Western New York
Highland-on-the-Lake, New York
Highland-on-the-Lake is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Erie County, part of New York's Western New York region, with about 3,800 residents at 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
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Erie
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 3,765
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Highland-on-the-Lake
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Eden's Mill Story Runs Up Eighteen Mile Creek
Eden's official history makes Eighteen Mile Creek the thread linking early settlement, early mills, and the town's farm identity.
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Hamburg Has Fairgrounds and Fossils
Hamburg's identity combines the Erie County Fairgrounds with Devonian fossil layers around Eighteen Mile Creek and Penn Dixie.
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Evans Opens to Lake Erie
Evans's local identity follows Lake Erie shoreline, Sturgeon Point Marina, Eighteenmile Creek settlement, and waterfront work.
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Eden's Kazoo Story Starts As Sheet Metal Work
Eden's local identity includes a working kazoo factory that began with sheet-metal shop craft, not just a quirky roadside stop.
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Hamburg Has Fairgrounds, Fossils, and Rails
Hamburg's local story runs through Eighteen Mile Creek fossils, the Lake Shore rail line, village incorporation, and the long-running Erie County Fair.
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Brant Keeps Local Memory in a Town Hall Room
Brant and Farnham keep local history close to home through a Town Hall historical room, old community photos, booklets, and public Monday visits.
Read this note ->Erie County · Home & Property
Erie Lead Checks Belong Before Older-Home Work
Erie County's LeadSAFE pages help families, landlords, and contractors ask the right lead questions before work starts.
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Kenmore Is Buffalo's Early Suburb
Kenmore's village identity grew from streetcar-era suburb building, incorporation, named roads, and a shared municipal building with Tonawanda.
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Depew Is Rails, Shops, and Transit Road
Depew's local identity straddles Lancaster and Cheektowaga while remembering the rail shops and industries that gave the village its name.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $13–$28 per $1,000 in Erie 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 $3,801–$8,277 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.
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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