Mohawk Valley
Rome, New York
Rome is a city in Oneida County, in New York's Mohawk Valley region, home to about 32,000 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
- City
- County
- Oneida
- Region
- Mohawk Valley
- Population (2020)
- 32,127
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Notes in and around Rome
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
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Rome's Griffiss Story Keeps Changing Shape
Griffiss gives Rome a modern defense, airfield, and technology identity layered onto its older canal and fort history.
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Oneida DMV trips split between Utica timing and Rome appointments
Oneida County drivers should check Utica hours, Rome appointment service, written-test windows, and enforcement-transaction timing before a DMV trip.
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Rome Starts With the Carrying Place
Rome's story connects Fort Stanwix, the Erie Canal, Copper City industry, and a strategic gap between waterways.
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Fort Stanwix Makes Rome's Mohawk Valley History Physical
Rome’s identity is anchored by Fort Stanwix and a Mohawk Valley crossroads story that is still visible through public history.
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Rome Capitol Theatre keeps downtown tied to movie-palace memory
Rome Capitol Theatre gives downtown Rome entertainment history, preservation, and a still-recognizable theater presence.
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Verona's Canal Thread Runs Through Durhamville and Glass
Verona's older story links canal infrastructure, Durhamville, Dunbarton glass works, and Oneida County hamlet history.
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Westmoreland Keeps a Patent, Farm, and Iron-Ore Memory
Westmoreland's town story runs through Dean's Patent, early farms, red iron ore, and a 1792 split from Whitestown.
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Lee's Old High Ground Was Dairy Country Before It Was Rome's Rural Edge
Lee's historical gazetteer material frames the town through 1790s settlement, varied soils, upland dairy farms, and hamlets northwest of Rome.
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Floyd Carries a William Floyd Name Through Oneida County
Floyd's official history gives the town a name story tied to William Floyd and early Oneida County formation.
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Roughly $29–$29 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 $8,616–$8,842 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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