Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Appling County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Appling County pays $721 a year, an effective rate of 0.94%, far below the U.S. average.
- $721
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.94%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -64%
- vs U.S. average
- #50 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Appling County pay a median $721 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.94%, more affordable than 40% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $721
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.94%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1882 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -64%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($76,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 18,493. Owner-occupied homes: 5,205.
The median annual property tax in Appling County is $721, which is 69% lower than the Georgia state average and 64% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.94% on a median home value of $76,700. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Appling County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Appling County pay a median annual property tax of $721, far below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $76,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.94% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Appling County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $46,651 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Appling County ranks #50 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (68% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Appling County's 0.94% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 40%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Appling 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
Appling County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 33.6% up, against a median home value that fell 11.9%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 17.6%, from $613 to $721.
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 $613 to $721, 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 2,322 of 5,205 owner-occupied homes (44.6%) 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 1.5% 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.
What Appling County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Appling County homeowners, 2,322 of 5,205 owner-occupied homes (44.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 44.6% (2,322)
- $800 to $1,499 20.8% (1,084)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.3% (121)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.4% (592)
- $3,000 or more 4.3% (222)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
864 homes here (16.6%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Appling County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+98%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Appling County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Appling County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Appling County's median bill is 69% below the Georgia median and 64% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Appling County taxes property at 0.94%, about 22% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $721 lands roughly 69% 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.
Appling County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Appling County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Appling County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Appling County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $721 +4.6% | 0.94% |
| 2023 | $689 +4.9% | 0.85% |
| 2022 | $657 +9.7% | 0.74% |
| 2021 | $599 -2.3% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | $613 | 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.
Appling County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Appling County's median bill
On effective rate, Appling County sits nearest Broward County (FL), Dorchester County (MD), Alger County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are De Witt County (IL), Essex County (VT), Erath 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
Appling County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 310 of 7,300 returns from Appling County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,490 - 42% 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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Appling County bill FAQs
- How does Appling County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Appling County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.94% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Appling County?
- Property taxes in Appling County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $46,651 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Appling County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Appling County is $721, an effective rate of 0.94% on a $76,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Appling County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Appling County climbed 17.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $613 to $721, 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 Appling County?
- Appling County, Georgia scores B- (65/100) 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+ (1.64×). 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 Appling County's LIGHT bill
Appling County's $721 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 1.5% of Appling County's $46,651 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Appling 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: 0.94%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $721/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Appling County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Appling County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Halifax County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Appling County at $721/yr; rate 0.46% vs Appling County 0.94%.
Wetzel County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Appling County at $721/yr; rate 0.67% vs Appling County 0.94%.
Benton County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $720/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.69% vs Appling County 0.94%.
Hickory County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $722/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Appling County 0.94%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Appling 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 Appling County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.