New Hampshire · County property tax · ACS 2024
Carroll County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Carroll County pays $3,848 a year, an effective rate of 0.99%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,848
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.99%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +93%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 10
- rank in NH
The verdict
Homeowners in Carroll County pay a median $3,848 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.99%, more affordable than 36% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,848
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.99%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +93%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($388,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for New Hampshire. Population: 51,804. Owner-occupied homes: 18,210.
The median annual property tax in Carroll County is $3,848, which is 42% lower than the New Hampshire state average and 93% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.99% on a median home value of $388,900. Property taxes represent 4.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Carroll County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Carroll County pay a median annual property tax of $3,848, far above the national median and well below the New Hampshire state median. On a $388,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.99% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among New Hampshire counties by effective rate
Carroll County ranks #10 of 10 counties in New Hampshire by effective rate (0% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Carroll County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.5% of the $86,463 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Carroll County's 0.99% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 36%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Carroll 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 Carroll County rose 54.7%, from $251,400 to $388,900. The effective rate fell 26.2% over the same span, a steeper move than in 94% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 14.2%, to $3,848. 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $3,369 to $3,848, a gain of 14%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 11,885 of 18,210 owner-occupied homes (65.3%) 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.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 4.5% 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.
Carroll County is an outlier inside New Hampshire
Across the 10 New Hampshire counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 1.72%. Carroll County is at 0.99%, which sits 2.1 standard deviations below that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Carroll County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Carroll County homeowners, 11,885 of 18,210 owner-occupied homes (65.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 3.1% (573)
- $800 to $1,499 4.9% (901)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.1% (1,116)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.7% (3,589)
- $3,000 or more 65.3% (11,885)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Carroll County pay about the same bill, a 4% gap.
Carroll County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Carroll County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Carroll County's median bill is 42% below the New Hampshire median and 93% above the U.S. median.
Below New Hampshire on both measures
Carroll County's effective rate runs 40% under the New Hampshire median and its bill 42% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $3,848 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the New Hampshire norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Carroll County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Carroll County | New Hampshire Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 4.5% | - | - |
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.
Is Carroll County's $3,848 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Carroll County's $3,848 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $385/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for New Hampshire.
Carroll County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,848 +4.4% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | $3,685 +0.3% | 1.06% |
| 2022 | $3,673 +7.0% | 1.16% |
| 2021 | $3,433 +1.9% | 1.26% |
| 2020 | $3,369 | 1.34% |
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.
Carroll County: tax takes 4.5% of income
Counties near Carroll County's median bill
On effective rate, Carroll County sits nearest Polk County (NE), Fillmore County (NE), Cherry County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Barry County (MO), Emanuel County (GA), Clearwater County (MN).
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
Carroll County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,610 of 28,400 returns from Carroll County reported real estate taxes, averaging $10,799 - 37% of those reporters sat in the $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 New Hampshire
Carroll County bill FAQs
- How does Carroll County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Carroll County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.99% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Carroll County, New Hampshire?
- The median annual property tax in Carroll County is $3,848, an effective rate of 0.99% on a $388,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Carroll County?
- Property taxes in Carroll County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.5% of the $86,463 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Carroll County?
- Carroll County, New Hampshire scores F (27/100) 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 (+$161). 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 Carroll County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Carroll County climbed 14.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,369 to $3,848, 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 Carroll County's HEAVY bill
Carroll County's $3,848 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Carroll County ranks #10 of 10 New Hampshire counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. New Hampshire overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Carroll County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.99%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,848/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Carroll County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Carroll County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Columbia County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,855/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 1.36% vs Carroll County 0.99%.
Palm Beach County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,858/yr (near-tied bill ABS $10); rate 0.86% vs Carroll County 0.99%.
Midland County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,832/yr (near-tied bill ABS $16); rate 1.23% vs Carroll County 0.99%.
Warren County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,865/yr (near-tied bill ABS $17); rate 1.43% vs Carroll County 0.99%.
New Hampshire county set
State ACS overview for every published New Hampshire county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Carroll County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Carroll County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.