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Sand Lake, New York

Sand Lake is a town in Rensselaer County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 8,300 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
Rensselaer
Region
Capital Region
Population (2020)
8,348
Local notes Tax snapshot Statewide links Nearby places

Local Almanac

Notes in and around Sand Lake

Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.

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This place · History & Culture

Sand Lake's Hamlets Hold Glass, Lakes, And Hill Roads

Sand Lake's texture comes from lake hamlets, old glass and mill memory, Taborton hill roads, and a Rensselaer County upland setting.

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This place · Home & Property

Sand Lake Assessment Checks Start With Rensselaer PROS

For Sand Lake property questions, use the town assessor and Rensselaer County PROS records before assuming a listing has the full story.

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Nearby · Home & Property

Nassau property questions should start with the Dewey Loeffel CAG

Nassau residents can use the Dewey Loeffel Community Advisory Group and EPA site profile before making water or property assumptions.

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Nearby · History & Culture

East Greenbush Follows Papscanee to the Hudson

Papscanee Island Nature Preserve gives East Greenbush a Hudson River landscape of trails, floodplain woods, and Mohican memory.

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Nearby · Home & Property

Nassau Route 203 contamination calls for EPA-source checking

A Nassau concern note flags the town's Route 203 contamination page and urges property readers to check official EPA updates before assuming conditions.

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Nearby · History & Culture

North Greenbush Begins at Blooming Grove and Defreestville

North Greenbush's Defreestville story keeps church, school, inn, and hamlet-name history in local view.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Poestenkill runs through four hamlets and old mill work

Poestenkill's town history ties its identity to four hamlets, shirt and collar factories, a tannery, sawmill, grist mill, and churches.

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Nearby · History & Culture

Nassau Changed Names, but Kept a Deep Town-History Habit

Nassau’s official history page links the town to Philipstown, its 1806 founding, 1808 renaming, and a broad local archive habit.

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Nearby · Home & Property

Poestenkill building work needs the code office check

Poestenkill homeowners should check the building and code-enforcement page before starting structural, accessory, or use-changing work.

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Property tax snapshot

Roughly $19–$21 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 $5,652–$6,344 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.

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Nearby places

Averill Park

Hamlet (CDP) · Rensselaer County · 2,098

West Sand Lake

Hamlet (CDP) · Rensselaer County · 2,616

Poestenkill

Hamlet (CDP) · Rensselaer County · 1,020

Poestenkill

Town · Rensselaer County · 4,322

Nassau

Town · Rensselaer County · 4,545

Wynantskill

Hamlet (CDP) · Rensselaer County · 4,050

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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