Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bourbon County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bourbon County pays $1,627 a year, an effective rate of 0.71%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,627
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.71%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -18%
- vs U.S. average
- #50 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Bourbon County pay a median $1,627 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.71%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,627
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.71%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1302 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 ($229,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 20,240. Owner-occupied homes: 5,181.
The median annual property tax in Bourbon County is $1,627, which is 5% higher than the Kentucky state average and 18% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.71% on a median home value of $229,300. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Bourbon County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bourbon County's 0.71% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Bourbon County pay a median annual property tax of $1,627, notably lower than the national median and modestly above the Kentucky state median. On a $229,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.71% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Kentucky counties by effective rate
Bourbon County ranks #50 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (58% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Bourbon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $61,354 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bourbon 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
Bourbon County's effective rate fell 17.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 47.6%, leaving the median bill 22.0% higher at $1,627. 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 $1,334 to $1,627, a gain of 22%. 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 1,576 of 5,181 owner-occupied homes (30.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.7% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Bourbon County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bourbon County homeowners, 1,576 of 5,181 owner-occupied homes (30.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.0% (673)
- $800 to $1,499 30.4% (1,576)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.1% (937)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.7% (815)
- $3,000 or more 18.8% (973)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
207 homes here (4.0%) 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 Bourbon County pay a substantially higher bill, 32% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Bourbon County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bourbon County's effective rate is higher than 58% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #50 of 120.
Where Bourbon County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.71% more affordable than 58% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Close to the Kentucky median on both measures
Rate and bill both land within 10% of the Kentucky medians here, which makes Bourbon County a reasonable stand-in for the state when comparing against counties elsewhere. It also means the county-level figure adds little beyond the state figure for this particular comparison; the $1,627 median bill and the state median tell substantially the same story.
Bourbon County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bourbon 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 Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Bourbon County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Bourbon County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,627 +4.1% | 0.71% |
| 2023 | $1,563 +3.1% | 0.74% |
| 2022 | $1,516 +7.8% | 0.81% |
| 2021 | $1,406 +5.4% | 0.87% |
| 2020 | $1,334 | 0.86% |
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.
Bourbon County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Bourbon County's effective rate
On effective rate, Bourbon County sits nearest Monroe County (IN), Johnson County (IN), Huntington County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Franklin County (AL), Santa Cruz County (AZ), Chatham County (GA).
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
Bourbon County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 380 of 9,130 returns from Bourbon County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,318 - 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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Bourbon County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Bourbon County?
- Bourbon County, Kentucky scores D (47/100) 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 C (0.71%). 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 Bourbon County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Bourbon County is $1,627, an effective rate of 0.71% on a $229,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Bourbon County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bourbon County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.71% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bourbon County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bourbon County jumped 22.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,334 to $1,627, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bourbon County?
- Property taxes in Bourbon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $61,354 median household income.
What to do with Bourbon County's UNDER rate
At Bourbon County's 0.71% effective rate, a $229,300 home implies about $1,627/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Bourbon County ranks #50 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 Bourbon 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: 0.71%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,627/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bourbon County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bourbon County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Westmoreland County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,628/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Bourbon County 0.71%.
Converse County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,630/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.56% vs Bourbon County 0.71%.
Kane County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,630/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.40% vs Bourbon County 0.71%.
Baker County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,631/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.64% vs Bourbon County 0.71%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bourbon 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 Bourbon County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.