Hudson Valley
Patterson, New York
Patterson is a town in Putnam County, in New York's Hudson Valley 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
- Putnam
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 11,541
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Patterson
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Patterson's Story Begins in the Great Swamp
Patterson's local identity is tied to the Great Swamp, a long wetland corridor that filters water, holds wildlife, and shapes private-well country.
Read this note ->This place · Home & Property
Patterson Home Projects Start With the Building Department
Before a Patterson deck, pool, generator, renovation, or solid-fuel appliance, check the town's building permit and inspection requirements.
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Southeast Stops at Brewster Station
Southeast's Brewster identity links railroad naming, Old Town Hall, Tilly Foster minerals, circus memory, and local preservation.
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Kent's Wonder Lake Story Follows Old Bridle Paths
Kent's Wonder Lake side gives the town a quiet landscape of bridle paths, laurel, hemlock, and state-park trails.
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Pawling's Quaker Hill Gives the Town a Moral Geography
Pawling's eastern hills carry a Quaker settlement story that shaped meetinghouses, anti-slavery memory, and the town's local map.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Fahnestock gives Putnam a big upland park identity
Fahnestock State Park gives Putnam lakes, woods, trails, and a large state-park landscape across the Highlands.
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Brewster is Putnam's railroad door
Brewster's identity is still tied to being a compact railroad village at Putnam County's eastern edge.
Read this note ->Putnam County · History & Culture
Philipstown Carries Foundry Brook and Civil War Iron
Philipstown's Cold Spring story connects Foundry Brook, river shipping, Civil War ordnance, industrial ruins, and a National Historic Landmark landscape.
Read this note ->Putnam County · Money & Taxes
Putnam real-property questions should start with the county page
Putnam owners should start assessment, parcel, and exemption questions with the county Real Property Tax Service office.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $26–$28 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 $7,667–$8,537 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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