Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Property Tax Rate

2.23% of full value a year

The State's published 2024 rates: $22.31 per $1,000 of full value (county and city $12.17, the rest the school district). On a home with a full value of $400,000 that is about $8,924 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. 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: ROCHESTER 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

6,794 offenses reported city-wide in the 12 months through October 2026

Source: Rochester Police Department Part I Crime (maps.cityofrochester.gov). The Rochester Police Department leaves rapes out of this open feed to protect victims' privacy, so the violent-offense count is a floor, not a full count. 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.

Monroe County Market Momentum

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