California · County property tax · ACS 2024
Amador County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Amador County pays $3,172 a year, an effective rate of 0.71%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,172
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.71%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +59%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 58
- rank in CA
The verdict
Homeowners in Amador County pay a median $3,172 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.71%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,172
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.71%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1302 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +59%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($449,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for California. Population: 41,428. Owner-occupied homes: 12,941.
The median annual property tax in Amador County is $3,172, which is 38% lower than the California state average and 59% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.71% on a median home value of $449,800. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Why Amador County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Amador County pay a median annual property tax of $3,172, far above the national median and well below the California state median. On a $449,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.71% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Amador County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $88,044 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of California counties by effective rate
Amador County ranks #24 of 58 counties in California by effective rate (59% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Amador County's 0.71% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Amador 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
Amador County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 0.7% up, against a median home value that rose 36.6%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 37.6%, from $2,306 to $3,172.
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 38% from $2,306 to $3,172. 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: 6,649 of 12,941 owner-occupied homes (51.4%) 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.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 3.6% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Amador County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Amador County homeowners, 6,649 of 12,941 owner-occupied homes (51.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 9.6% (1,238)
- $800 to $1,499 9.9% (1,286)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.3% (1,205)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.2% (2,096)
- $3,000 or more 51.4% (6,649)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
467 homes here (3.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how California handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Amador County, mortgaged homeowners pay 13% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Amador County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Amador County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Amador County's median bill is 38% below the California median and 59% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Amador County moved from $2,306 in the 2020 release to $3,172 in 2024, a change of about 38%. 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.
Amador County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Amador County | California Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.6% | - | - |
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.
Is Amador County's $3,172 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Amador County's $3,172 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $317/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for California.
Amador County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,172 +7.9% | 0.71% |
| 2023 | $2,939 +4.4% | 0.70% |
| 2022 | $2,814 +14.6% | 0.69% |
| 2021 | $2,455 +6.5% | 0.70% |
| 2020 | $2,306 | 0.70% |
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.
Amador County: tax-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Amador County's median bill
On effective rate, Amador County sits nearest Pima County (AZ), Aleutians West Census Area (AK), New Castle County (DE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Green County (KY), Lake County (FL), Elliott County (KY).
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
Amador County: only 11% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,960 of 18,390 returns from Amador County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,981 - 39% 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.
Other Counties in California
Amador County bill FAQs
- How does Amador County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Amador County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.71% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Amador County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Amador County jumped 37.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,306 to $3,172, 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 is the tax affordability score for Amador County?
- Amador County, California scores F (34/100) 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 C (0.71%). 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 Amador County, California?
- The median annual property tax in Amador County is $3,172, an effective rate of 0.71% on a $449,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Amador County?
- Property taxes in Amador County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $88,044 median household income.
What to do with Amador County's HEAVY bill
Amador County's $3,172 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Amador County ranks #24 of 58 California counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. California overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Amador County's HEAVY 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: 0.71%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,172/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Amador County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Amador County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Jackson County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,174/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.74% vs Amador County 0.71%.
Butler County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,177/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 1.46% vs Amador County 0.71%.
Medina County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,165/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 1.32% vs Amador County 0.71%.
Benton County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,163/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 0.78% vs Amador County 0.71%.
California county set
State ACS overview for every published California county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Amador County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Amador County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.