Utah · County property tax · ACS 2024
Carbon County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Carbon County pays $1,394 a year, an effective rate of 0.61%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,394
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.61%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -30%
- vs U.S. average
- #4 of 29
- rank in UT
The verdict
Homeowners in Carbon County pay a median $1,394 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.61%, more affordable than 70% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,394
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.61%
- Effective rate on median home
- #932 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -30%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($228,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Utah. Population: 20,517. Owner-occupied homes: 5,519.
The median annual property tax in Carbon County is $1,394, which is 45% lower than the Utah state average and 30% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.61% on a median home value of $228,500. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Carbon County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Carbon County's 0.61% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 70%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Carbon County pay a median annual property tax of $1,394, well below the national median and well below the Utah state median. On a $228,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.61% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Utah counties by effective rate
Carbon County ranks #4 of 29 counties in Utah by effective rate (86% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Carbon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $58,377 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Carbon 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
Carbon County's effective rate fell 13.3% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 53.8%, leaving the median bill 33.3% higher at $1,394. 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 $1,046 to $1,394. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 1,993 of 5,519 owner-occupied homes (36.1%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.4% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Carbon County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Carbon County homeowners, 1,993 of 5,519 owner-occupied homes (36.1%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 17.3% (953)
- $800 to $1,499 36.1% (1,993)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.8% (1,039)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.8% (705)
- $3,000 or more 10.3% (570)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
259 homes here (4.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Utah handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Carbon 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.
Carbon County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Carbon County's effective rate is higher than 86% of the 29 counties in Utah - ranking #4 of 29.
Where Carbon County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.61% Among the most affordable more affordable than 70% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Carbon County taxes property at 0.61%, about 17% above the Utah average, yet its median bill of $1,394 lands roughly 45% 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.
Carbon County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Carbon County | Utah Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
Carbon County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Utah counties.
Carbon County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,394 +8.2% | 0.61% |
| 2023 | $1,288 +1.9% | 0.64% |
| 2022 | $1,264 +10.8% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $1,141 +9.1% | 0.73% |
| 2020 | $1,046 | 0.70% |
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.
Carbon County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Carbon County's effective rate
On effective rate, Carbon County sits nearest Montgomery County (TN), Douglas County (OR), Dunn County (ND).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Marshall County (IN), Stanislaus County (CA), Montgomery County (KY).
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
Carbon County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 360 of 8,820 returns from Carbon County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,372 - 47% 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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Carbon County rate FAQs
- How does Carbon County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Carbon County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.61% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Carbon County, Utah?
- The median annual property tax in Carbon County is $1,394, an effective rate of 0.61% on a $228,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Carbon County?
- Carbon County, Utah scores C+ (60/100) 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 mortgage premium at B+ (+$126). 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 Carbon County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Carbon County jumped 33.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,046 to $1,394, 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 Carbon County?
- Property taxes in Carbon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $58,377 median household income.
What to do with Carbon County's QUIET rate
Carbon County's $1,394 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 →
Carbon County ranks #4 of 29 Utah counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Utah overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Carbon 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: 0.61%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,394/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Carbon County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Carbon County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Franklin County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Carbon County at $1,394/yr; rate 1.57% vs Carbon County 0.61%.
Wayne County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Carbon County at $1,394/yr; rate 0.34% vs Carbon County 0.61%.
Bottineau County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,393/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.72% vs Carbon County 0.61%.
Perry County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,395/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Carbon County 0.61%.
Utah county set
State ACS overview for every published Utah county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Carbon 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 Carbon County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.