Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clayton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clayton County pays $1,933 a year, an effective rate of 0.87%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,933
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.87%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -3%
- vs U.S. average
- #76 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Clayton County pay a median $1,933 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.87%, more affordable than 45% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,933
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.87%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1728 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -3%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($222,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 298,924. Owner-occupied homes: 57,782.
The median annual property tax in Clayton County is $1,933, which is 17% lower than the Georgia state average and 3% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.87% on a median home value of $222,300. Property taxes represent 3.2% of the median household income in this county.
Clayton County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Clayton County's 0.87% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 45%).
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Clayton County pay a median annual property tax of $1,933, modestly below the national median and notably lower than the Georgia state median. On a $222,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.87% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 11.3%, from $1,737 to $1,933. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Clayton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $59,806 median household income.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Clayton County ranks #76 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (52% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clayton 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 56% from $1,239 to $1,933. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 13,629 of 57,782 (23.6%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 3.2% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Clayton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clayton County homeowners, 13,629 of 57,782 owner-occupied homes (23.6%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 12.5% (7,243)
- $800 to $1,499 20.8% (12,010)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.5% (9,512)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.6% (13,629)
- $3,000 or more 21.8% (12,594)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,794 homes here (4.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Clayton County, mortgaged homeowners pay 28% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Clayton County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clayton County's effective rate is higher than 52% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #76 of 158.
Where Clayton County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.87% more affordable than 45% 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 Clayton County moved from $1,239 in the 2020 release to $1,933 in 2024, a change of about 56%. 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.
Clayton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clayton 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 | 3.2% | - | - |
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.
Clayton County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Clayton County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,933 +11.3% | 0.87% |
| 2023 | $1,737 +14.1% | 0.89% |
| 2022 | $1,523 +12.3% | 0.91% |
| 2021 | $1,356 +9.4% | 0.99% |
| 2020 | $1,239 | 1.01% |
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.
Clayton County: tax-to-income at 3.2%
Counties near Clayton County's effective rate
On effective rate, Clayton County sits nearest Kodiak Island Borough (AK), Lyon County (IA), Fayette County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Rains County (TX), Leon County (TX), Cibola County (NM).
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
Clayton County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 7,660 of 136,880 returns from Clayton County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,431 - 29% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Clayton County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Clayton County?
- Clayton County, Georgia scores F (36/100) 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 (0.87%). 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 Clayton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Clayton County is recorded at $1,933 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,239 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 57,782 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 is the average property tax in Clayton County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Clayton County is $1,933, an effective rate of 0.87% on a $222,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Clayton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Clayton County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.87% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Clayton County?
- Property taxes in Clayton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $59,806 median household income.
What to do with Clayton County's UNDER rate
At Clayton County's 0.87% effective rate, a $222,300 home implies about $1,933/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Clayton County ranks #76 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Clayton 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: 0.87%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,933/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clayton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clayton County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Polk County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Clayton County at $1,933/yr; rate 0.73% vs Clayton County 0.87%.
Logan County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,932/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.64% vs Clayton County 0.87%.
Richland County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,934/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Clayton County 0.87%.
Buena Vista County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,931/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.21% vs Clayton County 0.87%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Clayton 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 Clayton County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.