Finger Lakes
Lansing, New York
Lansing is a town in Tompkins County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 11,500 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
- Tompkins
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 11,565
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Lansing
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Lansing's Salt Point Turns Industry Into Lakefront Memory
Salt Point explains Lansing through Cayuga Lake industry, Syrian worker families, canal-era shipping, and a reclaimed natural area.
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Ulysses Has a Gorge-and-Lake Identity at Taughannock
Ulysses reads as a Cayuga Lake town with a dramatic gorge landscape at Taughannock Falls.
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Ulysses Building and Zoning Starts With the BCPZ Page
Ulysses keeps building permits, zoning map, flood-hazard resources, and fee-payment links under its BCPZ department.
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Cayuga Heights Was Planned as a Cornell-Edge Village
Cayuga Heights reads differently when you know it was planned as a home-focused village beside a growing Cornell.
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Ulysses Small Structures Can Still Need Zoning and Site-Plan Attention
Ulysses rules say some small accessory buildings avoid building permits, but zoning, site plan, and other review can still matter.
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Locke Has Owasco Water, Hemlock Creek, and Fire Memory
Locke's story is easier to picture through Owasco Lake, Hemlock Creek, old Military Tract lots, and two village fires.
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Genoa's Map Changed More Than Its Roads Suggest
Genoa's town story runs through old county shifts, the Military Tract, Cayuga Lake, King Ferry, mills, farms, and a long local store memory.
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Taughannock Falls makes Trumansburg gorge country feel close
Taughannock Falls State Park gives the Trumansburg area a gorge-and-lake identity that is immediate rather than abstract.
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Tompkins Private Wells Start With Setbacks and a DEC-Registered Driller
Tompkins County’s private-well page gives siting guidance and says to use a DEC-registered well driller.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $15–$24 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 $4,584–$7,110 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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