Rank

3051of 3,144

Delaware, New York

Score 4.34 / 10· population 44,410

Delaware County covers 1,468 square miles of the western Catskills east of Binghamton, with the Delaware River as its border with Pennsylvania. Its river villages flood: water stood six feet deep in Walton's business district on June 28, 2006, and Tropical Storm Lee damaged 422 properties in the county in 2011. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the median property tax bill at $3,145 a year, against a median home value of $183,100.

Sources
  • Delaware County covers 1,468 square miles, is the largest and most western of the four Catskill Mountain counties, lies east of Binghamton, and is separated from Pennsylvania by the Delaware River ny.gov
  • Flood of record on the West Branch Delaware River at Walton was June 28, 2006, when water was up to six feet deep in the business district along Delaware Street in Walton weather.gov
  • In Tropical Storm Lee flooding in 2011, 422 properties were damaged in Delaware County alone schumer.senate.gov
  • Delaware County median real estate taxes paid $3,145; median value of owner-occupied homes $183,100 (ACS 2024 5-year, 2020-2024) 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 President6.0
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax3.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.4
  2. Life expectancy6.7
  3. Government employees1.2
  4. Single-parent households4.7

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