excludes property taxes paid by businesses, renters, and others.

Data from the 2006 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Table includes areas with populations greater than 65,000 (as of July 1, 2006).

“Median Property Taxes Paid on Homes” is the median real estate tax paid
on owner-occupied housing units for that . The home value statistic
used is the median value of owner-occupied housing units for that .

The income statistic used is the median household income for those households
that are owner-occupied housing units.

[Nancy-NJ-NY-ME?]

Great post!

[joeymarine]

Absolutely amazing post!

[a private person]

If you visit the cited source this data is also available for 700+ counties in the U.S. over a certain population. It can be used to compare various areas across the nation.

[itSmellsBAD]

You left out one important figure: SCHOOL TAXES!!! They often EQUAL your property taxes. They may even cause them to DOUBLE. Plus add in all the fees, closing costs (THOUSANDS higher than the rest of the nation), 8.75% sales tax and the largest governenment UNION labor force in the nation and you'll understand why all the young people are leaving.

[rug city]

Property Taxes include school taxes, I'm sure those figures reflect that.

[chrisruns2far]

Originally Posted by itSmellsBAD

You left out one important figure: SCHOOL TAXES!!! They often EQUAL your property taxes. They may even cause them to DOUBLE. Plus add in all the fees, closing costs (THOUSANDS higher than the rest of the nation), 8.75% sales tax and the largest governenment UNION labor force in the nation and you'll understand why all the young people are leaving.

The above tax figures DO include school taxes. You should move to Alabama or New Mexico or one of the other low tax states in NY upsets you so much. But be careful for what you ask for, you will be surprised at what goes un-funded in the low tax states that you end up payinig for in one way or another.

If you think NY has high public employee costs, check out Oregon and its Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) budget buster. Retirement benefits account for 65% of the state public school budget, one reason why Oregon has the nations highest student to teacher ratio (27 to one) in America. It makes NY pale in comparison. There is no perfect tax state, civilization costs money. I'm not adverse to paying taxes as long as I feel that I am getting value for what I'm paying for and that the wealth gets spread around on a more equal basis. The major flaw with public employee costs are not salaries, but rather in the bloated benefits that they recieve. Universial Health Care would help ease every state's bloated public benefits problem. I think unions are as vital as ever to retain some sort of level of living wages in this country. I agree with you that there is much waste in sweet benefits given to public employees and that they should be more in line with what the private sector PAYS for, but we do not have to hate them for being organized and unified to secure a living wage. We can have good wages and sustainable and cost-effective benefits for all if would just elect those with the political will to correct this fundemental economic problem.

[BuffaloTransplant]

Excellent post. I saw some people think it neglects to add school takes, but this is higher than my taxes and about my home value, so I know for me it includes school tax.