Western New York
Wales, New York
Wales is a town in Erie County, in New York's Western New York region, home to about 3,000 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
- Erie
- Region
- Western New York
- Population (2020)
- 3,009
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Wales
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Wales is an Erie County town where local rules start locally
Wales is a small eastern Erie County town where local offices matter before county assumptions.
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Holland's identity is rural Erie County, not Buffalo suburb shorthand
Holland's story comes from its eastern Erie County town layer, rural roads, and local-government identity outside Buffalo shorthand.
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Aurora Still Works in the Roycroft Shops
Aurora's East Aurora identity keeps Arts and Crafts buildings, artisan work, and local museum life close together.
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Bennington's town site keeps rural services visible
Bennington's NY town source shows a Wyoming County government hub for town clerk, zoning, water, highway, historian, park, and county routing.
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East Aurora's Roycroft Campus Anchors Its Main Street Story
East Aurora's Roycroft Campus explains why this Erie County village carries an arts-and-crafts identity near its Main Street core.
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Sheldon keeps rural town government visible in western Wyoming County
Sheldon has practical rural texture: town offices, local roads, and county layers in western Wyoming County.
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Marilla keeps history in a log cabin and community center
Marilla’s town page ties local history to a historical display, Civil War library, Roloff House, and log cabin.
Read this note ->Erie County · Home & Property
Erie Lead Checks Belong Before Older-Home Work
Erie County's LeadSAFE pages help families, landlords, and contractors ask the right lead questions before work starts.
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Kenmore Is Buffalo's Early Suburb
Kenmore's village identity grew from streetcar-era suburb building, incorporation, named roads, and a shared municipal building with Tonawanda.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $14–$16 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 $4,271–$4,873 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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