Western New York
Clarence Center, New York
Clarence Center is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Erie County, part of New York's Western New York region, with about 2,600 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
- Erie
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 2,605
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Clarence Center
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
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Depew Is Rails, Shops, and Transit Road
Depew's local identity straddles Lancaster and Cheektowaga while remembering the rail shops and industries that gave the village its name.
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Lancaster's Opera House Lives Above Town Hall
Lancaster's opera house ties civic business and community performance to the same 1897 town hall building.
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Amherst Runs From Canal Mills to UB North
Amherst's identity links Erie Canal growth, Williamsville-area mills, town commerce, and the University at Buffalo North Campus.
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Clarence reaches into early Erie County
Clarence's early town footprint helps explain nearby frontier farmstead history and the Hull Family Home story.
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Newstead's Akron Center Grew From Early Church and School Roots
Newstead's Akron core has an early civic texture: Erie County church and school beginnings before later village growth.
Read this note ->Erie County · Home & Property
Erie Lead Checks Belong Before Older-Home Work
Erie County's LeadSAFE pages help families, landlords, and contractors ask the right lead questions before work starts.
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Kenmore Is Buffalo's Early Suburb
Kenmore's village identity grew from streetcar-era suburb building, incorporation, named roads, and a shared municipal building with Tonawanda.
Read this note ->Erie County · Home & Property
Orchard Park Building and Tax Checks Start Early
Orchard Park owners should check town permit rules, zoning paths, tax-map details, and the online tax bill system before work or payment deadlines.
Read this note ->Erie County · Cars & Driving
Buffalo Fruit Belt Parking Permits Are Address-Specific
Buffalo's Fruit Belt residential parking permit depends on vehicle registration, neighborhood address, and posted block rules.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $13–$28 per $1,000 in Erie 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 $3,801–$8,277 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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