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Schodack, New York

Schodack is a town in Rensselaer County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 13,000 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
Town
County
Rensselaer
Region
Capital Region
Population (2020)
12,965
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Local Almanac

Notes in and around Schodack

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

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This place · History & Culture

Schodack Rests on the River Island

Schodack Island State Park gives Schodack a Hudson River landscape of shoreline, trails, estuary habitat, and local history.

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This place · History & Culture

Schodack keeps its old hamlets in the photo drawer

Schodack's historian page gives Rensselaer County color through Castleton, Schodack Landing, old rail images, and hamlet memory.

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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

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

East Greenbush building permits have a town code route

East Greenbush residents should use the town building and code pages before beginning work that may need a permit.

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Nearby · Money & Taxes

East Greenbush tax payments run through the receiver route

East Greenbush property owners can use the receiver of taxes and staff-directory pages for tax-payment questions.

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Rensselaer County · Cars & Driving

Rensselaer REAL ID Trips Have a County-Resident Rule

Rensselaer DMV customers should separate REAL ID or Enhanced license timing from ordinary motor-vehicle errands before visiting Troy or East Greenbush.

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Property tax snapshot

Roughly $20–$25 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 $5,873–$7,417 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.

Nearby

Nearby places

Castleton-on-Hudson

Village · Rensselaer County · 1,477

Nassau Lake

Hamlet (CDP) · Rensselaer County · 1,004

Nassau

Village · Rensselaer County · 1,103

East Greenbush

Hamlet (CDP) · Rensselaer County · 6,266

East Greenbush

Town · Rensselaer County · 16,748

Niverville

Hamlet (CDP) · Columbia County · 1,508

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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