Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Alleghany County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Alleghany County pays $1,000 a year, an effective rate of 0.79%, far below the U.S. average.
- $1,000
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.79%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -50%
- vs U.S. average
- #31 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Alleghany County pay a median $1,000 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.79%, more affordable than 51% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,000
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.79%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1538 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -50%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($125,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 14,859. Owner-occupied homes: 5,252.
The median annual property tax in Alleghany County is $1,000, which is 64% lower than the Virginia state average and 50% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.79% on a median home value of $125,800. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Alleghany County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Alleghany County's 0.79% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 51%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Alleghany County pay a median annual property tax of $1,000, far below the national median and far below the Virginia state median. On a $125,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.79% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Virginia counties by effective rate
Alleghany County ranks #31 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (77% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Alleghany County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $56,188 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Alleghany 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Alleghany County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 9.0% up, against a median home value that rose 3.9%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 13.3%, from $883 to $1,000.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $883 to $1,000, a gain of 13%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 2,340 of 5,252 owner-occupied homes (44.6%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.8% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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.
What Alleghany County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Alleghany County homeowners, 2,340 of 5,252 owner-occupied homes (44.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 32.2% (1,692)
- $800 to $1,499 44.6% (2,340)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.3% (384)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.3% (279)
- $3,000 or more 3.8% (201)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
356 homes here (6.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Alleghany County, mortgaged homeowners pay 27% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Alleghany County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Alleghany County's effective rate is higher than 77% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #31 of 133.
Where Alleghany County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.79% more affordable than 51% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Virginia, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 8% of the Virginia median, yet the median bill runs 64% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $1,000 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Alleghany County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Alleghany County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Alleghany County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Alleghany County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,000 -1.1% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | $1,011 +6.5% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | $949 +3.4% | 0.77% |
| 2021 | $918 +4.0% | 0.78% |
| 2020 | $883 | 0.73% |
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.
Alleghany County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Alleghany County's effective rate
On effective rate, Alleghany County sits nearest Panola County (TX), Lawrence County (SD), Wagoner County (OK).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Elk County (PA), Nicholas County (WV), Rice County (KS).
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
Alleghany County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 130 of 6,780 returns from Alleghany County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,531 - 38% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Alleghany County rate FAQs
- How does Alleghany County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Alleghany County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.79% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Alleghany County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Alleghany County is $1,000, an effective rate of 0.79% on a $125,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Alleghany County?
- Alleghany County, Virginia scores B- (66/100) 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 housing pressure at A- (2.24×). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Alleghany County?
- Property taxes in Alleghany County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $56,188 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Alleghany County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Alleghany County climbed 13.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $883 to $1,000, 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 Alleghany County's UNDER rate
Alleghany County's $1,000 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.8% of Alleghany County's $56,188 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Alleghany 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: 0.79%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,000/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Alleghany County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Alleghany County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Rapides Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Alleghany County at $1,000/yr; rate 0.55% vs Alleghany County 0.79%.
Hardin County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,001/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.96% vs Alleghany County 0.79%.
Ohio County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $999/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Alleghany County 0.79%.
Wilkes County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,002/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.59% vs Alleghany County 0.79%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Alleghany County stamps UNDER · LIGHT - 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 Alleghany County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.