Capital Region
Halfmoon, New York
Halfmoon is a town in Saratoga County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 25,500 people as of the 2020 census.
Like the rest of upstate New York, an assessed value here usually isn't the market value; the state's equalization rate reconciles the two. The local rate is below, and the STAR program can lower the school-tax part of the bill.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Saratoga
- Region
- Capital Region
- Population (2020)
- 25,662
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Halfmoon
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This place · History & Culture
Halfmoon's Story Sits at the Canal Bend
Halfmoon's hamlet identity comes from the Mohawk-Hudson corridor, Champlain Canal remains, and trail-visible locks.
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Waterford Is Where Canals Stack Up
Waterford's identity comes from the Hudson-Mohawk meeting point, Erie and Champlain Canal layers, and the famous flight of locks.
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Mechanicville Has an Old Canal Under Its Streets
Mechanicville's local story connects the Champlain Canal, Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, mills, and Hudson-side movement.
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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.
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Clifton Park Still Carries Vischer Ferry's Canal Shape
Vischer Ferry gives Clifton Park a canal hamlet landscape of towpath remains, dry dock work, and preserved architecture.
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Cohoes Has Falls, Mills, and a Mastodon
Cohoes's identity connects Cohoes Falls, Harmony Mills power, mill-worker memory, and the mastodon found during mill excavation.
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Cohoes Keeps Van Schaick Island in Its Civic Memory
Cohoes's identity includes Van Schaick Mansion, island geography at the Mohawk mouths, historic markers, and Revolutionary War memory.
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Waterford's island park makes the Mohawk-Hudson meeting visible
Peebles Island gives Waterford a public landscape where Mohawk and Hudson river geography is easy to read.
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Upper-Hudson Waterfront Lots Need A Flood-Map Check
River and creek properties in the upper Hudson corridor deserve a calm FEMA flood-map check before buying, building, or planning major repairs.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $15–$20 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $4,516–$6,068 a year before the STAR break.
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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Waterford
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Clifton Park
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Country Knolls
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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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