Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Coffee County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Coffee County pays $976 a year, an effective rate of 0.76%, far below the U.S. average.
- $976
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.76%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -51%
- vs U.S. average
- #111 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Coffee County pay a median $976 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.76%, more affordable than 54% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $976
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.76%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1446 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -51%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($128,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 43,347. Owner-occupied homes: 9,925.
The median annual property tax in Coffee County is $976, which is 58% lower than the Georgia state average and 51% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.76% on a median home value of $128,900. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Coffee County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Coffee County's 0.76% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 54%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Coffee County pay a median annual property tax of $976, far below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $128,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.76% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Coffee County ranks #111 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (30% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Coffee County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $50,683 median household income.
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: 0.4% down, against a median home value that rose 21.1%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 20.6%, from $809 to $976.
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 $809 to $976, 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: 4,058 of 9,925 owner-occupied homes (40.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.9% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Coffee County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Coffee County homeowners, 4,058 of 9,925 owner-occupied homes (40.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 40.9% (4,058)
- $800 to $1,499 26.5% (2,627)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.7% (1,161)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.0% (996)
- $3,000 or more 4.6% (452)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
631 homes here (6.4%) 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 Coffee County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+104%), 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 30% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #111 of 158.
Where Coffee County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.76% more affordable than 54% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Georgia, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 1% of the Georgia median, yet the median bill runs 58% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $976 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Coffee County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Coffee County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-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.
Coffee County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Coffee County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $976 -3.7% | 0.76% |
| 2023 | $1,014 +9.3% | 0.81% |
| 2022 | $928 +3.0% | 0.76% |
| 2021 | $901 +11.4% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | $809 | 0.76% |
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 1.9% of income
Counties near Coffee County's effective rate
On effective rate, Coffee County sits nearest St. Johns County (FL), Osceola County (FL), Orange County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Rhea County (TN), Bernalillo County (NM), Story 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: 570 of 15,810 returns from Coffee County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,926 - 28% 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 0.76% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Coffee County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Coffee County is $976, an effective rate of 0.76% on a $128,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Coffee County?
- Coffee County, Georgia scores C (59/100) 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 bill size at B+ ($976/yr). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Coffee County?
- Property taxes in Coffee County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $50,683 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Coffee County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Coffee County jumped 20.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $809 to $976, 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 UNDER rate
Coffee County's $976 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 Coffee County's $50,683 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Coffee 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: 0.76%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $976/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 (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Jackson County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Coffee County at $976/yr; rate 0.34% vs Coffee County 0.76%.
Amherst County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $975/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Coffee County 0.76%.
Hyde County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $975/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Coffee County 0.76%.
Pike County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $975/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.88% vs Coffee County 0.76%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Coffee 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 Coffee County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.