Finger Lakes
Elba, New York
Elba is a village in Genesee County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 558 people as of the 2020 census.
Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.
- Type
- Village
- County
- Genesee
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 558
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Elba
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Elba Turns Muckland Onions Into a Town Story
Elba's onion fields, Field Day, and Onion Queen tradition make its agricultural identity feel lively instead of just labeled.
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Clarendon Gives Orleans County a Sandstone-and-Quarry Frame
Clarendon's town route and Orleans County sandstone memory give the place a local frame of hamlets, quarries, cemetery care, and town records.
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Stafford Keeps Its Pottery Story Beside Town Hall
Stafford's museum gives the town a friendly local-history stop, with Morganville Pottery as a memorable piece of the story.
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Batavia Town Is the Hamlets Around the Land-Office City
The Town of Batavia's own history turns the area outside the city into a set of hamlets shaped by mills, roads, rail, and the old land-office geography.
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Batavia Starts With Creek, Trail, and Land Office
Batavia's identity links Tonawanda Creek, Indigenous trail routes, Joseph Ellicott, and the Holland Land Office building.
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Batavia Still Reads Like the Holland Land Office City
Batavia's civic identity is tied to the Holland Land Office and the land-company geography that shaped western New York.
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Batavia's State School for the Blind Is a Civic Anchor
Batavia's local identity includes the New York State School for the Blind, an institution tied to civic giving and education history.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Alabama’s Wetland Edge Belongs to Iroquois Refuge
Alabama gives Genesee County a wetland and refuge identity at the edge of the Tonawanda-Iroquois marsh landscape.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Oakfield sits near the Oak Orchard and Tonawanda wetland complex
Oakfield's outdoor context runs through the Oak Orchard and Tonawanda wildlife management areas.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $20–$36 per $1,000 in Genesee County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $5,906–$10,683 a year before the STAR break. A village is assessed within its town; expect the town's rate plus a separate village tax.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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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. Source data ->
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