In 2008, in terms of property taxes paid as a percentage of home value (1.34%) and 12th in the country in terms of property taxes as a percentage of income (3.55%).

One recent morning, a front-page story in the local newspaper, The Press & Sun-Bulletin, reported that Broome County's property taxes as a percentage of home value ranked 18th-highest in the nation, according to a study by the Tax Foundation, a Washington tax research group.