Rank

3049of 3,144

Nassau, New York

Score 4.34 / 10· population 1,381,715

In Nassau County, on western Long Island, the median homeowner paid at least $10,000 in property tax in 2024. Sales tax is 8.625 percent, made of the state's 4, the county's 4.25 and a 0.375 transit levy. Sandy's surge in 2012 reached five and six feet in places like Long Beach.

Sources
  • Nassau County is located on western Long Island cccarto.com
  • Long Beach (city, ZIP 11561) is in Nassau County cccarto.com
  • Median real estate taxes paid by Nassau County owner-occupied households were in the Census Bureau's top-coded $10,000-or-more range (reported as 10001) in the ACS 2024 1-year estimates, table B25103 api.censusreporter.org
  • Nassau County combined sales tax is 8.625% for 2026: state 4%, county 4.25%, Nassau County Transit District 0.375% avalara.com
  • Superstorm Sandy's surge (2012) caused coastal flooding that reached heights of five and six feet in places like Long Beach abc7ny.com

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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 President5.2
  4. Sales tax2.2
  5. Property tax1.4

Environment

  1. Air quality7.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees1.0
  4. Single-parent households8.3

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