Rank

3103of 3,144

Chenango, New York

Score 4.06 / 10· population 45,920

Chenango County spans 899 square miles of the Southern Tier north of Binghamton, just over 60 percent forest and about 30 percent farmland. Over 2020-2024, manufacturing employed 3,831 residents, more than any other industry, and yogurt maker Chobani is one of the county's manufacturers; Norwich is the only city. In the towns, the 2024 roll's county, town and school taxes totaled $20.68 to $31.05 per $1,000 of full market value, roughly 2 to 3 percent a year.

Sources
  • Chenango County is in the Southern Tier, north of Binghamton and southeast of Syracuse; area 899 square miles; about 30% of the land is agricultural and just over 60% is forested ny.gov
  • The county has yogurt manufacturer Chobani; Norwich is its one city ny.gov
  • Manufacturing is the largest industry by resident employment, 3,831 people (Census ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates, which Data USA labels 2024) datausa.io
  • Department of Taxation and Finance tax rate data, 2024 roll year (fiscal year ending 2025), rates per $1,000 of full value: the county rate is $8.61 everywhere; in the town and school district segments outside the City of Norwich, county plus town plus school rates total from $20.68 (Town of Norwich, Gilbertsville-Mt Upton schools) to $31.05 (Town of Guilford, Bainbridge-Guilford schools) data.ny.gov
  • New York equalizes each municipality's assessments to full market value (total assessed value divided by the equalization rate equals full market value) tax.ny.gov

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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 President6.4
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.4
  2. Life expectancy5.0
  3. Government employees1.5
  4. Single-parent households5.5

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