Tax parcel lookup for Watkins Glen and the southern tip of Seneca Lake
Schuyler County is one of New York's smallest counties by population, centered on Watkins Glen at the southern tip of Seneca Lake — known for Watkins Glen State Park's gorge trail and the Watkins Glen International racetrack. Beyond the village, the county is largely rural hill country typical of the southern Finger Lakes.
NY Property Peek's dataset includes over 13,000 individual tax parcels across Schuyler County, each with details like year built, square footage, bedroom and bathroom counts, and school district where available — pulled from New York State's statewide tax parcel records.
View the interactive map for Schuyler County →NY Property Peek holds 13,274 tax parcel records for Schuyler County, spread across 12 towns, cities and villages and 10 school districts. The median Schuyler County parcel sits on 2.56 acres, has 1,584 sq ft of finished living space, and dates to 1960. The median full market value on file is $167,350.
Construction dates for the 8,044 Schuyler County parcels whose records name a year built.
| Built | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1900 | 1,331 | 17% |
| 1900–1949 | 2,011 | 25% |
| 1950–1979 | 1,869 | 23% |
| 1980–1999 | 1,311 | 16% |
| 2000 or later | 1,522 | 19% |
The most common property classes among the 13,214 Schuyler County parcels that carry one. New York State assigns every parcel a class code describing how it is used.
| Property class | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| One family year-round residence | 5,094 | 39% |
| Rural residence with acreage | 1,189 | 9% |
| Rural vacant lots of 10 acres or less | 925 | 7% |
| Residential land including a small improvement (not used for living accommodations) | 813 | 6% |
| Mobile home | 616 | 5% |
Where Schuyler County's parcels are, by the municipality each one is assessed in.
| Municipality | Parcels | Share of county |
|---|---|---|
| Hector | 3,643 | 27% |
| Tyrone | 1,759 | 13% |
| Dix | 1,288 | 10% |
| Orange | 1,246 | 9% |
| Reading | 1,111 | 8% |
| Watkins Glen | 1,108 | 8% |
| Catharine | 873 | 7% |
| Montour Falls | 691 | 5% |
Every figure above is counted directly from the 13,274 Schuyler County records in this site's copy of New York State's statewide tax parcel dataset — none of it is estimated or modelled. Assessment records are a snapshot of what each assessor filed, so an individual parcel can be out of date or incomplete. Nothing here is a title search or a legal description of a property.