Rank

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Niagara, New York

Score 3.89 / 10· population 209,457

Niagara County, in western New York, runs along Lake Ontario and the Niagara River, with Canada across the river and Lockport as its county seat. Life expectancy at birth was 75.4 years over 2020 to 2022, against 79.4 statewide. In 2024 the median property tax bill on an owner-occupied home was $4,000 and the median home value was $209,500, against $3,211 and $360,600 nationally.

Sources
  • Niagara County is in western New York, borders Lake Ontario and the Niagara River, and shares a border with Canada across the river. uscountymaps.com
  • Lockport is the county seat of Niagara County. uscountymaps.com
  • County Health Rankings 2025 release: life expectancy 75.4 years in Niagara County and 79.4 years in New York State. countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings release used 2020-2022 data for the life expectancy measure. countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2024 ACS 1-year estimates, median real estate taxes paid on owner-occupied homes were $4,000 in Niagara County and $3,211 in the United States, and median home values were $209,500 and $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 President5.7
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax1.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.8
  2. Life expectancy5.8
  3. Government employees3.7
  4. Single-parent households3.3

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