Hudson Valley
West Hurley, New York
West Hurley is a hamlet — a community without a village government of its own — in Ulster County, part of New York's Hudson Valley region, with about 1,900 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
- Ulster
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 1,917
Local Almanac
Notes in and around West Hurley
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
Nearby · History & Culture
Hurley Has a Stone-House Street and an Ashokan Reservoir Scar
Hurley's town history ties Old Hurley stone houses, a brief capital moment, bluestone hamlets, and Ashokan Reservoir displacement into one local identity.
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Woodstock's Maverick story started with a farm and a well
Woodstock's town arts identity includes Hervey White's Maverick colony, festival, and concert series, a separate bohemian branch of the art-colony story.
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Woodstock Was an Art Town Before It Was a Festival
Woodstock has been an artists' colony since 1902, and the famous 1969 festival was actually held about 60 miles away in Bethel, not here.
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Ulster's Hudson Edge Shows Its Working Past
Ulster's Hudson edge carries quarry, brick, trail, and river history through Sojourner Truth State Park and the Brickyard Trail.
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Hurley's Stone Houses Keep the Past Close
Hurley's stone houses and temporary-capital memory make the town one of Ulster County's clearest old-settlement landscapes.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Rosendale's Cement Was Discovered by Canal Blasting
Rosendale's town history links D&H Canal lock construction, natural cement discovery, and the 1844 formation of the town around a booming industry.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Lloyd Turns an Old Rail Bridge Into Daily Landscape
Lloyd's Highland side of the Walkway links rail history, community reuse, river views, and a trail system that makes the bridge part of everyday life.
Read this note ->Ulster County · History & Culture
Marbletown's Stone Ridge and High Falls Story Starts in 1669
Marbletown's official history connects early settlement, hilly uplands, Esopus and Rondout waterways, Stone Ridge, High Falls, and Revolutionary-era government movement.
Read this note ->Ulster County · Rules & Licenses
Plattekill Short-Term Rentals Now Need Town and County Steps
Plattekill owners running short-term rentals should check the town operating permit and Ulster County tax certificate requirements before keeping listings active.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
About $11–$26 per $1,000 in Ulster 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 $3,395–$7,930 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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