Southern Tier
Owego, New York
Owego is a town in Tioga County, in New York's Southern Tier region, home to about 19,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Binghamton spiedies, Corning glass, and the wooded Pennsylvania border. Owego sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Tioga
- Region
- Southern Tier
- Population (2020)
- 18,777
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Owego
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Owego Turns With the Susquehanna
Owego's town story centers on the Susquehanna River, the county-seat village, riverwalk, and historic district streets.
Read this note ->This place · Home & Property
Owego Floodplain Work Needs the Local Permit Check
Owego floodplain work is a calm due-diligence item: confirm the jurisdiction and permit before starting construction or repair work.
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Owego's Story Follows the Susquehanna Bend
Owego's town historian ties the place to the Susquehanna River, Hiawatha Island, old hamlet names, and a long-settled Tioga County landscape.
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Union's Story Runs Through Worker-Town Industry
Union's identity includes Endicott, Johnson City, the Susquehanna setting, and industrial communities shaped by shoes, worker benefits, and IBM.
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Vestal's Farmland Became a Campus
Vestal's farm-to-university story explains how Harpur College and Binghamton University reshaped local identity.
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Tioga DMV road tests do not start at the counter
Tioga County DMV separates written-test windows from state-run road-test scheduling and the Academy Street test-day waiting area.
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Endicott Still Shows the Factory-Village Pattern
Endicott’s local texture comes from an industrial village pattern shaped by factories, workers, and planned civic life.
Read this note ->Nearby · Money & Taxes
Tioga Property Taxes Start With the Local Collector
Tioga County says current property taxes are paid to the levying town, village, or school district, while county tools help with lookup.
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Nichols Keeps a River-Town Memory Along the Tioga Line
Nichols' local history is easiest to picture through the Susquehanna, early settlement memory, and the Cady Library history room.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $24–$32 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 $7,303–$9,627 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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