Mohawk Valley
Broome, New York
Broome is a town in Schoharie County, in New York's Mohawk Valley region, home to about 863 people as of 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
- Town
- County
- Schoharie
- Region
- Mohawk Valley
- Population (2020)
- 863
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Broome
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · Home & Property
Middleburgh Creek Risk Needs a Map Check
Middleburgh buyers and renters should treat Schoharie Creek flood questions as parcel-level checks, using FEMA maps, county guidance, and USGS gauges.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Schoharie's Old Stone Fort Anchors Valley Memory
Schoharie's Old Stone Fort turns village history into a layered museum complex for Revolutionary, rural, and county memory.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Middleburgh Looks Up at Vroman's Nose
Middleburgh's valley identity has a natural landmark: Vroman's Nose, the high overlook above the Schoharie Valley floor.
Read this note ->Nearby · Home & Property
Schoharie Creek Buyers Should Check the Floodplain Early
In Schoharie Creek communities, a calm floodplain check should happen before buying, building, or planning major work.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Max V. Shaul Gives Fulton a Quiet Schoharie Creek Camping Base
Fulton has Max V. Shaul State Park, with wooded campsites, picnic grounds, hiking trails, and fishing access to Schoharie Creek.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Rensselaerville carries Albany County hilltown memory in public view
Rensselaerville’s town site points readers to town history, a historical society, and mill-museum memory in the Helderberg hilltowns.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Gilboa's Fossil Museum Puts an Ancient Forest Under the Town Name
Gilboa Fossils gives Schoharie County a deep-time story through Devonian trees, local geology, fossil displays, and a museum rooted in one town.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Berne keeps Helderberg memory close to town hall
Berne's historian page points to a museum, town-history book, and history resources that keep the Helderberg town's memory close at hand.
Read this note ->Schoharie County · History & Culture
Sharon Springs Still Feels Like a Mineral-Spa Village
Sharon Springs gives Schoharie County a small-village story built from mineral waters, old hotels, Main Street reuse, and spa-era architecture.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $20–$27 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $5,888–$7,986 a year before the STAR break.
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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Nearby places
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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