Rank

3055of 3,144

Wayne, New York

Score 4.32 / 10· population 90,829

Wayne County is rural country on the south shore of Lake Ontario between Rochester and Syracuse, and the Erie Canal runs through it. Its farms sold $201 million of fruit, nuts and berries in 2022, the most of any New York county. In 2024 the median homeowner paid $4,083 in property tax and the median home was worth $179,200; nationally the figures were $3,211 and $360,600.

Sources
  • Wayne County is on the southern shore of Lake Ontario between the cities of Rochester and Syracuse; the Seaway Trail and the Erie Canal wind through the rural county waynecountytourism.com
  • 2022 Census of Agriculture county profile: Wayne County sales of fruits, tree nuts and berries were $200,938,000, ranked 1st in New York nass.usda.gov
  • ACS 2024 1-year, tables B25103 and B25077: Wayne County median real estate taxes paid $4,083 and median home value $179,200; United States $3,211 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 President6.2
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.7
  2. Life expectancy7.6
  3. Government employees1.9
  4. Single-parent households8.0

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