Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bland County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bland County pays $846 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, far below the U.S. average.
- $846
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -58%
- vs U.S. average
- #87 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Bland County pay a median $846 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $846
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -58%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($152,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 6,199. Owner-occupied homes: 2,055.
The median annual property tax in Bland County is $846, which is 70% lower than the Virginia state average and 58% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $152,100. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Bland County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bland County's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Bland County pay a median annual property tax of $846, far below the national median and far below the Virginia state median. On a $152,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Bland County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $61,216 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Bland County ranks #87 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (35% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bland 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Bland County rose 21.1%, from $125,600 to $152,100. The effective rate fell 21.8% over the same span, a steeper move than in 87% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 5.3%, to $846. 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 $893 in 2020 to $846 in 2024, a fall of 5%. 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: 959 of 2,055 owner-occupied homes (46.7%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.4% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Bland County fell from $893 to $846, a change of -5.3%. 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 Bland County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bland County homeowners, 959 of 2,055 owner-occupied homes (46.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 46.7% (959)
- $800 to $1,499 28.4% (583)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.7% (137)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.0% (164)
- $3,000 or more 7.9% (163)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
49 homes here (2.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Bland County, mortgaged homeowners actually pay 15% less than those without a mortgage, a mild inversion from the national norm worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Bland County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bland County's effective rate is higher than 35% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #87 of 133.
Where Bland County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Virginia on both measures
Bland County's effective rate runs 23% under the Virginia median and its bill 70% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $846 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Virginia norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Bland County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bland County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Bland County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Bland County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $846 -2.5% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $868 -6.8% | 0.55% |
| 2022 | $931 +6.0% | 0.70% |
| 2021 | $878 -1.7% | 0.74% |
| 2020 | $893 | 0.71% |
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.
Bland County: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Bland County's effective rate
On effective rate, Bland County sits nearest Madison County (TN), Clay County (TN), Union County (SC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lawrence County (MS), Calhoun County (MS), Saguache County (CO).
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
Bland County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 50 of 2,600 returns from Bland County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,200 - 100% 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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Bland County rate FAQs
- How does Bland County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bland County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Bland County?
- Bland County, Virginia scores A- (84/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-133). 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 Bland County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Bland County is $846, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $152,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bland County?
- Property taxes in Bland County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $61,216 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bland County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bland County eased 5.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $893 to $846, 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 Bland County's QUIET rate
Bland County's $846 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 1.4% of Bland County's $61,216 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Bland 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $846/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bland County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bland County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Burke County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bland County at $846/yr; rate 0.54% vs Bland County 0.56%.
Newton County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bland County at $846/yr; rate 0.82% vs Bland County 0.56%.
Grant County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $845/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.91% vs Bland County 0.56%.
Le Flore County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $845/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Bland County 0.56%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bland County stamps QUIET · 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 Bland County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.