Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clinch County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clinch County pays $1,101 a year, an effective rate of 1.30%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,101
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.30%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -45%
- vs U.S. average
- #5 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Clinch County pay a median $1,101 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.30%, more affordable than 19% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,101
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.30%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2543 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -45%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($84,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 6,759. Owner-occupied homes: 1,720.
The median annual property tax in Clinch County is $1,101, which is 53% lower than the Georgia state average and 45% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.30% on a median home value of $84,400. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Clinch County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Clinch County's 1.30% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 19%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Clinch County pay a median annual property tax of $1,101, well below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $84,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.30% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Georgia counties by effective rate
Clinch County ranks #5 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (97% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Clinch County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $45,847 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clinch 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 held while the market moved
Clinch County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 0.3% down, against a median home value that rose 17.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 17.3%, from $939 to $1,101.
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 $939 to $1,101, a gain of 17%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 578 of 1,720 owner-occupied homes (33.6%). 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 2.4% 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.
Clinch County is an outlier inside Georgia
Across the 158 Georgia counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.87%. Clinch County is at 1.30%, which sits 2.2 standard deviations above 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 Clinch County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clinch County homeowners, 578 of 1,720 owner-occupied homes (33.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 30.0% (516)
- $800 to $1,499 33.6% (578)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.6% (45)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.7% (253)
- $3,000 or more 11.6% (199)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
129 homes here (7.5%) 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 Clinch County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+113%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Clinch County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clinch County's effective rate is higher than 97% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #5 of 158.
Where Clinch County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.30% more affordable than 19% 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
Clinch County taxes property at 1.30%, about 69% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $1,101 lands roughly 53% 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.
Clinch County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clinch County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High 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.
Clinch County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Clinch County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $84,400 median home carries a $1,101 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $110 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Georgia.
Clinch County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,101 -8.6% | 1.30% |
| 2023 | $1,205 +5.6% | 1.40% |
| 2022 | $1,141 +9.2% | 1.54% |
| 2021 | $1,045 +11.3% | 1.46% |
| 2020 | $939 | 1.31% |
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.
Clinch County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Clinch County's effective rate
On effective rate, Clinch County sits nearest Union County (IL), Fayette County (IA), Cheyenne County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pope County (AR), Cleburne County (AR), Stafford County (VA).
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
Clinch County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 2,410 returns from Clinch County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,456 - 56% 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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Clinch County rate FAQs
- How does Clinch County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Clinch County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.30% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Clinch County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Clinch County is $1,101, an effective rate of 1.30% on a $84,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Clinch County?
- Clinch County, Georgia scores D (44/100) 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+ (1.84×). 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 Clinch County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Clinch County climbed 17.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $939 to $1,101, 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 Clinch County?
- Property taxes in Clinch County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $45,847 median household income.
What to do with Clinch County's STEEP rate
Clinch County's $1,101 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 →
Clinch County ranks #5 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 Clinch 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: 1.30%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,101/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clinch County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clinch County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Sebastian County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Clinch County at $1,101/yr; rate 0.62% vs Clinch County 1.30%.
Miller County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,102/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Clinch County 1.30%.
Golden Valley County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,104/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.89% vs Clinch County 1.30%.
Hopkins County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,104/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.77% vs Clinch County 1.30%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Clinch 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 Clinch County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.