Western New York
Chautauqua County, New York
Chautauqua County is home to 127,657 people across 52 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. Niagara Falls, Buffalo, the Erie Canal, and the Concord-grape belt.
- Population (2020)
- 127,657
- Region
- Western New York
- Places
- 52
Property tax in Chautauqua County
About $15–$39 per $1,000 of market value
Combined full-value rates (county + town/city + school) across the county, FY2025. On a $300,000 home that's roughly $4,374–$11,655 a year before STAR. The exact rate depends on the town, school district, and village. A planning estimate, not a bill.
Almanac Notes
More about Chautauqua County
Short, sourced notes tied to this county, with the local color and the things worth knowing before you make a plan.
History & Culture
Westfield Is Grapes, Portage, and Barcelona Light
Westfield's story connects the Portage Trail, Concord grapes, Welch's grape juice, Barcelona Harbor, and a rare natural-gas lighthouse.
History & Culture
Busti Turns at the Grist Mill
Busti's local identity is preserved through the 1839 grist mill, museum campus, miller's house, and Apple Harvest Festival.
History & Culture
Ellicott Runs Through Falconer and Lake Edges
Ellicott's identity mixes Chautauqua Lake shoreline, villages such as Falconer and Celoron, Holland Land Company history, and old manufacturing roots.
History & Culture
Hanover Meets Lake Erie and Silver Creek
Hanover's identity stretches from Silver Creek and Lake Erie to farms, manufacturing, grape-season events, boat launches, and Sunset Bay.
Home & Property
Chautauqua Well and Septic Sales Need a Survey
Chautauqua County property transfers with private water or onsite wastewater should plan early for the county Water Sewage Survey.
History & Culture
Harmony's Story Sits in an Old Rural Campus
Harmony's local-history hook is a hands-on rural campus in Ashville, with old buildings, trails, records, and a shared story with North Harmony.
History & Culture
Dunkirk Follows Rail Freight to Lake Erie
Dunkirk's identity ties Lake Erie harbor shelter, railroad growth, locomotive production, and the Point Gratiot lighthouse story.
History & Culture
Carroll is Frewsburg's town layer, not just a Jamestown edge
Carroll’s town-center identity runs through Frewsburg, a bicentennial local-history page, farmland and forest, and the Allegany Foothills.
Money & Taxes
Chautauqua Occupancy Tax Forms Belong in the Rental Setup
Chautauqua lodging operators have a county registration and return route with quarterly dates, annual option for smaller collections, and penalties.
Cities (2)
Towns (27)
Villages (13)
Hamlets (9)
Reservations (1)
Statewide starting points
County, assessor, STAR, and environment lookups
Start with the state county directory, then use ORPTS for assessor, equalization-rate, and municipal profile data. Exact local offices and deadlines still come from the county, city, town, village, or borough office.
- NY.Gov county directory
- ORPTS Municipal Data Portal — assessors & rates
- STAR property-tax break
- DECinfo Locator
Use this carefully: County pages here are orientation pages. Current forms, deadlines, local offices, and parcel-specific details come from the responsible office.
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.
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