Capital Region
Colonie, New York
Colonie is a town in Albany County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 85,500 people as of the 2020 census.
In New York the practical answer turns on the exact address — the school district, any village lines, and how the parcel is assessed all shape the tax bill. The snapshot and official links below are the place to start.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Albany
- Region
- Capital Region
- Population (2020)
- 85,590
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Colonie
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Colonie's Story Sits Around Shaker Fields
Colonie's Shaker Heritage area ties the town to Watervliet Shaker buildings, Ann Lee Pond, and preserved open land.
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Albany Pine Bush Is the City Edge Made of Sand
The Albany Pine Bush gives the Capital Region a rare sandy barrens landscape right beside highways, neighborhoods, and malls.
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Albany Rural Cemetery Makes Menands a Civic Memory Landscape
Albany Rural Cemetery gives Menands and Colonie a landscaped public-history setting tied to graves, memorials, tours, and regional memory.
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Watervliet Is Arsenal City for a Reason
Watervliet's identity connects Hudson-side industry, Army manufacturing, and the long civic presence of the Watervliet Arsenal.
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Green Island Packs Islands, Industry, and Public Power Into One Square Mile
Green Island's story is municipal as much as scenic: tight boundaries, river islands, railroad industry, Ford work, and public power.
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Cohoes Has Falls, Mills, and a Mastodon
Cohoes's identity connects Cohoes Falls, Harmony Mills power, mill-worker memory, and the mastodon found during mill excavation.
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Cohoes Keeps Van Schaick Island in Its Civic Memory
Cohoes's identity includes Van Schaick Mansion, island geography at the Mohawk mouths, historic markers, and Revolutionary War memory.
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Colonie village has a tiny incorporation story and a busy road map
Village of Colonie history ties a 1921 incorporation, early budgets, Central Avenue, Wolf Road, Cook Park, and a memorable trustee tie-break to today's village map.
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Green Island Keeps Its Island Identity in Plain Sight
Green Island's village history page makes its compact Hudson-Mohawk island identity part of the local story.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $16–$24 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $4,944–$7,273 a year before the STAR break.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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