Pennsylvania · County property tax · ACS 2024
Cameron County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Cameron County pays $1,414 a year, an effective rate of 1.59%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,414
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.59%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -29%
- vs U.S. average
- #7 of 67
- rank in PA
The verdict
Homeowners in Cameron County pay a median $1,414 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.59%, more affordable than 8% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,414
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.59%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2872 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -29%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($88,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Pennsylvania. Population: 4,427. Owner-occupied homes: 1,605.
The median annual property tax in Cameron County is $1,414, which is 57% lower than the Pennsylvania state average and 29% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.59% on a median home value of $88,900. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Cameron County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Cameron County's 1.59% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 92% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Cameron County pay a median annual property tax of $1,414, well below the national median and far below the Pennsylvania state median. On a $88,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.59% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Pennsylvania counties by effective rate
Cameron County ranks #7 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania by effective rate (90% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Cameron County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $50,573 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Cameron 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 11.0% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 55% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 14.9%, the median bill rose 2.2% to $1,414: 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,384 to $1,414, a change of 2%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 552 of 1,605 owner-occupied homes (34.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 2.8% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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 Cameron County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Cameron County homeowners, 552 of 1,605 owner-occupied homes (34.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 19.1% (306)
- $800 to $1,499 34.4% (552)
- $1,500 to $1,999 21.2% (341)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.3% (213)
- $3,000 or more 10.6% (170)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
23 homes here (1.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Pennsylvania handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Cameron County, mortgaged homeowners pay 26% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Cameron County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Cameron County's effective rate is higher than 90% of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania - ranking #7 of 67.
Where Cameron County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.59% more affordable than 8% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Cameron County taxes property at 1.59%, about 22% above the Pennsylvania average, yet its median bill of $1,414 lands roughly 57% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Cameron County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Cameron County | Pennsylvania Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Cameron County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Cameron County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $88,900 median home carries a $1,414 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $141 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Pennsylvania.
Cameron County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,414 -3.8% | 1.59% |
| 2023 | $1,470 +4.0% | 1.67% |
| 2022 | $1,413 +1.3% | 1.64% |
| 2021 | $1,395 +0.8% | 1.76% |
| 2020 | $1,384 | 1.79% |
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.
Cameron County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Cameron County's effective rate
On effective rate, Cameron County sits nearest Stafford County (KS), Sherman County (KS), Cumberland County (IL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Sevier County (AR), Madison County (TX), Republic 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
IRS county file: no disclosed Cameron County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Cameron County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Cameron County rate FAQs
- How does Cameron County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Cameron County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.59% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Cameron County, Pennsylvania?
- The median annual property tax in Cameron County is $1,414, an effective rate of 1.59% on a $88,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Cameron County?
- Cameron County, Pennsylvania 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 housing pressure at A+ (1.76×). 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 Cameron County?
- Property taxes in Cameron County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $50,573 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Cameron County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Cameron County ticked up 2.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,384 to $1,414, 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 Cameron County's STEEP rate
Cameron County's $1,414 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 →
Cameron County ranks #7 of 67 Pennsylvania counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Pennsylvania overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Cameron County's STEEP 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: 1.59%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,414/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Cameron County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Cameron County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Hand County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,413/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.89% vs Cameron County 1.59%.
Polk County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,413/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.75% vs Cameron County 1.59%.
Santa Cruz County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,415/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.61% vs Cameron County 1.59%.
Shelby County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,412/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.66% vs Cameron County 1.59%.
Pennsylvania county set
State ACS overview for every published Pennsylvania county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Cameron County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Cameron County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.