Property Tax & Income in Yates County, New York
Yates County has an effective property tax rate of 1.88%. On the median home value of $184,700, that's roughly $3,477 per year. Median household income is $69,701.
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 | Yates County | New York (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.88% | 2.04% |
| Median home value1 | $184,700 | — |
| 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 Yates County, NY
Yates County’s 1.883% effective property tax rate sits below New York’s statewide median of 2.040%, placing it 40th among the state’s 62 counties. That ranking signals a comparatively gentler rate than much of New York, though the gap with the state figure is not enormous. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the county’s rate is more than double, a reminder that New York property taxes overall run well above what many Americans pay. On a median home value of $184,700, the annual tax bill comes to $3,477. With median household income at $69,701 and per-capita income at $37,848, that levy equals roughly 5% of a household’s yearly earnings. Communities such as Bellona, Dresden, and Keuka Park fall within this county, where homeowners face costs shaped by New York’s broader tax climate rather than by any local spike.