Alabama · County property tax · ACS 2024
Crenshaw County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Crenshaw County pays $369 a year, an effective rate of 0.32%, far below the U.S. average.
- $369
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.32%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -81%
- vs U.S. average
- #43 of 67
- rank in AL
The verdict
Homeowners in Crenshaw County pay a median $369 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.32%, more affordable than 97% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $369
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.32%
- Effective rate on median home
- #99 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -81%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($114,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Crenshaw County, AL
92/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Crenshaw County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median tax as a share of Crenshaw County's median household income
Crenshaw County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median home value relative to Crenshaw County's median income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Crenshaw County
Crenshaw County affordability profile (scored ACS dimensions)
Read the chart values
- Rate relief: 100/100 (A+) · 0.32%
- Income room: 100/100 (A+) · 0.8%
- Bill size: 100/100 (A+) · $369/yr
- Housing pressure: 77/100 (B+) · 2.35×
- Mortgage premium: 64/100 (C+) · +$204
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alabama. Population: 13,122. Owner-occupied homes: 3,831.
The median annual property tax in Crenshaw County is $369, which is 53% lower than the Alabama state average and 81% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.32% on a median home value of $114,000. Property taxes represent 0.8% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Crenshaw County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Crenshaw County pay a median annual property tax of $369, far below the national median and far below the Alabama state median. On a $114,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.32% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Crenshaw County's 0.32% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 97% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Crenshaw County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.8% of the $48,560 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Alabama counties by effective rate
Crenshaw County ranks #43 of 67 counties in Alabama by effective rate (36% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 6.3%, from $347 to $369. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Crenshaw County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 30% from $284 to $369. 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: 2,343 of 3,831 owner-occupied homes (61.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 0.8% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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
25.2% of Crenshaw County homes owned free and clear (670 of 2,656) report no property tax at all, against 12.9% 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 Crenshaw County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Crenshaw County homeowners, 2,343 of 3,831 owner-occupied homes (61.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 61.2% (2,343)
- $800 to $1,499 14.1% (540)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.0% (75)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.3% (13)
- $3,000 or more 1.0% (39)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
821 homes here (21.4%) 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 Crenshaw County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+73%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Crenshaw County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Crenshaw County's effective rate is higher than 36% of the 67 counties in Alabama - ranking #43 of 67 for property tax burden.
Where Crenshaw County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.32% Among the most affordable more affordable than 97% 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 0.32%, Crenshaw County sits in the lowest 3% 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 $369, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Crenshaw County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Crenshaw 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 | 0.8% | - | - |
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.
Think your Crenshaw County property tax bill is too high?
On Crenshaw County's published figures, a $114,000 median home carries a $369 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $37 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Alabama.
Property Tax History
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $369 +6.3% | 0.32% |
| 2023 | $347 +4.8% | 0.32% |
| 2022 | $331 +13.7% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | $291 +2.5% | 0.34% |
| 2020 | $284 | 0.34% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate far below the national average of 0.92% puts Crenshaw County in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Crenshaw County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Crenshaw County sits nearest Montgomery County (AR), Stone County (AR), Costilla County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Knox County (ME), Ripley County (IN), Dallam County (TX).
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
What tax filers report in Crenshaw County
Of the 5,650 federal returns filed from Crenshaw County in 2022, 110 (1.9% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $1,500 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $25-50k, who accounted for 27% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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What to do with Crenshaw County's numbers
- Crenshaw County's $369 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 0.8% of Crenshaw County's $48,560 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Crenshaw County ranks #43 of 67 Alabama counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state board. Alabama overview →
- If Crenshaw County's assessment looks high versus the $114,000 typical home, check Alabama's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($114,000); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Crenshaw County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.