Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clay County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clay County pays $937 a year, an effective rate of 0.99%, far below the U.S. average.
- $937
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.99%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -53%
- vs U.S. average
- #38 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Clay County pay a median $937 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.99%, more affordable than 36% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $937
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.99%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -53%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($94,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 2,850. Owner-occupied homes: 964.
The median annual property tax in Clay County is $937, which is 60% lower than the Georgia state average and 53% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.99% on a median home value of $94,400. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Clay County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Clay County's 0.99% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 36%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Clay County pay a median annual property tax of $937, far below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $94,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.99% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Georgia counties by effective rate
Clay County ranks #38 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (76% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Clay County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $49,147 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 3.0%, from $966 to $937. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clay 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 43% from $654 to $937. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 380 of 964 owner-occupied homes (39.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 1.9% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Clay County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clay County homeowners, 380 of 964 owner-occupied homes (39.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 39.4% (380)
- $800 to $1,499 13.8% (133)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.7% (142)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.6% (141)
- $3,000 or more 11.3% (109)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
59 homes here (6.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Clay County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+149%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Clay County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clay County's effective rate is higher than 76% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #38 of 158.
Where Clay County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.99% more affordable than 36% 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
Clay County taxes property at 0.99%, about 29% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $937 lands roughly 60% 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.
Clay County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clay County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.9% | - | - |
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.
Clay County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Clay County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $937 -3.0% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | $966 +10.7% | 1.04% |
| 2022 | $873 +34.5% | 1.08% |
| 2021 | $649 -0.8% | 1.07% |
| 2020 | $654 | 0.93% |
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.
Clay County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Clay County's effective rate
On effective rate, Clay County sits nearest Cherokee County (IA), Harlan County (KY), Oxford County (ME).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Glades County (FL), Wahkiakum County (WA), Klickitat County (WA).
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
Clay County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 50 of 1,160 returns from Clay County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,340 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k 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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Clay County rate FAQs
- How does Clay County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Clay County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.99% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Clay County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Clay County is $937, an effective rate of 0.99% on a $94,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Clay County?
- Clay County, Georgia scores C (55/100) 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+ (1.92×). 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 Clay County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Clay County is recorded at $937 in the 2024 5-year release against $654 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 964 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Clay County?
- Property taxes in Clay County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $49,147 median household income.
What to do with Clay County's UNDER rate
Clay County's $937 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 1.9% of Clay County's $49,147 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Clay 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: 0.99%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $937/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clay County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clay County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Benton County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Clay County at $937/yr; rate 0.53% vs Clay County 0.99%.
Cameron Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $936/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Clay County 0.99%.
Chaves County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $935/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.60% vs Clay County 0.99%.
Dickens County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $939/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.44% vs Clay County 0.99%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Clay County stamps UNDER · 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 Clay County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.