Rank

3102of 3,144

Steuben, New York

Score 4.08 / 10· population 92,162

Steuben County is in New York's Southern Tier, just north of the Pennsylvania border; Corning Incorporated is based there, and the hills around Corning, Bath and Hornell have dairy and potato farms. In 2024 the median property tax bill was $3,270, close to the national $3,211, though the median home was worth $137,300, against $360,600 nationally. Government workers made up 20 percent of employed residents, against 15 percent nationally.

Sources
  • Steuben County is in the Southern Tier region of New York State, immediately north of the Pennsylvania border, and is home to Corning Incorporated ny.gov
  • The county's most heavily populated areas are Bath, Hornell and Corning, with dairy, field crop and potato farms in the surrounding hills and valleys ny.gov
  • ACS 2024 1-year, tables B25103 and B25077: Steuben County median real estate taxes paid $3,270 (margin of error $182) and median home value $137,300; United States $3,211 and $360,600 api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year, table B24080: 8,024 of 40,832 employed Steuben County residents (19.7 percent) were local, state or federal government workers; nationally 14.6 percent 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 President6.6
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.0
  2. Life expectancy6.6
  3. Government employees0.9
  4. Single-parent households6.3

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