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Monroe, New York

Score 3.43 / 10· population 748,482

Monroe County, New York, borders Lake Ontario to the north, and Rochester is its county seat. In 2024, police across the county recorded 55 murders, 46 of them in Rochester. That year the median property tax bill on an owner-occupied home was $5,763 and the median home value was $244,700, against $3,211 and $360,600 nationally.

Sources
  • Monroe County's northern border is Lake Ontario uscountymaps.com
  • Rochester is the county seat uscountymaps.com
  • Police agencies in Monroe County reported 55 murders in 2024 (County Total), 46 of them to the Rochester City Police Department (NYS DCJS index crimes by county and agency) data.ny.gov
  • In the 2024 ACS 1-year estimates, median real estate taxes paid on owner-occupied homes in Monroe County were $5,763 and the median home value was $244,700 api.censusreporter.org
  • In the 2024 ACS 1-year estimates, the US median real estate taxes paid were $3,211 and the US median home value was $360,600 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 President4.0
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate5.7
  2. Life expectancy8.4
  3. Government employees3.3
  4. Single-parent households1.9

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