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Property Tax by County (2026)

Compare median property-tax bills, home values, and effective rates across 3,152 U.S. counties. The typical county's effective rate is 0.92%, but the rate and dollar bill can point to very different places.

3,152
county profiles
$1,993
typical annual bill
3.56%
highest effective rate

Start with the right comparison

A high property-tax bill does not automatically mean a high property-tax rate: expensive housing can push up the median bill even where the percentage rate is modest. Use the bill rankings for budget comparisons, then use the effective-rate rankings to compare the tax burden relative to local home values.

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Counties with the highest effective property-tax rates

Top 10 counties by median tax divided by median home value, ACS 2024

effective rate

What this shows Menominee County, Wisconsin has the highest effective rate in this snapshot at 3.56%. The comparison uses median tax paid relative to median home value, not a statutory millage rate.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (B25103) As of 2024

Highest median property-tax bills

Dollar bills are useful for a household budget, but Census ACS top-codes the very highest values at $10,001.

  1. 1Marin County, CA $10,0010.66%
  2. 2Santa Clara County, CA $10,0010.67%
  3. 3New York County, NY $10,0010.92%
  4. 4Falls Church city, VA $10,0010.95%
  5. 5Nassau County, NY $10,0011.46%
  6. 6Westchester County, NY $10,0011.51%
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Lowest median property-tax bills

Lower bills often reflect lower home values; compare the percentage rate before treating a low bill as a low burden.

  1. 1West Carroll Parish, LA $1990.21%
  2. 2Oglala Lakota County, SD $1990.38%
  3. 3Kusilvak Census Area, AK $1990.24%
  4. 4Northwest Arctic Borough, AK $1990.10%
  5. 5Aleutians East Borough, AK $1990.15%
  6. 6Bethel Census Area, AK $1990.12%
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Browse county property-tax data by state

Each state profile lists its counties and puts local bills in statewide context. Choose a state to browse every available county record.

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How we calculate county property-tax rates

The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey reports median real-estate tax paid and median home value for owner-occupied homes. PlainPropertyTax divides those two published measures to show an effective rate. It is a comparison measure, not a local assessor's current mill rate, and your own bill can differ because of assessed value, exemptions, and local timing.

For the source definitions, vintage, and limitations, read the methodology. For an individual estimate, use the property-tax estimator rather than treating a county median as a quoted bill.

PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. The effective-rate comparison divides the Census ACS median tax paid by its median home value for each county. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-09.