Central New York
Ira, New York
Ira is a town in Cayuga County, in New York's Central New York region, home to about 2,100 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
- Cayuga
- Region
- Central New York
- Population (2020)
- 2,142
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Ira
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Ira Still Reads Like Military Tract Farm Country
Ira's town story sits inside the old Cato military township, with modern clues in farmland planning, zoning, taxes, and the Cato address locals still use.
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Granby Is River Power and Lake Neatahwanta
Granby's identity comes from Oswego River waterpower, early settlement, railroad-era industry, and Lake Neatahwanta's complicated warmwater lake story.
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Oswego County DMV Has Three Local Office Routes
Oswego County drivers should check the county DMV page before license or registration errands because local office routes and hours matter.
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Hannibal Keeps Local Memory in the Historian and Historical Society
Hannibal's local memory runs through its town historian and a historical society rooted in the old community center.
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Lysander Bends With the Seneca River
Lysander's town story follows the Seneca River, Baldwinsville, and the canal water corridor at Onondaga County's northwest corner.
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Fulton Runs Along the Oswego River
Fulton's identity connects its 1902 city origin, riverfront parks, canal corridor, and former factory land.
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Lysander Has a Boardwalk-and-Wetlands Side at Beaver Lake
Beaver Lake Nature Center gives Lysander a wetlands, trails, and environmental-education identity beyond the Baldwinsville road map.
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Oswego DMV hours change with the season
Oswego County DMV trips should account for regular hours, summer hours, testing cutoffs, and the Oswego office's Wednesday evening window.
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Victory's name comes from a political win, not a battlefield
Victory's name, early tavern, mills, hotel, and old store corners make the town easier to remember than a quick map glance suggests.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $22–$22 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 $6,652–$6,652 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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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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