Rank

3138of 3,144

Erie, New York

Score 3.60 / 10· population 946,147

Erie County is on Lake Erie's eastern shore, with Buffalo as its county seat and largest city. Its homeowners paid a median $4,630 in property tax in 2024, against $3,211 nationally, and sales tax is 8.75 percent, 4.75 points of it county. Kaleida Health, with 9,553 employees, is Western New York's largest private employer.

Sources
  • The eastern shore of Lake Erie forms Erie County's western boundary newyorkstateauthority.com
  • Buffalo is the county seat and largest city newyorkstateauthority.com
  • Median real estate taxes paid by Erie County owner-occupied households were $4,630 (margin of error 102) in the ACS 2024 1-year estimates, table B25103 api.censusreporter.org
  • Median real estate taxes paid by US owner-occupied households were $3,211 in the ACS 2024 1-year estimates, table B25103 api.censusreporter.org
  • Erie County combined sales tax rate for 2026 is 8.75%: state 4%, county 4.75% avalara.com
  • Kaleida Health, with 9,553 employees, heads the WNY Largest Private Sector Employers table (source: 2026 Business First Book of Lists) buffaloniagara.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 President4.5
  4. Sales tax2.1
  5. Property tax1.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.4
  2. Life expectancy7.6
  3. Government employees4.3
  4. Single-parent households2.8

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