Rank

2996of 3,144

Washington, New York

Score 4.53 / 10· population 60,047

Washington County is a long, narrow strip of valley farmland on New York's Vermont border, running south from Lake Champlain and Lake George toward the Capital District. Factory work ran close behind health care in 2020-2024, with 3,951 residents in manufacturing and 4,222 in health care and social assistance. Homeowners here paid more property tax on cheaper homes than owners nationwide: medians of $3,946 a year and $196,200 in those years, against $3,119 and $332,700.

Sources
  • Washington County is a long narrow county in the northeastern section of the State, known for its rich valley farm land ny.gov
  • The county is bounded on the east by the Green Mountains of Vermont, on the north by Lakes Champlain and George, and on the south by the Capital District ny.gov
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table C24030: health care and social assistance employed 675 male and 3,547 female residents (4,222) and manufacturing 2,849 male and 1,102 female residents (3,951); retail trade was next at 3,320 api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year, tables B25103 and B25077: Washington County median real estate taxes paid $3,946 and median home value $196,200; United States $3,119 and $332,700 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 President6.1
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax1.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.4
  2. Life expectancy6.8
  3. Government employees2.9
  4. Single-parent households7.0

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