Property Tax & Income in Essex County, New York
Essex County has an effective property tax rate of 1.47%. On the median home value of $211,900, that's roughly $3,119 per year. Median household income is $71,661.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Essex County | New York (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.47% | 2.04% |
| Median home value1 | $211,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 10.90% | top rate 10.90% |
| State sales tax3 | 8.54% combined | 8.54% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Essex County, NY
Essex County’s effective property tax rate of 1.472% falls well below New York’s statewide median of 2.040%, placing it 52nd out of 62 counties. Compared with the national median of 0.794%, however, the rate is nearly double. That contrast says a lot about where this county sits: cheaper than most of its own state, but still a heavier lift than the average American community. On a median home value of $211,900, the annual tax bill comes to about $3,119. With median household income at $71,661 and per-capita income of $42,694, that levy amounts to roughly 4.4% of a household’s yearly earnings. Towns like Minerva, Newcomb, and North Hudson anchor this rural Adirondack county, where property taxes land in a middle ground—lighter than downstate New York, yet noticeably above the U.S. norm.