South Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Allendale County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Allendale County pays $669 a year, an effective rate of 0.88%, far below the U.S. average.
- $669
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.88%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -66%
- vs U.S. average
- #1 of 46
- rank in SC
The verdict
Homeowners in Allendale County pay a median $669 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.88%, more affordable than 44% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $669
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.88%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1749 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -66%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($76,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for South Carolina. Population: 7,661. Owner-occupied homes: 1,998.
The median annual property tax in Allendale County is $669, which is 47% lower than the South Carolina state average and 66% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.88% on a median home value of $76,200. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Why Allendale County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Allendale County pay a median annual property tax of $669, far below the national median and well below the South Carolina state median. On a $76,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.88% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among South Carolina counties by effective rate
Allendale County ranks #1 of 46 counties in South Carolina by effective rate (98% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 23.4%, from $542 to $669. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Allendale County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $32,328 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Allendale County's 0.88% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 44%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Allendale 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 71% from $391 to $669. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 859 of 1,998 owner-occupied homes (43.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.1% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
39.5% of Allendale County homes owned free and clear (511 of 1,293) report no property tax at all, against 10.2% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
Allendale County is an outlier inside South Carolina
Across the 46 South Carolina counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.52%. Allendale County is at 0.88%, which sits 3.0 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 Allendale County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Allendale County homeowners, 859 of 1,998 owner-occupied homes (43.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 43.0% (859)
- $800 to $1,499 15.8% (316)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.5% (189)
- $2,000 to $2,999 1.8% (36)
- $3,000 or more 0.8% (15)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
583 homes here (29.2%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Allendale County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how South Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Allendale County, mortgaged homeowners pay 23% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Allendale County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Allendale County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Allendale County's median bill is 47% below the South Carolina median and 66% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Allendale County taxes property at 0.88%, about 83% above the South Carolina average, yet its median bill of $669 lands roughly 47% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Allendale County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Allendale County | South Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Allendale County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · South Carolina counties.
Allendale County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $669 +23.4% | 0.88% |
| 2023 | $542 +0.4% | 0.88% |
| 2022 | $540 +6.5% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | $507 +29.7% | 0.94% |
| 2020 | $391 | 0.83% |
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.
Allendale County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Allendale County's median bill
On effective rate, Allendale County sits nearest Comanche County (OK), Towner County (ND), Burleigh County (ND).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Mora County (NM), Jim Hogg County (TX), Stewart County (GA).
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
Allendale County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 3,220 returns from Allendale County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,450 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k 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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Allendale County bill FAQs
- How does Allendale County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Allendale County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.88% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Allendale County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Allendale County is recorded at $669 in the 2024 5-year release against $391 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,998 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Allendale County?
- Property taxes in Allendale County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $32,328 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Allendale County, South Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Allendale County is $669, an effective rate of 0.88% on a $76,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Allendale County?
- Allendale County, South Carolina 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 bill size at A+ ($669/yr). 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 to do with Allendale County's LIGHT bill
Allendale County's $669 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 →
Allendale County ranks #1 of 46 South Carolina counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. South Carolina overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Allendale County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.88%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $669/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Allendale County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Allendale County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Esmeralda County, NV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Allendale County at $669/yr; rate 0.61% vs Allendale County 0.88%.
Overton County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Allendale County at $669/yr; rate 0.39% vs Allendale County 0.88%.
Cleveland County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $667/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.48% vs Allendale County 0.88%.
Clarke County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $666/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.56% vs Allendale County 0.88%.
South Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published South Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Allendale 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 Allendale County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.