Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Property Tax Rate

1.28% of full value a year

The State's published 2024 rates: $12.85 per $1,000 of full value (county and city $9.08, the rest the school district). On a home with a full value of $400,000 that is about $5,140 a year.

Full value is the assessed value divided by the city's equalization rate — the State's estimate of market value. A sale does not reassess a New York home: the bill follows the current assessment until the city revalues (it reports its next reassessment as 2026). Village, fire and other special-district charges, and any exemption the seller holds, are not in this figure; a full report estimates a specific address's bill.

School District Outcomes

District at the center of the city: BUFFALO CITY SD. Check the district of a specific address.

New York State Education Department Report Card (2025), student-outcome measures only. Tiers rank each outcome against all New York districts, so a higher tier is always the better result (for the dropout rate, a lower rate ranks higher).

Reported Crime

10,631 offenses reported city-wide in the 12 months through October 2026

Source: Buffalo Police Department Crime Incidents (data.buffalony.gov). The Buffalo Police Department describes its open data as very preliminary: records can be revised or reclassified after investigation. This counts offense reports, not distinct events, and each department classifies and records them differently, so figures should not be compared between cities. It is a city-wide total; the count within half a mile of a specific address is in a full report.

Erie County Market Momentum

Source: FRED (Realtor.com series), as of 2026-09-01. County-level — the finest granularity FRED publishes.