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3113of 3,144

Rensselaer, New York

Score 3.97 / 10· population 159,305

Rensselaer County is on the east bank of the Hudson, directly across the river from Albany, with Massachusetts and Vermont on its eastern border. In 2024 the median property tax bill was $4,995, against $3,211 nationally. From 2020 to 2024, 28 percent of the county's children lived in single-parent households, compared with 25 percent across the country.

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  • Rensselaer County is on the eastern shore of the Hudson River newyorkfamilyhistory.org
  • Rensselaer County is directly across the river from Albany, the state capital newyorkfamilyhistory.org
  • Massachusetts and Vermont form Rensselaer County's eastern border newyorkfamilyhistory.org
  • Median real estate taxes paid in Rensselaer County were $4,995 (ACS 2024 1-year) api.censusreporter.org
  • Median real estate taxes paid in the United States were $3,211 (ACS 2024 1-year) api.censusreporter.org
  • In Rensselaer County 8,625 of 30,374 children under 18 (28.4%) lived in households with a male or female householder and no spouse or partner present (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B09005; share computed from the counts) api.censusreporter.org
  • In the United States 18,090,498 of 73,337,710 children under 18 (24.7%) lived in such single-parent households (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B09005; share computed from the counts) 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 President4.9
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.3

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.1
  2. Life expectancy7.7
  3. Government employees5.4
  4. Single-parent households3.1

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