Hudson Valley
Zena, New York
Zena 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 1,000 residents at 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
- Hamlet (CDP)
- County
- Ulster
- Region
- Hudson Valley
- Population (2020)
- 1,038
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Zena
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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Saugerties Meets at Esopus Creek
Saugerties's Hudson River identity gathers the lighthouse, Esopus Creek mouth, village history, and bluestone quarry memory.
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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 ->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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