The median owner-occupied home in Cayuga County had a real-estate tax bill of $3,747 (± $117) a year, compared with $6,450 in New York and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $164,200 (± $3,651), compared with $403,000 in New York and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Cayuga County | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 75,464 | 19,872,319 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $3,747 ± $117 | $6,450 ± $17 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $164,200 ± $3,651 | $403,000 ± $1,347 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $66,583 ± $2,266 | $84,578 ± $372 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 2.28% ± 0.09 points | 1.60% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 71.9% ± 1.4 points | 54.3% ± 0.2 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 35.5% ± 1.3 points | 33.9% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 21.1% ± 1.7 points | 27.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Cayuga County (10)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Cayuga County (1)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Towns and townships in Cayuga County (24)
- Auburn city
- Aurelius
- Brutus
- Cato
- Conquest
- Fleming
- Genoa
- Ira
- Ledyard
- Locke
- Mentz
- Montezuma
- Moravia
- Niles
- Owasco
- Scipio
- Sempronius
- Sennett
- Springport
- Sterling
- Summerhill
- Throop
- Venice
- Victory
Other named communities in Cayuga County (93)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Ashland
- Atwaters
- Austin
- Baptist Corners
- Belltown
- Bethel Corners
- Black Rock
- Bowers Corner
- Bunker
- Cascade
- Casowasco
- Cayuga Junction
- Centerport
- Chipman Corners
- Cold Spring
- Como
- Conklin Cove
- Crocketts
- Cross Roads
- Degroff
- Dresserville
- East Genoa
- East Venice
- Edgewater
- Elmwood
- Emerson
- Ensenore
- Farleys
- Fintches Corners
- Five Corners
- Floridaville
- Fosterville
- Fox Ridge
- Glen Haven
- Globe Hotel Corners
- Goodyear Corners
- Goosetree
- Half Acre
- Halls Corner
- Hard Point
- Highland Beach
- Howland
- Indian Cove
- Kelloggsville
- King Ferry
- King Ferry Station
- Levanna
- Little Hollow
- Mapleton
- Martville
- Merrifield
- Montville
- Moon Beach
- Morse Mill
- Mosquito Point
- New Hope
- North Fair Haven
- North Port Byron
- North Sterling
- North Victory
- North Weedsport
- Oakwood
- Omro
- Owasco Hill
- Owasco Lake Station
- Partello Corners
- Petty Corner
- Pine Hollow
- Poplar Ridge
- Powers Corner
- Pump Corners
- Relius
- Sawyers Corner
- Scipio Center
- Scipioville
- Sherlock Corners
- Sherwood
- Shumaker Crossing
- Southeast Owasco
- Spring Lake
- Sterling Valley
- Stewart Corners
- Summer Hill
- The Patch (historical)
- Throopsville
- Toll Gate Corners
- Venice Center
- Weekes Corner
- Westbury
- Willets
- Willow Grove
- Wilson Corners
- Wyckoff