Hudson Valley
Monroe, New York
Monroe is a town in Orange County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 21,500 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
- Orange
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 21,387
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Monroe
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Museum Village Gives Monroe a Hands-On Memory
Monroe's Orange County identity gathers Museum Village, lakefront recreation, and village-hamlet history into one local story.
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Kiryas Joel Is Best Read Through Its Civic Map
Kiryas Joel has a compact civic identity where village services, Palm Tree town boundaries, and local government overlap closely.
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Palm Tree and Kiryas Joel share a municipal frame
Palm Tree's local identity is tied to Kiryas Joel, a coterminous village-town government, and everyday municipal services.
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Woodbury Runs Through the Clove
Woodbury's local identity ties Woodbury Clove, Highland Mills, Central Valley, and an old stagecoach route together.
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Sugar Loaf Gives Chester Its Craft Hamlet Story
Sugar Loaf gives Chester a concrete hamlet story: farm support trades, church-and-inn life, and a later craft revival.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Sterling Forest gives Tuxedo a greenbelt identity
Sterling Forest State Park helps explain Tuxedo through protected forest, lake country, hunting rules, and a large green edge of metro New York.
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Monroe village grew from a fire lesson
Monroe village history turns on a disastrous fire, a farming settlement, and the need for a volunteer fire district.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Tuxedo outdoor licenses can start at the town clerk counter
Tuxedo residents can use the town clerk’s DEC license route before fishing, hunting, trapping, or checking Sterling Forest rules.
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Tuxedo’s Sterling Forest hunting rules need a fresh permit check
Tuxedo hunters should check DEC licensing and Sterling Forest permit guidance before treating nearby state park land as open access.
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 $6,469–$6,469 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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