Finger Lakes
Enfield, New York
Enfield is a town in Tompkins County, in New York's Finger Lakes region, home to about 3,400 people as of the 2020 census.
Eleven glacial lakes lined with waterfalls, gorges, and the state's biggest wine country. Enfield sits in that part of the state.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Tompkins
- Region
- Finger Lakes
- Population (2020)
- 3,362
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Enfield
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · The Outdoors
Enfield's Glen Gives It a Wilder West-Ithaca Edge
Robert H. Treman State Park gives Enfield a rugged gorge identity on the west side of the Ithaca area.
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Connecticut Hill Is Not a Free-for-All Trail System
DEC lists several prohibited activities at Connecticut Hill WMA, including mountain bikes, e-bikes, and camping without a permit.
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Connecticut Hill Makes Newfield Part of a Broad Wildlife Landscape
Connecticut Hill WMA links Newfield and Enfield to a broad public wildlife landscape, according to DEC.
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Ulysses Has a Gorge-and-Lake Identity at Taughannock
Ulysses reads as a Cayuga Lake town with a dramatic gorge landscape at Taughannock Falls.
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Ulysses Building and Zoning Starts With the BCPZ Page
Ulysses keeps building permits, zoning map, flood-hazard resources, and fee-payment links under its BCPZ department.
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Ithaca's Town Story Climbs Above the City
The Town of Ithaca frames the city from Cayuga Lake hills, Cornell and Ithaca College edges, natural areas, and surrounding neighborhoods.
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The Waterfall in Town That Beats Niagara on Height
Taughannock Falls drops 215 feet straight down — taller than Niagara — and it's one of more than 150 waterfalls hiding in the gorges around Ithaca.
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Newfield Keeps a Covered Bridge in Daily View
Newfield has a concrete identity marker in its one-lane covered bridge over the west branch of Cayuga Inlet.
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Cayuga Heights Was Planned as a Cornell-Edge Village
Cayuga Heights reads differently when you know it was planned as a home-focused village beside a growing Cornell.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $20–$26 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 $6,073–$7,910 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.
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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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