Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bullitt County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bullitt County pays $2,050 a year, an effective rate of 0.83%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,050
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.83%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +3%
- vs U.S. average
- #19 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Bullitt County pay a median $2,050 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.83%, more affordable than 48% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,050
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.83%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1639 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +3%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($247,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 84,027. Owner-occupied homes: 26,962.
The median annual property tax in Bullitt County is $2,050, which is 33% higher than the Kentucky state average and 3% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.83% on a median home value of $247,200. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Bullitt County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bullitt County's 0.83% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 48%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Kentucky counties by effective rate
Bullitt County ranks #19 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (84% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits above the Kentucky median
Homeowners in Bullitt County pay a median annual property tax of $2,050, modestly above the national median and well above the Kentucky state median. On a $247,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.83% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Bullitt County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $80,558 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bullitt 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 11.4% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 53% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 44.3%, the median bill rose 27.9% to $2,050: 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 28% from $1,603 to $2,050. 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 6,751 of 26,962 (25.0%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 2.5% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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 Bullitt County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bullitt County homeowners, 6,751 of 26,962 owner-occupied homes (25.0%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 10.6% (2,855)
- $800 to $1,499 18.3% (4,947)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.2% (4,900)
- $2,000 to $2,999 25.0% (6,751)
- $3,000 or more 24.6% (6,627)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
882 homes here (3.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Bullitt 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.
Bullitt County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bullitt County's effective rate is higher than 84% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #19 of 120.
Where Bullitt County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.83% more affordable than 48% 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 Bullitt County moved from $1,603 in the 2020 release to $2,050 in 2024, a change of about 28%. 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.
Bullitt County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bullitt County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-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.
Bullitt County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Bullitt County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,050 +2.8% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | $1,994 +7.5% | 0.85% |
| 2022 | $1,855 +9.2% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | $1,699 +6.0% | 0.93% |
| 2020 | $1,603 | 0.94% |
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.
Bullitt County: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Bullitt County's effective rate
On effective rate, Bullitt County sits nearest Porter County (IN), Pierce County (GA), Houston County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Fulton County (OH), Worth County (MO), Mahaska 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
Bullitt County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,020 of 40,030 returns from Bullitt County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,555 - 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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Bullitt County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Bullitt County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Bullitt County is $2,050, an effective rate of 0.83% on a $247,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Bullitt County?
- Bullitt County, Kentucky scores D (44/100) 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 D (0.83%). 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.
- How does Bullitt County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bullitt County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.83% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bullitt County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bullitt County jumped 27.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,603 to $2,050, 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 Bullitt County?
- Property taxes in Bullitt County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $80,558 median household income.
What to do with Bullitt County's UNDER rate
Inside Kentucky, Bullitt County's $2,050 median bill runs high versus the state median - compare the rest of the state before judging the burden. Kentucky overview →
Bullitt County ranks #19 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 Bullitt 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: 0.83%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,050/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bullitt County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bullitt County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Adair County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bullitt County at $2,050/yr; rate 1.28% vs Bullitt County 0.83%.
Clay County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bullitt County at $2,050/yr; rate 1.15% vs Bullitt County 0.83%.
Ouray County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bullitt County at $2,050/yr; rate 0.28% vs Bullitt County 0.83%.
Coconino County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,051/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Bullitt County 0.83%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bullitt 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 Bullitt County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.