New York · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bronx County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bronx County pays $5,447 a year, an effective rate of 1.03%, far above the U.S. average.
- $5,447
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.03%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +173%
- vs U.S. average
- #57 of 62
- rank in NY
The verdict
Homeowners in Bronx County pay a median $5,447 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.03%, more affordable than 33% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $5,447
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.03%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2102 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +173%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($529,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for New York. Population: 1,404,779. Owner-occupied homes: 107,175.
The median annual property tax in Bronx County is $5,447, which is 17% lower than the New York state average and 173% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.03% on a median home value of $529,500. Property taxes represent 11.2% of the median household income in this county.
Why Bronx County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Bronx County pay a median annual property tax of $5,447, far above the national median and notably lower than the New York state median. On a $529,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.03% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Bronx County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 11.2% of the $48,676 median household income.
Decision signal 3
High among New York counties by effective rate
Bronx County ranks #57 of 62 counties in New York by effective rate (8% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bronx County's 1.03% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 33%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bronx 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 held while the market moved
Bronx County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.6% up, against a median home value that rose 23.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 29.4%, from $4,208 to $5,447.
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 29% from $4,208 to $5,447. 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: 62,532 of 107,175 owner-occupied homes (58.3%) 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.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 11% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
32.9% of Bronx County homes owned free and clear (15,448 of 46,960) report no property tax at all, against 15.1% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Bronx County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bronx County homeowners, 62,532 of 107,175 owner-occupied homes (58.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.4% (4,680)
- $800 to $1,499 4.7% (4,991)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.0% (3,250)
- $2,000 to $2,999 6.7% (7,199)
- $3,000 or more 58.3% (62,532)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
24,523 homes here (22.9%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how New York handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Bronx County, mortgaged homeowners pay 10% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Bronx County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Bronx County's SPIKE ACS 2024 figure.
Bronx County's median bill is 17% below the New York median and 173% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Bronx County moved from $4,208 in the 2020 release to $5,447 in 2024, a change of about 29%. 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.
Bronx County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bronx County | New York Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 11.2% | - | - |
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.
Is Bronx County's $5,447 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Bronx County's $5,447 ACS median (SPIKE), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $545/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for New York.
Bronx County bill trail · SPIKE
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,447 +2.6% | 1.03% |
| 2023 | $5,310 +6.5% | 1.03% |
| 2022 | $4,984 +9.1% | 0.99% |
| 2021 | $4,567 +8.5% | 1.02% |
| 2020 | $4,208 | 0.98% |
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.
Bronx County: tax takes 11.2% of income
Counties near Bronx County's median bill
On effective rate, Bronx County sits nearest Thayer County (NE), Boone County (NE), Custer County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Kleberg County (TX), Piatt County (IL), Wake County (NC).
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
Bronx County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 19,980 of 669,960 returns from Bronx County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,451 - 38% 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.
Other Counties in New York
Bronx County bill FAQs
- How does Bronx County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bronx County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.03% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bronx County?
- Property taxes in Bronx County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 11.2% of the $48,676 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Bronx County, New York?
- The median annual property tax in Bronx County is $5,447, an effective rate of 1.03% on a $529,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Bronx County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bronx County jumped 29.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $4,208 to $5,447, 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 is the tax affordability score for Bronx County?
- Bronx County, New York scores F (15/100) 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 F (1.03%). 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 to do with Bronx County's SPIKE bill
Bronx County's $5,447 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is elevated here: about 11.2% of Bronx County's $48,676 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Bronx County's SPIKE median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.03%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $5,447/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bronx County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bronx County (PAR · SPIKE), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR SPIKE
Worcester County, MA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,438/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 1.28% vs Bronx County 1.03%.
Windsor County, VT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,458/yr (near-tied bill ABS $11); rate 1.84% vs Bronx County 1.03%.
Sarpy County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,473/yr (near-tied bill ABS $26); rate 1.74% vs Bronx County 1.03%.
Grundy County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,420/yr (near-tied bill ABS $27); rate 1.99% vs Bronx County 1.03%.
New York county set
State ACS overview for every published New York county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bronx County stamps PAR · SPIKE - 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 Bronx County (PAR · SPIKE) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.