Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Alachua County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Alachua County pays $2,773 a year, an effective rate of 0.96%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,773
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.96%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +39%
- vs U.S. average
- #1 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Alachua County pay a median $2,773 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.96%, more affordable than 39% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,773
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.96%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1923 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($288,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 285,492. Owner-occupied homes: 63,185.
The median annual property tax in Alachua County is $2,773, which is 2% higher than the Florida state average and 39% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.96% on a median home value of $288,800. Property taxes represent 4.5% of the median household income in this county.
Alachua County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Alachua County's 0.96% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 39%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Florida counties by effective rate
Alachua County ranks #1 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (99% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Alachua County pay a median annual property tax of $2,773, well above the national median and roughly in line with the Florida state median. On a $288,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.96% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Alachua County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.5% of the $61,949 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Alachua County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 11.3% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 54% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 43.3%, the median bill rose 27.1% to $2,773: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 27% from $2,182 to $2,773. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 27,477 of 63,185 owner-occupied homes (43.5%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 4.5% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
Alachua County is an outlier inside Florida
Across the 67 Florida counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.70%. Alachua County is at 0.96%, which sits 2.2 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Alachua County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Alachua County homeowners, 27,477 of 63,185 owner-occupied homes (43.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.8% (5,537)
- $800 to $1,499 14.4% (9,117)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.3% (5,848)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.2% (12,782)
- $3,000 or more 43.5% (27,477)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,424 homes here (3.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Alachua County, mortgaged homeowners pay 21% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Alachua County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Alachua County's effective rate is higher than 99% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #1 of 67.
Where Alachua County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.96% more affordable than 39% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Alachua County moved from $2,182 in the 2020 release to $2,773 in 2024, a change of about 27%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Alachua County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Alachua County | Florida Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 4.5% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Alachua County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Alachua County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,773 +5.7% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | $2,623 +3.2% | 0.98% |
| 2022 | $2,541 +9.9% | 1.03% |
| 2021 | $2,313 +6.0% | 1.10% |
| 2020 | $2,182 | 1.08% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Alachua County: tax takes 4.5% of income
Counties near Alachua County's effective rate
On effective rate, Alachua County sits nearest Jefferson County (GA), Taylor County (GA), Ware County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Andrews County (TX), St. Clair County (MO), Guadalupe County (TX).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Alachua County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 5,780 of 119,510 returns from Alachua County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,950 - 35% of those reporters sat in the $200k+ AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Alachua County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Alachua County?
- Alachua County, Florida scores F (24/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at F (0.96%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Alachua County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Alachua County is $2,773, an effective rate of 0.96% on a $288,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Alachua County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Alachua County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.96% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Alachua County?
- Property taxes in Alachua County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.5% of the $61,949 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Alachua County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Alachua County jumped 27.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,182 to $2,773, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Alachua County's UNDER rate
Alachua County's $2,773 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Alachua County ranks #1 of 67 Florida counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Florida overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Alachua County's UNDER effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.96%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,773/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Alachua County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Alachua County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Chesterfield County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Alachua County at $2,773/yr; rate 0.76% vs Alachua County 0.96%.
Lucas County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Alachua County at $2,773/yr; rate 1.69% vs Alachua County 0.96%.
Barry County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,769/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.05% vs Alachua County 0.96%.
Blaine County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,778/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.38% vs Alachua County 0.96%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Alachua County stamps UNDER · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Alachua County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.