Alabama · County property tax · ACS 2024
Coffee County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Coffee County pays $677 a year, an effective rate of 0.36%, far below the U.S. average.
- $677
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.36%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -66%
- vs U.S. average
- #26 of 67
- rank in AL
The verdict
Homeowners in Coffee County pay a median $677 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.36%, more affordable than 95% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $677
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.36%
- Effective rate on median home
- #152 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -66%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($188,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alabama. Population: 54,920. Owner-occupied homes: 15,163.
The median annual property tax in Coffee County is $677, which is 14% lower than the Alabama state average and 66% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.36% on a median home value of $188,600. Property taxes represent 1.0% of the median household income in this county.
Coffee County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Coffee County's 0.36% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 95% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Coffee County pay a median annual property tax of $677, far below the national median and notably lower than the Alabama state median. On a $188,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.36% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Coffee County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $68,353 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Alabama counties by effective rate
Coffee County ranks #26 of 67 counties in Alabama by effective rate (61% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Coffee 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
Coffee County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 1.3% down, against a median home value that rose 22.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 21.1%, from $559 to $677.
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 $559 to $677, a gain of 21%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 6,953 of 15,163 owner-occupied homes (45.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 1.0% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
26.2% of Coffee County homes owned free and clear (1,750 of 6,688) report no property tax at all, against 19.7% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Coffee County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Coffee County homeowners, 6,953 of 15,163 owner-occupied homes (45.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 45.9% (6,953)
- $800 to $1,499 20.7% (3,144)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.8% (887)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.4% (519)
- $3,000 or more 1.6% (239)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,421 homes here (22.6%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Alabama handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Coffee County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+60%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Coffee County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Coffee County's effective rate is higher than 61% of the 67 counties in Alabama - ranking #26 of 67.
Where Coffee County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.36% Among the most affordable more affordable than 95% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.36%, Coffee County sits in the lowest 5% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $677, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Coffee County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Coffee County | Alabama Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.0% | - | - |
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.
Coffee County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alabama counties.
Coffee County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $677 +10.1% | 0.36% |
| 2023 | $615 +7.0% | 0.34% |
| 2022 | $575 -2.5% | 0.35% |
| 2021 | $590 +5.5% | 0.37% |
| 2020 | $559 | 0.36% |
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.
Coffee County: tax takes only 1.0% of income
Counties near Coffee County's effective rate
On effective rate, Coffee County sits nearest Fremont County (CO), Montrose County (CO), Pitkin County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Mifflin County (PA), Kanawha County (WV), Jasper County (IA).
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
Coffee County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 830 of 22,770 returns from Coffee County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,375 - 39% 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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Coffee County rate FAQs
- How does Coffee County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Coffee County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.36% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Coffee County?
- Coffee County, Alabama scores A (86/100) 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 income room at A+ (1.0%). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Coffee County, Alabama?
- The median annual property tax in Coffee County is $677, an effective rate of 0.36% on a $188,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Coffee County?
- Property taxes in Coffee County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $68,353 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Coffee County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Coffee County jumped 21.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $559 to $677, 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 Coffee County's QUIET rate
Coffee County's $677 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 1.0% of Coffee County's $68,353 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Coffee 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: 0.36%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $677/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Coffee County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Coffee County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Carter County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Coffee County at $677/yr; rate 0.42% vs Coffee County 0.36%.
Colbert County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $678/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.40% vs Coffee County 0.36%.
Fayette County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $676/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.64% vs Coffee County 0.36%.
San Augustine County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $676/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Coffee County 0.36%.
Cottle County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Coffee County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (1.15% vs 0.36%).
Alabama county set
State ACS overview for every published Alabama county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Coffee 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 Coffee County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.