Finger Lakes

Wayne County, New York

Wayne County is home to 91,283 people across 32 cities, towns, villages, and hamlets. Eleven glacial lakes lined with waterfalls, gorges, and the state's biggest wine country.

Population (2020): 91,283
Region: Finger Lakes
Places: 32

Tax snapshot County notes Places Statewide links

Property tax in Wayne County

About $17–$32 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 $5,122–$9,633 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 Wayne County

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

Rules & Licenses

Ontario's Ginna Planning Is Practical, Not Panic

Ontario residents near Ginna should know the official emergency-planning pages, siren tests, and county/state guidance before they ever need them.

History & Culture

Macedon's Old Lock Stone Still Tells the Story

Macedon's Erie Canal story is unusually touchable, with Lock 60, Lock 30, old towpath stone, and local marker history close together.

History & Culture

Williamson Is Wayne County Fruit-Belt Country

Williamson mixes apple country, Pultneyville lake-port history, Underground Railroad memory, and a farm economy shaped by Lake Ontario.

History & Culture

Sodus Has a Lighthouse, a Bay, and a Lake Road Memory

Sodus reads as Lake Ontario country, with a working memory of Sodus Bay, the lighthouse, old stage roads, and maritime collections.

History & Culture

Wolcott's Story Runs Through Falls, Apples, and Lake-Plain Edges

Wolcott's town site frames the place through early settlement, Wolcott Falls industry, and a modern agricultural identity.

History & Culture

Palmyra's Four Corners Make the Canal Village Stick

Palmyra's identity is easy to remember: four corner churches, a historic flagpole, and a canal-village setting in western Wayne County.

History & Culture

Lyons' Peppermint Story Is Different from Its Courthouse-and-Canal Role

Beyond the county-seat and Erie Canal story, Lyons has a peppermint-oil identity preserved by the Lyons Heritage Society and Hotchkiss museum.

History & Culture

Walworth's Fields and Cobblestone Still Tell the Story

Walworth's local texture ties western Wayne County fields, early settlers, nursery farming, and the region's remarkable cobblestone building tradition.

Home & Property

Wayne County Property Data Has a PROS Starting Point

Wayne County points owners to PROS for property data and to Real Property Tax Service for assessment support.

Towns (15)

Arcadia · 13,731 Ontario · 10,446 Macedon · 9,270 Walworth · 9,253 Sodus · 8,028 Palmyra · 7,403 Williamson · 6,860 Lyons · 5,679 Marion · 4,566 Galen · 4,415 Wolcott · 4,002 Rose · 2,291 Huron · 1,872 Butler · 1,835 Savannah · 1,632

Villages (7)

Newark · 9,017 Palmyra · 3,305 Clyde · 2,171 Sodus · 1,667 Wolcott · 1,556 Sodus Point · 822 Red Creek · 495

Hamlets (10)

Gananda · 5,867 Lyons · 3,989 Williamson · 2,418 Ontario · 2,215 Macedon · 2,092 Marion · 1,432 Walworth · 917 Pultneyville · 817 North Rose · 571 Savannah · 487

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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