Capital Region

Rensselaer County, New York

Rensselaer County is home to 161,130 people across 29 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. Albany the capital, Revolutionary Saratoga, spas, and horse racing.

Population (2020): 161,130
Region: Capital Region
Places: 29

Tax snapshot County notes Places Statewide links

Property tax in Rensselaer County

About $13–$30 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 $3,971–$8,868 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 Rensselaer County

Short, sourced notes tied to this county, with the local color and the things worth knowing before you make a plan.

Home & Property

Nassau property questions should start with the Dewey Loeffel CAG

Nassau residents can use the Dewey Loeffel Community Advisory Group and EPA site profile before making water or property assumptions.

History & Culture

East Greenbush Follows Papscanee to the Hudson

Papscanee Island Nature Preserve gives East Greenbush a Hudson River landscape of trails, floodplain woods, and Mohican memory.

Cars & Driving

Rensselaer REAL ID Trips Have a County-Resident Rule

Rensselaer DMV customers should separate REAL ID or Enhanced license timing from ordinary motor-vehicle errands before visiting Troy or East Greenbush.

History & Culture

Rensselaer's Hudson Story Starts at Crailo

Rensselaer's place story is anchored by Crailo, Dutch Hudson Valley history, and its river-facing position near Albany.

History & Culture

Hoosick's Farm-Implement Past Lives in the Louis Miller Museum

Hoosick's historical society preserves Walter Wood Company material, pointing to the town's nineteenth-century farm-implement industry beyond the battlefield story.

Home & Property

Nassau Route 203 contamination calls for EPA-source checking

A Nassau concern note flags the town's Route 203 contamination page and urges property readers to check official EPA updates before assuming conditions.

History & Culture

Schodack Rests on the River Island

Schodack Island State Park gives Schodack a Hudson River landscape of shoreline, trails, estuary habitat, and local history.

History & Culture

Schaghticoke Connects Dutch Houses to Hoosic Water Power

Schaghticoke's local memory runs through Dutch farmhouses, Native place names, the Hoosic River, and mill-era village growth.

History & Culture

North Greenbush Begins at Blooming Grove and Defreestville

North Greenbush's Defreestville story keeps church, school, inn, and hamlet-name history in local view.

Cities (2)

Troy · 51,401 Rensselaer · 9,210

Towns (14)

East Greenbush · 16,748 North Greenbush · 13,292 Schodack · 12,965 Brunswick · 12,581 Sand Lake · 8,348 Schaghticoke · 7,445 Hoosick · 6,711 Pittstown · 5,540 Nassau · 4,545 Poestenkill · 4,322 Stephentown · 2,791 Grafton · 2,051 Berlin · 1,808 Petersburgh · 1,372

Villages (6)

Hoosick Falls · 3,216 Castleton-on-Hudson · 1,477 Nassau · 1,103 East Nassau · 559 Schaghticoke · 527 Valley Falls · 510

Hamlets (7)

East Greenbush · 6,266 Hampton Manor · 5,423 Wynantskill · 4,050 West Sand Lake · 2,616 Averill Park · 2,098 Poestenkill · 1,020 Nassau Lake · 1,004

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.

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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