Alabama · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bullock County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bullock County pays $332 a year, an effective rate of 0.41%, far below the U.S. average.
- $332
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.41%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -83%
- vs U.S. average
- #12 of 67
- rank in AL
The verdict
Homeowners in Bullock County pay a median $332 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.41%, more affordable than 92% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $332
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.41%
- Effective rate on median home
- #246 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -83%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($81,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alabama. Population: 10,058. Owner-occupied homes: 2,458.
The median annual property tax in Bullock County is $332, which is 58% lower than the Alabama state average and 83% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.41% on a median home value of $81,700. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Bullock County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Bullock County's 0.41% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 92% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Bullock County pay a median annual property tax of $332, far below the national median and far below the Alabama state median. On a $81,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.41% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Bullock County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $31,310 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Low among Alabama counties by effective rate
Bullock County ranks #12 of 67 counties in Alabama by effective rate (82% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bullock 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Bullock County rose 9.2%, from $74,800 to $81,700. The effective rate fell 25.5% over the same span, a steeper move than in 94% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 18.6%, to $332. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $408 in 2020 to $332 in 2024, a fall of 19%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,563 of 2,458 owner-occupied homes (63.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.1% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Bullock County fell from $408 to $332, a change of -18.6%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
31.8% of Bullock County homes owned free and clear (553 of 1,741) report no property tax at all, against 18.5% 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 Bullock County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bullock County homeowners, 1,563 of 2,458 owner-occupied homes (63.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 63.6% (1,563)
- $800 to $1,499 6.0% (147)
- $1,500 to $1,999 1.2% (29)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.0% (0)
- $3,000 or more 1.3% (33)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
686 homes here (27.9%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Bullock County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Alabama handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Bullock County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+94%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Bullock County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bullock County's effective rate is higher than 82% of the 67 counties in Alabama - ranking #12 of 67.
Where Bullock County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.41% Among the most affordable more affordable than 92% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more U.S. counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.41%, Bullock County sits in the lowest 8% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $332, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Bullock County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bullock County | Alabama Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.1% | - | - |
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.
Bullock County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alabama counties.
Bullock County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $332 +7.4% | 0.41% |
| 2023 | $309 -21.6% | 0.39% |
| 2022 | $394 +15.2% | 0.45% |
| 2021 | $342 -16.2% | 0.47% |
| 2020 | $408 | 0.55% |
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.
Bullock County: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near Bullock County's effective rate
On effective rate, Bullock County sits nearest Yavapai County (AZ), Madison County (AR), Polk County (AR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Claiborne County (MS), Smith County (MS), Wichita County (KS).
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
Bullock County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 3,860 returns from Bullock County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,770 - 40% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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 Alabama
Bullock County rate FAQs
- How does Bullock County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bullock County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.41% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Bullock County, Alabama?
- The median annual property tax in Bullock County is $332, an effective rate of 0.41% on a $81,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Bullock County?
- Bullock County, Alabama scores A (88/100) 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 bill size at A+ ($332/yr). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bullock County?
- Property taxes in Bullock County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $31,310 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bullock County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bullock County declined 18.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $408 to $332, 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 to do with Bullock County's QUIET rate
Bullock County's $332 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.1% of Bullock County's $31,310 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Bullock 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: 0.41%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $332/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bullock County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bullock County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Clay County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $331/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.21% vs Bullock County 0.41%.
Conecuh County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $331/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.31% vs Bullock County 0.41%.
Lowndes County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $337/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.39% vs Bullock County 0.41%.
McDowell County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $337/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.67% vs Bullock County 0.41%.
Alabama county set
State ACS overview for every published Alabama county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bullock County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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 Bullock County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.