Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Brevard County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Brevard County pays $2,311 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,311
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +16%
- vs U.S. average
- #40 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Brevard County pay a median $2,311 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,311
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +16%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($339,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 632,780. Owner-occupied homes: 197,609.
The median annual property tax in Brevard County is $2,311, which is 15% lower than the Florida state average and 16% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $339,600. Property taxes represent 2.9% of the median household income in this county.
Brevard County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Brevard County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Brevard County pay a median annual property tax of $2,311, notably higher than the national median and notably lower than the Florida state median. On a $339,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Florida counties by effective rate
Brevard County ranks #40 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (40% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Brevard County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $78,476 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Brevard 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.8% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 56% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 54.4%, the median bill rose 37.6% to $2,311: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 38% from $1,679 to $2,311. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 67,412 of 197,609 owner-occupied homes (34.1%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 2.9% 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 Brevard County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Brevard County homeowners, 67,412 of 197,609 owner-occupied homes (34.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.4% (22,554)
- $800 to $1,499 18.6% (36,837)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.5% (22,679)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.6% (38,711)
- $3,000 or more 34.1% (67,412)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
9,416 homes here (4.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Brevard County, mortgaged homeowners pay 24% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Brevard County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Brevard County's effective rate is higher than 40% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #40 of 67.
Where Brevard County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.68% Among the most affordable more affordable than 62% 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 Brevard County moved from $1,679 in the 2020 release to $2,311 in 2024, a change of about 38%. 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.
Brevard County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Brevard 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 Above-median income burden | 2.9% | - | - |
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.
Brevard County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Brevard County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,311 +8.0% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $2,139 +6.8% | 0.70% |
| 2022 | $2,002 +11.2% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $1,801 +7.3% | 0.76% |
| 2020 | $1,679 | 0.76% |
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.
Brevard County: tax-to-income at 2.9%
Counties near Brevard County's effective rate
On effective rate, Brevard County sits nearest Ventura County (CA), San Luis Obispo County (CA), San Diego County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Glascock County (GA), Sibley County (MN), Adams County (IA).
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
Brevard County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 15,670 of 318,020 returns from Brevard County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,090 - 33% 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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Brevard County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Brevard County?
- Brevard County, Florida scores D (40/100) 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+ (0.68%). 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 Brevard County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Brevard County is $2,311, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $339,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Brevard County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Brevard County jumped 37.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,679 to $2,311, 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.
- How does Brevard County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Brevard County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Brevard County?
- Property taxes in Brevard County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $78,476 median household income.
What to do with Brevard County's QUIET rate
At Brevard County's 0.68% effective rate, a $339,600 home implies about $2,311/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Brevard County ranks #40 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 Brevard 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,311/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Brevard County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Brevard County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Jefferson County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Brevard County at $2,311/yr; rate 1.41% vs Brevard County 0.68%.
Beltrami County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,309/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.97% vs Brevard County 0.68%.
Hamlin County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,313/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.11% vs Brevard County 0.68%.
Codington County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,308/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.97% vs Brevard County 0.68%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Brevard 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 Brevard County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.