Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Dade County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Dade County pays $1,133 a year, an effective rate of 0.57%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,133
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.57%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -43%
- vs U.S. average
- #151 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Dade County pay a median $1,133 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.57%, more affordable than 75% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,133
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.57%
- Effective rate on median home
- #782 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -43%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($198,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 16,165. Owner-occupied homes: 4,864.
The median annual property tax in Dade County is $1,133, which is 52% lower than the Georgia state average and 43% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.57% on a median home value of $198,500. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Dade County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Dade County's 0.57% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 75%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Dade County pay a median annual property tax of $1,133, well below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $198,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.57% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Georgia counties by effective rate
Dade County ranks #151 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (4% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Dade County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $64,568 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 9.0%, from $1,039 to $1,133. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Dade 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 63% from $694 to $1,133. 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: 1,794 of 4,864 owner-occupied homes (36.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.8% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Dade County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Dade County homeowners, 1,794 of 4,864 owner-occupied homes (36.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 36.9% (1,794)
- $800 to $1,499 26.2% (1,274)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.0% (537)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.6% (613)
- $3,000 or more 9.1% (443)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
203 homes here (4.2%) 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 Dade County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+85%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Dade County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Dade County's effective rate is higher than 4% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #151 of 158.
Where Dade County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.57% Among the most affordable more affordable than 75% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Dade County moved from $694 in the 2020 release to $1,133 in 2024, a change of about 63%. 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.
Dade County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Dade County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Dade County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Dade County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,133 +9.0% | 0.57% |
| 2023 | $1,039 +2.9% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | $1,010 +33.8% | 0.64% |
| 2021 | $755 +8.8% | 0.57% |
| 2020 | $694 | 0.54% |
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.
Dade County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Dade County's effective rate
On effective rate, Dade County sits nearest Santa Rosa County (FL), Okaloosa County (FL), Union County (AR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are San Juan County (CO), Union County (NM), Valley County (MT).
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
Dade County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 240 of 6,220 returns from Dade County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,417 - 33% 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.
Other Counties in Georgia
Dade County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Dade County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Dade County is recorded at $1,133 in the 2024 5-year release against $694 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 4,864 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.
- How does Dade County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Dade County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.57% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Dade County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Dade County is $1,133, an effective rate of 0.57% on a $198,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Dade County?
- Dade County, Georgia scores C+ (64/100) 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 B+ (1.8%). 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 Dade County?
- Property taxes in Dade County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $64,568 median household income.
What to do with Dade County's QUIET rate
Dade County's $1,133 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 1.8% of Dade County's $64,568 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Dade 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: 0.57%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,133/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Dade County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dade County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Nuckolls County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dade County at $1,133/yr; rate 1.17% vs Dade County 0.57%.
Camas County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,132/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.37% vs Dade County 0.57%.
Clark County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,134/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.87% vs Dade County 0.57%.
Golden Valley County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,132/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Dade County 0.57%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Dade 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 Dade County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.