Taxes and utilities
Property tax is the big one. Heating costs vary with the winter.
$2.93County levy per $1,000
2.35%Effective rate, Clay
713Therms in a typical winter
Property tax
- The county cut its 2026 levy rate to $2.93 per $1,000, down 11.5% from $3.31 in 2025.
- In the rate book, outside the village of North Syracuse, Clay’s town tax is 18.4451, highway tax is 52.0272 and state-mandated costs are 122.3974, each per $1,000 of taxable value.
- Aggregators put Clay’s effective rate at 2.35% with a median bill of $4,947. County-wide estimates run from 1.85% to 2.59%.
Heating and power
- National Grid’s October 2026 forecast expects some Central New York gas bills to fall about $9 this winter, assuming 713 therms from November to March. Electric heating customers may pay $22 to $39 more, 3% to 5%.
- National Grid says delivery rates rose in September 2025: 16% for gas and 11% for electricity.
- HEAP offers heating grants to income-eligible households.
We found no Syracuse-specific average annual bill. State income and sales tax are not covered here yet.