Hudson Valley
Wassaic, New York
Wassaic is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Dutchess County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 210 residents at 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
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Dutchess
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 210
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Wassaic
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · The Outdoors
Union Vale's Tymor Park makes the town feel civic and rural
Union Vale is grounded by Tymor Park, a town recreation landscape that gives the rural Dutchess town a public center.
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The Harlem Valley Rail Trail Gives North East a Public Corridor
North East reads through the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, where old rail geography becomes a public route through Dutchess farm country.
Read this note ->Nearby · Money & Taxes
Washington Dutchess moved tax payments out of town clerk hands after June 2
A Washington Dutchess explainer notes the town clerk's records and license role, while flagging the 2026 notice sending property tax payments to Dutchess County Real Property.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Dover's Harlem Valley Identity Follows Rail, Trail, and Campus Land
Dover reads as a Harlem Valley town where Metro-North stops, nearby rail-trail travel, Route 22, and former state-hospital land shape the local map.
Read this note ->Nearby · Rules & Licenses
North East building questions need the town department route
North East owners should check the town Building Department before starting work in a rural Dutchess setting.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Amenia reads through Route 22, hamlets, and town records
Amenia is easier to read through its Route 22 town hall, old hamlet pattern, Wassaic industry, Oblong Tract history, and town-maintained civic records.
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Washington town tax payments can move after the local window
Town of Washington taxpayers should check the tax collector notice before trying to pay locally after the town collection window closes.
Read this note ->Nearby · History & Culture
Stanford's public face is Stanfordville, Bangall, and town memory
Stanford's official site foregrounds Stanfordville, Bangall, and historical-society work, giving the rural town a clear civic pattern.
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Washington Dutchess is Millbrook-centered countryside
Washington town is scenic Dutchess countryside, rolling hills, open fields, Millbrook-area community links, and recreation programming.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $12–$33 per $1,000 in Dutchess County
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $3,740–$9,885 a year before the STAR break. A hamlet has no government of its own — it's taxed at the rates of the town it sits in.
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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