Finger Lakes
Tompkins County, New York
Tompkins County is home to 105,740 people across 30 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. Eleven glacial lakes lined with waterfalls, gorges, and the state's biggest wine country.
- Population (2020)
- 105,740
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Places
- 30
Property tax in Tompkins County
About $15–$28 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 $4,584–$8,478 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 Tompkins County
Short, sourced notes tied to this county, with the local color and the things worth knowing before you make a plan.
The Outdoors
Ulysses Has a Gorge-and-Lake Identity at Taughannock
Ulysses reads as a Cayuga Lake town with a dramatic gorge landscape at Taughannock Falls.
History & Culture
Groton's Corona Typewriter Story Gave a Farm Town a Factory Heart
Groton's historical facts and Cornell's typewriter exhibit connect the town to early civic milestones, the Corona company, and a twentieth-century factory identity.
History & Culture
Lansing's Salt Point Turns Industry Into Lakefront Memory
Salt Point explains Lansing through Cayuga Lake industry, Syrian worker families, canal-era shipping, and a reclaimed natural area.
Rules & Licenses
Ulysses Building and Zoning Starts With the BCPZ Page
Ulysses keeps building permits, zoning map, flood-hazard resources, and fee-payment links under its BCPZ department.
History & Culture
Ithaca's Town Story Climbs Above the City
The Town of Ithaca frames the city from Cayuga Lake hills, Cornell and Ithaca College edges, natural areas, and surrounding neighborhoods.
The Outdoors
The Waterfall in Town That Beats Niagara on Height
Taughannock Falls drops 215 feet straight down — taller than Niagara — and it's one of more than 150 waterfalls hiding in the gorges around Ithaca.
Home & Property
Tompkins Land Records Now Have a Search Platform and Fraud Alert Angle
Tompkins County land-record checks can start with the clerk's land-services page and the newer online search platform.
History & Culture
Dryden Runs Along the Rail Trail
Dryden's rail trail turns an old railroad corridor into a town link among hamlets, Cornell, Ithaca, and open land.
Home & Property
Tompkins Beacon and Rolls Pair Parcel Data With Assessment Records
Tompkins assessment checks can use Beacon for parcel details and county assessment rolls for the annual municipal record.
Cities (1)
Towns (9)
Villages (6)
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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