Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Anderson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Anderson County pays $1,697 a year, an effective rate of 0.75%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,697
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.75%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -15%
- vs U.S. average
- #37 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Anderson County pay a median $1,697 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.75%, more affordable than 55% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,697
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.75%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1425 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -15%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($225,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 24,353. Owner-occupied homes: 7,492.
The median annual property tax in Anderson County is $1,697, which is 10% higher than the Kentucky state average and 15% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.75% on a median home value of $225,100. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Anderson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Anderson County's 0.75% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 55%).
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Kentucky counties by effective rate
Anderson County ranks #37 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (69% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Anderson County pay a median annual property tax of $1,697, notably lower than the national median and notably higher than the Kentucky state median. On a $225,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.75% 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 Anderson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $74,488 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Anderson 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Anderson County's effective rate fell 17.2% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 42.4%, leaving the median bill 17.8% higher at $1,697. That rate move is larger than the one in 74% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $1,440 to $1,697, a gain of 18%. 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 1,947 of 7,492 owner-occupied homes (26.0%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.3% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Anderson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Anderson County homeowners, 1,947 of 7,492 owner-occupied homes (26.0%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.9% (1,039)
- $800 to $1,499 26.0% (1,947)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.1% (1,429)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.0% (1,649)
- $3,000 or more 13.8% (1,035)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
393 homes here (5.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Anderson County pay a substantially higher bill, 37% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Anderson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Anderson County's effective rate is higher than 69% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #37 of 120.
Where Anderson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.75% more affordable than 55% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Anderson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Anderson County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Anderson County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Anderson County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,697 -0.1% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | $1,698 +2.1% | 0.80% |
| 2022 | $1,663 +6.8% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $1,557 +8.1% | 0.92% |
| 2020 | $1,440 | 0.91% |
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.
Anderson County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Anderson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Anderson County sits nearest Delaware County (IN), Crawford County (IN), Bartholomew County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Johnson County (MO), Saline County (AR), Elko County (NV).
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
Anderson County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 400 of 11,140 returns from Anderson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,560 - 40% 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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Anderson County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Anderson County?
- Anderson County, Kentucky scores C- (50/100) 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 income room at C (2.3%). 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 Anderson County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Anderson County is $1,697, an effective rate of 0.75% on a $225,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Anderson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Anderson County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.75% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Anderson County?
- Property taxes in Anderson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $74,488 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Anderson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Anderson County climbed 17.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,440 to $1,697, 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 Anderson County's UNDER rate
At Anderson County's 0.75% effective rate, a $225,100 home implies about $1,697/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Anderson County ranks #37 of 120 Kentucky counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Kentucky overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Anderson 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: 0.75%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,697/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Anderson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Anderson County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Elk County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Anderson County at $1,697/yr; rate 1.27% vs Anderson County 0.75%.
Montgomery County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Anderson County at $1,697/yr; rate 0.61% vs Anderson County 0.75%.
Polk County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Anderson County at $1,697/yr; rate 0.54% vs Anderson County 0.75%.
Madison County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,698/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.73% vs Anderson County 0.75%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Anderson 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 Anderson County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.