Nassau & Suffolk · 853,573 parcels indexed · 2025 roll

What you'll actually pay in property tax.

Type any Long Island address. We pull the parcel from Nassau and Suffolk assessment rolls and show your estimated bill, the breakdown by school / town / county, and what the bill becomes once exemptions roll off.

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853,573
Parcels indexed
120
School districts
17
Towns & cities
$11,118
Median LI bill
Browse by school district

Schools drive 60–70% of your bill.

The biggest swing in Long Island taxes isn't your town — it's your school district. Median bills range from $5,192 to $30,783 across Long Island school districts at typical home values.

The fundamentals

Why Long Island taxes are among the highest in the country.

Three structural reasons that explain almost every dollar on your bill.

$25–35k
School spending per pupil
Long Island schools spend roughly 2× the national average. They're highly rated, and 60–70% of your tax bill goes here. That's the single biggest driver.
700+
Overlapping taxing districts
On top of county and town, almost every neighborhood has its own special districts: fire, library, water, sewer, sanitation, lighting, ambulance. Each one bills you separately.
2 of 2
Counties with their own police force
Both Nassau and Suffolk run county-wide police departments. Most U.S. counties don't — they rely on local PD and state police. This shows up in your county tax line.
From the locals

Real homeowners. Real bills. No spin.

Quotes pulled from public r/longisland discussions about property tax — unedited, attributed, and linked back to the original threads.

$8.7k→$10k+

“Paying $8,700 after STAR credit on a small 1,100 sq ft ranch in East Meadow. Value about $600k. Next door neighbor, because he's grieved every year for the last 20, is paying $6,500. Other slightly bigger houses on the same street are paying $10,000 or more because they don't grieve every year.”

r/longisland · East Meadow homeowner
$11k → $16k

“My taxes are $11k but I pay $16k for a sub-million-dollar home on the north shore. Long Island has great schools but the taxes are so high because of administration — superintendents who pay themselves more than many lawyers and doctors make.”

r/longisland · North Shore homeowner
$6k → $14k

“When my property taxes were $6,000, a 3% increase was manageable. Now that they've climbed to $14,000, that same percentage translates into a much more substantial burden.”

r/longisland · Suffolk County homeowner

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