{"source":"Long Island Property Tax","url":"https://longislandpropertytax.com/data","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","updated":"2026-10-16T01:11:01.077Z","tax_year":"2025-26","facts":[{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates for 841,153 homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 2025–26 tax rates, before exemptions.","id":"median-bill","label":"Median bill, Long Island","value":"$13,262","sentence":"The median property tax bill on a Long Island home is $13,262 a year before exemptions such as STAR.","href":"/data#median-bill"},{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates for 841,153 homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 2025–26 tax rates, before exemptions.","id":"county-medians","label":"Nassau vs. Suffolk","value":"$14,436 / $12,221","sentence":"The median property tax bill on a home is $14,436 a year in Nassau County and $12,221 in Suffolk County, before exemptions.","href":"/data#county-medians"},{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates for 841,153 homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 2025–26 tax rates, before exemptions.","id":"middle-half","label":"Middle half of homes","value":"$10,630–$16,652","sentence":"Half of Long Island homes have property tax bills between $10,630 and $16,652 a year before exemptions.","href":"/data#middle-half"},{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates for 841,153 homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 2025–26 tax rates, before exemptions.","id":"over-15000","label":"Bills of $15,000 or more","value":"35%","sentence":"About 1 in 3 Long Island homes (35%) has a property tax bill of $15,000 or more a year before exemptions.","href":"/data#over-15000"},{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates for 841,153 homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 2025–26 tax rates, before exemptions.","id":"top-tenth","label":"Top tenth of homes","value":"$22,023+","sentence":"One in ten Long Island homes has a property tax bill of $22,023 or more a year before exemptions.","href":"/data#top-tenth"},{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates of each home’s bill, line by line, 2025–26 tax rates, after owners’ exemptions.","id":"school-share","label":"Share going to schools","value":"64%","sentence":"School district taxes make up 64% of the property taxes Long Island homeowners pay, and school district libraries another 3%.","href":"/data#school-share"},{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates for 841,153 homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 2025–26 tax rates, before exemptions.","id":"district-range","label":"School districts, highest and lowest","value":"$34,463 / $6,186","sentence":"Among Long Island school districts with at least 1,000 homes, the median bill is highest in Cold Spring Harbor ($34,463 a year) and lowest in Oysterponds ($6,186).","href":"/data#district-range"},{"basis":"Long Island Property Tax estimates for 841,153 homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 2025–26 tax rates, before exemptions.","id":"town-range","label":"Towns, highest and lowest","value":"$17,642 / $7,344","sentence":"Of Long Island’s towns and cities, the Town of North Hempstead has the highest median property tax bill, $17,642 a year, and the Town of Shelter Island the lowest, $7,344.","href":"/data#town-range"},{"id":"tax-cap","label":"Over the tax cap, 2026–27","value":"7 of 121","sentence":"7 of 121 Long Island school districts proposed 2026–27 tax levies above their state tax-cap limit, which requires 60% voter approval.","basis":"New York State Education Department Property Tax Report Card data, 2026–27.","href":"/long-island-school-tax-cap-tracker"},{"id":"levy-change","label":"Median levy increase, 2026–27","value":"2.4%","sentence":"The median Long Island school district proposed raising its 2026–27 tax levy by 2.4%; the districts’ combined levy would rise 2.5%.","basis":"New York State Education Department Property Tax Report Card data, 2026–27.","href":"/long-island-school-tax-cap-tracker"}]}