Finger Lakes
Clarendon, New York
Clarendon is a town in Orleans County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 3,300 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
- Orleans
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 3,315
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Clarendon
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This place · History & Culture
Clarendon Gives Orleans County a Sandstone-and-Quarry Frame
Clarendon's town route and Orleans County sandstone memory give the place a local frame of hamlets, quarries, cemetery care, and town records.
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Holley's Canal Story Runs Through Public Square
Holley ties its Erie Canal origin to Public Square, Canal Park, a lift bridge, and trails down to the village waterfall.
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Brockport's Canal Village Identity Still Matters
Brockport's canal-village identity still shows in Main Street, the canalfront, volunteer heritage work, the Welcome Center, and local government.
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Sweden Turns Toward Brockport's Canal
Sweden's canal-side identity runs through Brockport's village layout, Erie Canal frontage, and market-town history.
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Albion has a Pullman story hiding beside the square
Albion's Pullman Memorial Universalist Church links George Pullman's family, local fundraising, Medina sandstone, and a village-scale memorial.
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Holley Keeps Its Canal Bones in the Village Square
Holley reads like a canal village because the Erie Canal, railroad, sandstone buildings, village square, and falls still sit close together.
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Clarkson's Old Town Hall Keeps Ridge Road Civic Memory Visible
Clarkson's official site turns its late-1800s town hall at Ridge and Lake Roads into a concrete civic landmark.
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Orleans pistol-permit amendments are not a mail-in errand
Orleans County pistol-permit holders should keep appointment-only, in-person amendment, Sheriff application, and State Police recertification lanes separate.
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Clarkson Corners keeps Ridge Road in view
Clarkson's local texture sits at Ridge Road and Lake Road, with town government, old corridors, and historic-site survey memory.
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Roughly $29–$32 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 $8,623–$9,590 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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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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