North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Brunswick County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Brunswick County pays $1,890 a year, an effective rate of 0.54%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,890
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.54%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -5%
- vs U.S. average
- #82 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Brunswick County pay a median $1,890 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.54%, more affordable than 79% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,890
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.54%
- Effective rate on median home
- #659 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -5%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($349,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 152,568. Owner-occupied homes: 58,472.
The median annual property tax in Brunswick County is $1,890, which is 0% higher than the North Carolina state average and 5% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.54% on a median home value of $349,800. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Brunswick County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Brunswick County's 0.54% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 79%).
Decision signal 2
High among North Carolina counties by effective rate
Brunswick County ranks #82 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (18% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Brunswick County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $77,024 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Brunswick County pay a median annual property tax of $1,890, modestly below the national median and roughly in line with the North Carolina state median. On a $349,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.54% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Brunswick 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
Brunswick County's effective rate fell 13.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 58.7%, leaving the median bill 38.0% higher at $1,890. That rate move is larger than the one in 55% 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 38% from $1,370 to $1,890. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 14,106 of 58,472 (24.1%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 2.5% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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 Brunswick County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Brunswick County homeowners, 14,106 of 58,472 owner-occupied homes (24.1%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.9% (8,139)
- $800 to $1,499 23.6% (13,808)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.5% (8,483)
- $2,000 to $2,999 24.1% (14,106)
- $3,000 or more 21.5% (12,584)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,352 homes here (2.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Brunswick 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.
Brunswick County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Brunswick County's effective rate is higher than 18% of the 100 counties in North Carolina - ranking #82 of 100.
Where Brunswick County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.54% Among the most affordable more affordable than 79% 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 Brunswick County moved from $1,370 in the 2020 release to $1,890 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.
Brunswick County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Brunswick County | North Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.5% | - | - |
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.
Brunswick County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Brunswick County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,890 +5.6% | 0.54% |
| 2023 | $1,789 +7.8% | 0.57% |
| 2022 | $1,659 +12.2% | 0.58% |
| 2021 | $1,478 +7.9% | 0.62% |
| 2020 | $1,370 | 0.62% |
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.
Brunswick County: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Brunswick County's effective rate
On effective rate, Brunswick County sits nearest Luna County (NM), Lincoln County (MT), Carbon County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Custer County (SD), Claiborne Parish (LA), Montgomery County (AL).
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
Brunswick County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 5,720 of 81,140 returns from Brunswick County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,085 - 36% 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 North Carolina
Brunswick County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Brunswick County?
- Brunswick County, North Carolina scores C (56/100) 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+ (0.54%). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Brunswick County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Brunswick County jumped 38.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,370 to $1,890, 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 average property tax in Brunswick County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Brunswick County is $1,890, an effective rate of 0.54% on a $349,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Brunswick County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Brunswick County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.54% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Brunswick County?
- Property taxes in Brunswick County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $77,024 median household income.
What to do with Brunswick County's QUIET rate
At Brunswick County's 0.54% effective rate, a $349,800 home implies about $1,890/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Brunswick County ranks #82 of 100 North Carolina counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. North Carolina overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Brunswick 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: 0.54%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,890/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Brunswick County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Brunswick County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Christian County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,891/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.64% vs Brunswick County 0.54%.
Nelson County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,891/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Brunswick County 0.54%.
Sanders County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,889/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Brunswick County 0.54%.
Santa Rosa County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,891/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Brunswick County 0.54%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Brunswick 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 Brunswick County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.