Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Butts County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Butts County pays $1,976 a year, an effective rate of 0.82%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $1,976
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.82%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -1%
- vs U.S. average
- #96 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Butts County pay a median $1,976 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.82%, more affordable than 49% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,976
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.82%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1614 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -1%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($240,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 26,496. Owner-occupied homes: 6,642.
The median annual property tax in Butts County is $1,976, which is 16% lower than the Georgia state average and 1% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.82% on a median home value of $240,600. Property taxes represent 2.9% of the median household income in this county.
Butts County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Butts County's 0.82% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 49%).
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Butts County pay a median annual property tax of $1,976, roughly in line with the national median and notably lower than the Georgia state median. On a $240,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.82% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Butts County ranks #96 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (39% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Butts County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $69,241 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Butts 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
Butts County's effective rate fell 13.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 53.5%, leaving the median bill 33.0% higher at $1,976. That rate move is larger than the one in 56% 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 33% from $1,486 to $1,976. 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: 1,839 of 6,642 owner-occupied homes (27.7%) 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.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 2.9% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Butts County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Butts County homeowners, 1,839 of 6,642 owner-occupied homes (27.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.9% (589)
- $800 to $1,499 22.4% (1,489)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.9% (1,253)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.6% (1,370)
- $3,000 or more 27.7% (1,839)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
102 homes here (1.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Butts County, mortgaged homeowners pay 22% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Butts County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Butts County's effective rate is higher than 39% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #96 of 158.
Where Butts County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.82% more affordable than 49% 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 Butts County moved from $1,486 in the 2020 release to $1,976 in 2024, a change of about 33%. 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.
Butts County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Butts County | Georgia 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 | 2.9% | - | - |
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.
Butts County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Butts County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,976 +4.8% | 0.82% |
| 2023 | $1,886 +11.7% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | $1,688 +15.6% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $1,460 -1.7% | 0.87% |
| 2020 | $1,486 | 0.95% |
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.
Butts County: tax-to-income at 2.9%
Counties near Butts County's effective rate
On effective rate, Butts County sits nearest Hardee County (FL), Elkhart County (IN), Boyle County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Phelps County (NE), Island County (WA), Cherokee County (TX).
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
Butts County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 780 of 11,360 returns from Butts County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,805 - 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 Georgia
Butts County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Butts County?
- Butts County, Georgia scores D (41/100) 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 (0.82%). 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 Butts County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Butts County is $1,976, an effective rate of 0.82% on a $240,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Butts County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Butts County jumped 33.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,486 to $1,976, 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 Butts County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Butts County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.82% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Butts County?
- Property taxes in Butts County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $69,241 median household income.
What to do with Butts County's UNDER rate
At Butts County's 0.82% effective rate, a $240,600 home implies about $1,976/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Butts County ranks #96 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Butts 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: 0.82%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,976/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Butts County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Butts County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Brown County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Butts County at $1,976/yr; rate 1.03% vs Butts County 0.82%.
Maverick County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Butts County at $1,976/yr; rate 1.25% vs Butts County 0.82%.
Ramsey County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Butts County at $1,976/yr; rate 0.99% vs Butts County 0.82%.
Hamilton County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,977/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.26% vs Butts County 0.82%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Butts 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 Butts County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.