Southern Tier
Delaware County, New York
Delaware County is home to 44,308 people across 32 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. Binghamton spiedies, Corning glass, and the wooded Pennsylvania border.
- Population (2020)
- 44,308
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Places
- 32
Property tax in Delaware County
About $12–$26 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 $3,532–$7,815 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 Delaware County
Short, sourced notes tied to this county, with the local color and the things worth knowing before you make a plan.
History & Culture
Walton's Theatre Is a Village Hall Comeback Story
Walton's theater history links village offices, a 1912 fire, local voting, movies, stage use, and restoration work that still shapes downtown.
Home & Property
Delhi Property Checks Start With Village Hall and COMIT
Delhi village property questions should pair Village Hall basics with Delaware County tax mapping and COMIT parcel, wetland, and aerial layers.
History & Culture
Delhi Sits Where County Business Meets the West Branch
Delhi's identity combines Delaware County government, a West Branch valley setting, Catskill foothills, old mills, and farm-country memory.
Home & Property
Walton Parcel Checks Belong in COMIT Early
Walton land questions should begin with Delaware County COMIT and tax-map tools before relying on a rural listing, driveway name, or informal boundary.
Cars & Driving
Delaware County DMV is really four different office clocks
Delaware County DMV users should compare Delhi, Deposit, Margaretville, and Sidney before assuming one permit-test or lunch schedule.
History & Culture
Harpersfield keeps Delaware County's old-town memory
Harpersfield's town history reaches back to John Harper, 1760s land agreements, an 1771 house, and the claim of being Delaware County's original town.
Money & Taxes
Delaware County Parcel Checks Need Rolls and COMIT
Delaware County posts town assessment rolls and a COMIT mapping route for parcel, wetland, aerial, and other local GIS checks.
History & Culture
Hobart Turned Main Street Into a Book Village
Hobart's identity pairs Delaware County farm country with a cluster of independent bookstores and a literary festival on Main Street.
History & Culture
Walton Keeps Its 1797 Town Memory Close
Walton's old town records give the village and town a Delaware County identity older than the county's formal organization.
Towns (19)
Villages (9)
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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