Property Tax & Income in Steuben County, New York
Steuben County has an effective property tax rate of 2.46%. On the median home value of $137,900, that's roughly $3,386 per year. Median household income is $65,887.
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 | Steuben County | New York (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 2.46% | 2.04% |
| Median home value1 | $137,900 | — |
| 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 Steuben County, NY
In Steuben County, New York, buying a home costs far less than in many parts of the country — the median value sits at $137,900, and the annual property tax bill that goes with it runs about $3,386. That tax load works out to an effective rate of 2.455%, which lands above New York's statewide median of 2.040% and places Steuben 10th among the state's 62 counties for property tax rate. Nationally, the picture looks steeper still, since the country's median effective rate is just 0.794%. Even so, the county's median household income of $65,887 covers that yearly bill without straining too hard. Anyone weighing a move to Wayne, Perkinsville, or Addison should expect lower purchase prices paired with tax rates that outpace much of the country, a trade-off worth running through a personal budget before committing.