How much are property taxes in Forest Home, NY?

Name: Property taxes in Forest Home, NY, 2020–2024
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Homeowners in Forest Home, NY pay a median of $10,000 or more a year in real estate taxes (2020–2024 American Community Survey, table B25103).

Homes with a mortgage pay a median of $10,000 or more.

Homes without a mortgage pay a median of $10,000 or more.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median real estate taxes: $10,000 or more
With a mortgage: $10,000 or more
Without a mortgage: $10,000 or more

Real estate taxes in Forest Home against Tompkins County, its state and the nation

Median real estate taxes paid a year, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Forest Home	Tompkins County	New York	United States
Median real estate taxes	$10,000 or more	$6,515 (±$264)	$6,582 (±$21)	$3,119
Homes with a mortgage	$10,000 or more	$6,711 (±$348)	$6,954 (±$31)	$3,489
Homes without a mortgage	$10,000 or more	$6,252 (±$341)	$5,990 (±$41)	$2,576
Median home value	$499,300 (±$162,743)	$290,900 (±$12,898)	$423,800 (±$1,627)	$332,700

In Tompkins County, Forest Home ranks 1 of 6 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median real estate taxes.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How property taxes in Forest Home have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$334,400 (±$81,874)	$499,300 (±$162,743)	+49.3%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median real estate taxes in places near Forest Home

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Forest Home
Place	Distance	Median real estate taxes	Compared with this place
Forest Home	—	$10,000 or more	—
Northeast Ithaca	1.2 mi	$8,511 (±$596)	—
Village of Cayuga Heights	1.5 mi	$10,000 or more	—
Ithaca	1.8 mi	$8,897 (±$946)	—
East Ithaca	2.0 mi	$8,505 (±$637)	—
Village of Lansing	2.8 mi	$10,000 (±$2,334)	—
South Hill	3.1 mi	$7,060 (±$1,295)	—
Northwest Ithaca	3.4 mi	$4,750 (±$1,065)	—
Town of Dryden	5.7 mi	$6,334 (±$459)	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median real estate taxes across Tompkins County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median real estate taxes
1	Forest Home	$10,000 or more
2	Northeast Ithaca	$8,511 (±$596)
3	East Ithaca	$8,505 (±$637)
4	South Lansing	$7,865 (±$1,890)
5	South Hill	$7,060 (±$1,295)
6	Northwest Ithaca	$4,750 (±$1,065)

Forest Home is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside the Town of Ithaca, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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How much are property taxes in Forest Home?

The median real estate tax paid by homeowners in Forest Home, NY is $10,000 or more a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Forest Home CDP, New York (place:26561, in state:36).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25103_001E, B25103_001M, B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M from the 2019 release.

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B25103_001E, B25103_001M, B25103_002E, B25103_002M, B25103_003E, B25103_003M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.