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• Source: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
• Date: February 24, 2008
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Bennett J. Loudon
• Topics: Tax , Real Estate
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: Property taxes vary greatly, depending on where you live in Monroe County, according to a database created by the Democrat and Chronicle with data provided by the state Comptroller's Office. The database includes school property tax rates for the 2006-07 school year and county, town, city and village rates for fiscal years ending in 2007. In Greece, the average home is assessed at $122,380 and the total property taxes for a homeowner in the Greece school district would be $4,445. Taxes on a $200,000 home would be $7,264. In Rochester, the average home is assessed at $60,500 and the property taxes would be $2,412. Taxes on a $200,000 home would be $7,972. In the town of Pittsford, the average home is assessed at $263,200 and the property taxes on that home in the Pittsford school district would be $8,557. Taxes on a $200,000 home would be $6,502. In the town of Victor, the average home is assessed at $230,600 and the property taxes on that home in the Victor school district would be $5,843. Taxes on a $200,000 home would be $5,068.