Capital Region
Westerlo, New York
Westerlo is a town in Albany County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 3,200 people as of the 2020 census.
In New York the practical answer turns on the exact address — the school district, any village lines, and how the parcel is assessed all shape the tax bill. The snapshot and official links below are the place to start.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Albany
- Region
- Capital Region
- Population (2020)
- 3,194
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Westerlo
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Westerlo reads like an Albany County hilltown
Westerlo's official site gives a small-government doorway for a rural Albany County hilltown map.
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New Scotland Reads from Rail Trail to Escarpment
New Scotland's identity sits between an old rail corridor, Helderberg limestone, village hamlets, and Albany County's rural edge.
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Coeymans Keeps a Hudson Landing Memory
Coeymans' Hudson River edge, creek valley, landing name, and old river trade make the town feel like a working upper-Hudson place.
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Greenville pairs Catskill views with a rural recreation lane
Greenville's town frame combines Hudson Valley location, Catskill views, parks, schools, and rural recreation access.
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New Baltimore Has Hudson Hamlets, Patents, Farms, and Mills
New Baltimore history ties Mahican homeland, Dutch and English patents, Hudson River hamlets, farms, orchards, and early mills.
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Upper-Hudson Waterfront Lots Need A Flood-Map Check
River and creek properties in the upper Hudson corridor deserve a calm FEMA flood-map check before buying, building, or planning major repairs.
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Coeymans Projects Need The Permit Office Before The Work
Before starting Coeymans building work, check the town building department and site-plan rules instead of relying on a contractor's guess.
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New Scotland Tax Bills Start With The Town Collector
For New Scotland property-tax questions, start with the town collector and assessor pages before moving to Albany County records.
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Durham's byway is a road map of the valley
Durham's story sits in the Scenic Byway: old turnpike roads, Catskill slopes, Cornwallville, farm fields, and a landscape planned as a whole.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $18–$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 $5,496–$6,174 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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