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3081of 3,144

Allegany, New York

Score 4.20 / 10· population 46,651

Allegany County covers 1,034 square miles of eroded plateau 40 to 70 miles south of Rochester, and its main industry is education, including SUNY's Alfred State College. Nearly one employed resident in four was on a government payroll in 2020-2024, against about one in seven nationwide. In those years the median home was worth $101,700, under a third of the US median, yet the typical tax bill of $2,968 equaled 2.9% of that value, about triple the US rate.

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  • Allegany County covers 1,034 square miles in an eroded plateau of the Allegany Mountains, approximately 40 to 70 miles due south of Rochester. ny.gov
  • Allegany County's main industry is education; its higher education facilities include Alfred University and Alfred State College. ny.gov
  • Alfred State College is a SUNY (State University of New York) school. alfredstate.edu
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year (table B24080): 4,539 of Allegany County's 19,492 employed civilians (23.3%) were local, state, or federal government workers, against 23,455,993 of 161,297,150 nationally (14.5%). api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year: in Allegany County the median real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied homes were $2,968 and the median home value was $101,700. api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year: in the United States the median real estate taxes paid were $3,119 and the median home value was $332,700. api.censusreporter.org
  • Computed from the two ACS 2020-2024 rows above: $2,968 is 2.9% of $101,700 in Allegany County, and $3,119 is 0.94% of $332,700 nationally, so the county rate is about 3.1 times the US rate; the county median home value is 31% of the US median. api.censusreporter.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.1
  4. Sales tax2.3
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy7.1
  3. Government employees0.5
  4. Single-parent households6.9

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