Several Cayuga County municipalities are among the lowest taxed communities in central New York, according to a report released Wednesday by the Empire Center for Public Policy.

The report ranks municipalities based on their 2011 effective property tax rates, which includes the total property taxes they paid for village, town, city, county and school district services. Central New York’s bottom 20 effective tax rates include 11 towns and villages from Cayuga County.

Residents in the town of Niles who are part of the Moravia Central School District had the lowest effective tax rate in the county, and third-lowest in the region, at $22.15 per $1,000 of property value.

Niles made another appearance on the list, with town residents living in the Skaneateles Central School District paying a rate of $22.93 per $1,000 — good for fifth in the region.

Some town of Skaneateles residents had the lowest effective tax rate in central New York, the report found. Skaneateles residents living in the Moravia Central School District paid an effective tax rate of $21.36 per $1,000 of property value, while residents living in the Skaneateles Central School District paid $22.14 per $1,000.

Auburn, which includes all of the Auburn Enlarged City School District, ranked 36th out of 75 New York cities with a rate of $35.91 per $1,000.

Fulton had the highest effective tax rate among central New York municipalities. Fulton’s average effective tax rate was $51.15 per $1,000 of property value in 2011.

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