Hudson Valley
Bedford Hills, New York
Bedford Hills is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Westchester County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 3,200 residents at the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Westchester
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 3,239
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Bedford Hills
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Mount Kisco Became Its Own Village-Town After the Railroad
Mount Kisco's unusual government shape starts with a railroad village that later separated from Bedford and New Castle.
Read this note ->Nearby · Cars & Driving
Mount Kisco Parking Has Permit and Meter Layers
Mount Kisco drivers should separate permit parking, meter rules, handicap permits, and enforcement hours before leaving a car downtown or near the station.
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Bedford Centers Its Memory on the Village Green
Bedford Village Green keeps court, preservation, Revolutionary War memory, and local civic life close together.
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Somers Stands by the Elephant Hotel
Somers's local identity connects Elephant Hotel circus memory with town offices, the historical society, and nearby Muscoot Farm.
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Pound Ridge keeps history close to the Town House
Pound Ridge includes a local museum and historical program center beside Conant Hall in the hamlet.
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John Jay Homestead Gives Bedford a Public Founding-Era Site
John Jay Homestead ties Bedford to Revolutionary public service, diplomacy, law, anti-slavery work, a 714-acre farm estate, and a public historic landscape.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation gives northern Westchester scale
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation explains Pound Ridge and Lewisboro through a large county park, trails, woods, and northern Westchester terrain.
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Caramoor ties Katonah music to an estate landscape
Caramoor gives Katonah music, gardens, estate architecture, and a cultural campus that turns a Westchester visit into a place story.
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Lewisboro's Lakes Sit on Old Borderlands
Lewisboro's lakes, old boundary disputes, and hamlet history make the town a watershed-and-borderlands place.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $13–$29 per $1,000 in Westchester County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,933–$8,699 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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