Onondaga County

County snapshot

Onondaga County's population has been roughly flat since 2020 (-0.9%), with net migration of 549 in 2024. Stable counties tend to behave predictably: most certificates redeem, few end in a deed.

By population, Onondaga County is the 11th largest of New York's 62 counties. It has grown more slowly than the state average (-0.6% across New York) — often where the less contested certificates are, and also where the risk sits. Of the 2024 change, 549 came from people moving in and 38 from births outnumbering deaths.

Counties of similar size in New York with a sale on our calendar: Orange County, Dutchess County, Monroe County. Useful if this county's sale has already closed and you want the next comparable one.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Census population estimates. Population figures are estimates, not a count.

Property & tax profile

The median homeowner in Onondaga County pays $4,880 a year in property tax — below the New York median of $6,582 (U.S.: $3,119). That is roughly what a typical home here owes for each year it goes unpaid — the debt that the opening bid at a deed sale is usually built from, plus interest and costs. Homes with a mortgage pay a median of $5,185; homes owned outright, $4,426.

On a home with a mortgage, the lender has its own reason to pay a delinquent tax bill: the tax lien outranks the mortgage, and a tax deed can wipe out the loan. On a home owned outright, nobody but the owner — or the heirs — has that reason. In Onondaga County, 39.9% of owner-occupied homes are owned outright (New York: 42.2%, U.S.: 39.4%). About the same as the state as a whole.

6.7% of all housing units in Onondaga County are vacant. The figure that matters for a buyer at the tax sale is the Census “other vacant” category — not for rent, not for sale, not a holiday home, but a catch-all that includes foreclosures, homes held up by legal proceedings or family reasons, homes needing repairs, and abandoned ones. Here it is 3.3% of all units (New York: 3.4%, U.S.: 3.6%). Close to the state rate.

Half of the homes in Onondaga County were built in or before 1964 (New York: in or before 1959). The typical tax bill is 6.3% of the median household income of $76,945 (New York: 7.7%).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (tables B25077, B25103, B25081, B25002, B25004, B25035, B19013) — see the figures on data.census.gov. Survey estimates with margins of error; anything too uncertain to state is left out.

Quick answers

• Oct 6, 2026

  Bryan CountyGeorgiaRedeemable deedAlready held

  Tax commissioner (in-person, courthouse steps, 151 S. College St., Pembroke)

  Bryan County holds one tax sale a year; no date after Oct 6, 2026 announced as of Oct 10. Certified funds due within one hour of the close of bidding.

  Our write-upOfficial source: bryancountyga.gov ↗checked Oct 10, 2026
• Oct 6, 2026

  Henry CountyGeorgiaRedeemable deedAlready held

  Tax commissioner (in-person, 140 Henry Pkwy., McDonough, 10am)

  Judicial in rem sale (60-day redemption). Sales on the first Tuesday of the month when held; no November 3 list posted as of Oct 10. Register online and have funds verified the morning of the sale.

  Official source: henrycountytax.com ↗checked Oct 10, 2026
• Oct 8, 2026

  Hamilton CountyIndianaTax lien certificateAlready held

  SRI Services

  Official source: hamiltoncounty.in.gov ↗checked Aug 14, 2026
• Oct 8, 2026

  Mora CountyNew MexicoTax deedAlready held

  State-run (in-person, 10am)

  The notice lists 43 parcels, but 30 were already marked removed in early October 2026; the 13 left had minimum bids from $200 to $7,500.

  Official source: tax.newmexico.gov ↗checked Oct 2, 2026