Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Atkinson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Atkinson County pays $625 a year, an effective rate of 0.79%, far below the U.S. average.
- $625
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.79%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -69%
- vs U.S. average
- #103 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Atkinson County pay a median $625 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.79%, more affordable than 51% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $625
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.79%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1538 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -69%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($79,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Atkinson County, GA
70/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Atkinson County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median home value relative to Atkinson County's median income
Median tax as a share of Atkinson County's median household income
Atkinson County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Atkinson County
Read the chart values
- Bill size: 94/100 (A+) · $625/yr
- Housing pressure: 93/100 (A+) · 1.87×
- Income room: 85/100 (A-) · 1.5%
- Rate relief: 51/100 (C-) · 0.79%
- Mortgage premium: 33/100 (F) · +$472
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 8,337. Owner-occupied homes: 1,994.
The median annual property tax in Atkinson County is $625, which is 73% lower than the Georgia state average and 69% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.79% on a median home value of $79,000. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Atkinson County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Atkinson County pay a median annual property tax of $625, far below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $79,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.79% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Atkinson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $42,347 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Atkinson County ranks #103 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (35% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Atkinson County's 0.79% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 51%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Atkinson County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Atkinson County rose 24.6%, from $63,400 to $79,000. The effective rate fell 21.3% over the same span, a steeper move than in 86% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 1.9%, to $625. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $637 in 2020 to $625 in 2024, a fall of 2%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,099 of 1,994 owner-occupied homes (55.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.5% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Atkinson County fell from $637 to $625, a change of -1.9%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Atkinson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Atkinson County homeowners, 1,099 of 1,994 owner-occupied homes (55.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 55.1% (1,099)
- $800 to $1,499 26.5% (528)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.8% (175)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.3% (66)
- $3,000 or more 1.9% (38)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
88 homes here (4.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Atkinson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+89%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Atkinson County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Atkinson County's effective rate is higher than 35% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #103 of 158 for property tax burden.
Where Atkinson 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 Georgia, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 3% of the Georgia median, yet the median bill runs 73% 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 $625 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Atkinson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Atkinson County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-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.
Atkinson County stamps UNDER · LIGHT - still check the parcel card
On Atkinson County's published figures (UNDER · LIGHT), a $79,000 median home carries a $625 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $63 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Georgia.
Property Tax History · UNDER · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $625 -7.3% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | $674 -6.3% | 0.88% |
| 2022 | $719 +10.1% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | $653 +2.5% | 1.05% |
| 2020 | $637 | 1.00% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate notably lower than the national average of 0.92% puts Atkinson County in the "Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Atkinson County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Atkinson County sits nearest Leon County (FL), Lee County (FL), Allen County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Calhoun County (WV), Prowers County (CO), Wells County (ND).
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
What tax filers report in Atkinson County
Of the 3,030 federal returns filed from Atkinson County in 2022, 40 (1.3% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $1,800 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $75-100k, who accounted for 100% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Atkinson County's numbers
- Atkinson County's $625 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 Atkinson County's $42,347 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Atkinson County ranks #103 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
- If Atkinson County's assessment looks high versus the $79,000 typical home, check Georgia's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($79,000); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Atkinson County, both outside Georgia so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
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: $625/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Atkinson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Atkinson County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Caddo County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $626/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.54% vs Atkinson County 0.79%.
Autauga County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $627/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.30% vs Atkinson County 0.79%.
Clay County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $627/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.41% vs Atkinson County 0.79%.
Oregon County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $627/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.55% vs Atkinson County 0.79%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Atkinson 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Atkinson County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.