Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Baker County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Baker County pays $1,631 a year, an effective rate of 0.64%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,631
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.64%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -18%
- vs U.S. average
- #46 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Baker County pay a median $1,631 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.64%, more affordable than 67% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,631
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.64%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1040 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -18%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($256,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 28,430. Owner-occupied homes: 7,799.
The median annual property tax in Baker County is $1,631, which is 40% lower than the Florida state average and 18% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.64% on a median home value of $256,700. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Baker County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Baker County's 0.64% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 67%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Florida median
Homeowners in Baker County pay a median annual property tax of $1,631, notably lower than the national median and well below the Florida state median. On a $256,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.64% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Florida counties by effective rate
Baker County ranks #46 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (31% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Baker County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $79,836 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 15.7%, from $1,410 to $1,631. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Baker 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 51% from $1,079 to $1,631. 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: 1,741 of 7,799 owner-occupied homes (22.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 2.0% 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 Baker County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Baker County homeowners, 1,741 of 7,799 owner-occupied homes (22.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.3% (1,741)
- $800 to $1,499 18.9% (1,476)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.7% (832)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.6% (1,297)
- $3,000 or more 19.5% (1,524)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
929 homes here (11.9%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Baker County pay a substantially higher bill, 35% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Baker County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Baker County's effective rate is higher than 31% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #46 of 67.
Where Baker County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.64% Among the most affordable more affordable than 67% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Baker County moved from $1,079 in the 2020 release to $1,631 in 2024, a change of about 51%. 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.
Baker County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Baker County | Florida 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 | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Baker County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Baker County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,631 +15.7% | 0.64% |
| 2023 | $1,410 +7.7% | 0.63% |
| 2022 | $1,309 +10.9% | 0.66% |
| 2021 | $1,180 +9.4% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | $1,079 | 0.68% |
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.
Baker County: tax-to-income at 2.0%
Counties near Baker County's effective rate
On effective rate, Baker County sits nearest Siskiyou County (CA), Santa Cruz County (CA), Humboldt County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Grand County (UT), Eddy County (ND), Golden Valley County (MT).
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
Baker County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 380 of 12,060 returns from Baker County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,629 - 37% 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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Baker County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Baker County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Baker County is recorded at $1,631 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,079 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 7,799 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 is the average property tax in Baker County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Baker County is $1,631, an effective rate of 0.64% on a $256,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Baker County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Baker County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.64% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Baker County?
- Baker County, Florida scores C (55/100) 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 B- (0.64%). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Baker County?
- Property taxes in Baker County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $79,836 median household income.
What to do with Baker County's QUIET rate
Inside Florida, Baker County's $1,631 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Florida overview →
Baker County ranks #46 of 67 Florida counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Florida overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Baker County's QUIET 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: 0.64%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,631/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Baker County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Baker County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Warrick County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Baker County at $1,631/yr; rate 0.67% vs Baker County 0.64%.
Converse County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,630/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.56% vs Baker County 0.64%.
Kane County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,630/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.40% vs Baker County 0.64%.
Franklin County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,633/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.32% vs Baker County 0.64%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Baker County stamps QUIET · 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 Baker County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.