Hudson Valley
Highland Falls, New York
Highland Falls is a village in Orange County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 3,700 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
- Village
- County
- Orange
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 3,684
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Notes in and around Highland Falls
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
West Point Museum makes Highlands history institutional
West Point Museum gives the Hudson Highlands a public military-history anchor next to the academy landscape.
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Philipstown Carries Foundry Brook and Civil War Iron
Philipstown's Cold Spring story connects Foundry Brook, river shipping, Civil War ordnance, industrial ruins, and a National Historic Landmark landscape.
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Cornwall's Storm King Story Spreads Across the Landscape
Cornwall's Storm King Art Center turns fields, woods, sculpture, and Moodna Creek landscape into a local identity.
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Highlands Guards the Hudson Narrows
Highlands' Fort Montgomery landscape ties West Point, Bear Mountain, river defense, and present museum work together.
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Peekskill Has Two History Stops Near the Hudson
Peekskill's place story includes Lincoln's 1861 train stop and Revolutionary War route markers near the Hudson.
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Storm King gives Cornwall a landscape-art address
Storm King gives Cornwall a 500-acre outdoor museum where large-scale sculpture turns the Hudson Highlands landscape into a cultural landmark.
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Hudson River Charm Still Needs a Flood Map Check
River-town buyers and renovators should check FEMA flood maps and local floodplain rules before treating a scenic Hudson address as ordinary property.
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Peekskill Blends Heritage, Riverfront, and Arts
Peekskill's identity joins Hudson River geography, historic memory, and a public-facing arts district.
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Boscobel Gives Philipstown a House-and-Hudson Story
Boscobel gives Philipstown a Hudson-facing house, garden, and cultural landscape layer beyond the Cold Spring village center.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $12–$33 per $1,000 in Orange 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 $3,539–$9,891 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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