Western New York
Lockport, New York
Lockport is a town in Niagara County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 20,500 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
- Niagara
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 20,563
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Lockport
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Lockport Town Circles the Canal
The Town of Lockport surrounds the city with Erie Canal history, escarpment land, rural farmland, and growing commercial edges.
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Pendleton Permits Come Before the Project
Pendleton's building page gives a useful pre-project checklist for permits, inspections, drawings, contractor licensing, and final certificates.
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Royalton Grew Around Canal-Hamlet Work
Royalton's town history is canal-made, with many villages shaped by the Erie Canal and older crossroads at Royalton Center.
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Lockport Climbs the Flight of Five
Lockport's identity is tied to the Erie Canal, the Flight of Five locks, canal labor, and abolitionist history.
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Cambria's History Starts with Niagara County and Gets Interrupted by 1812
Cambria's historian page ties the town to Niagara County's creation, the Holland Land Purchase, early settlers, and the disruption of the War of 1812.
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Lockport's Big Bridge Keeps the Canal in Town
Lockport's downtown identity includes the Big Bridge, Erie Canal views, packet-boat memory, and a city center built around water engineering.
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Pendleton's Name Comes from a Tavern, a Post Office, and a Niagara Split
Pendleton's official history ties the town to Sylvester Pendleton Clarke, a log tavern, an 1823 post office, and separation from Niagara.
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Clarence reaches into early Erie County
Clarence's early town footprint helps explain nearby frontier farmstead history and the Hull Family Home story.
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Cambria Was Once The Big Niagara County Frame
Cambria's identity comes from being an early Niagara County parent town, with later towns carved from its original reach.
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Roughly $20–$26 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 $6,023–$7,772 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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