Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Delaware County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Delaware County pays $1,039 a year, an effective rate of 0.75%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,039
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.75%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -48%
- vs U.S. average
- #23 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Delaware County pay a median $1,039 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.75%, more affordable than 55% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,039
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.75%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1425 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -48%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($139,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 112,280. Owner-occupied homes: 30,751.
The median annual property tax in Delaware County is $1,039, which is 36% lower than the Indiana state average and 48% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.75% on a median home value of $139,400. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Delaware County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Delaware County's 0.75% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 55%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Delaware County pay a median annual property tax of $1,039, well below the national median and well below the Indiana state median. On a $139,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.75% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Indiana counties by effective rate
Delaware County ranks #23 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (75% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Delaware County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $58,127 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Delaware 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Delaware County rose 44.3%, from $96,600 to $139,400. The effective rate fell 18.1% over the same span, a steeper move than in 76% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 18.2%, to $1,039. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $879 to $1,039, a gain of 18%. 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: 11,157 of 30,751 owner-occupied homes (36.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 1.8% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Delaware County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Delaware County homeowners, 11,157 of 30,751 owner-occupied homes (36.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 36.3% (11,157)
- $800 to $1,499 26.2% (8,069)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.2% (3,750)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.5% (3,853)
- $3,000 or more 8.5% (2,603)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,319 homes here (4.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Delaware County, mortgaged homeowners pay 27% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Delaware County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Delaware County's effective rate is higher than 75% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #23 of 92.
Where Delaware County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.75% more affordable than 55% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Indiana, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 1% of the Indiana median, yet the median bill runs 36% 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 $1,039 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Delaware County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Delaware County | Indiana 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 | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Delaware County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Delaware County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,039 +4.2% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | $997 +1.7% | 0.78% |
| 2022 | $980 +8.2% | 0.81% |
| 2021 | $906 +3.1% | 0.88% |
| 2020 | $879 | 0.91% |
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.
Delaware County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Delaware County's effective rate
On effective rate, Delaware County sits nearest Walton County (GA), Walker County (GA), Polk County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Richland County (MT), Perry County (PA), Dickinson County (MI).
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
Delaware County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,220 of 48,210 returns from Delaware County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,457 - 34% 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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Delaware County rate FAQs
- How does Delaware County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Delaware County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.75% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Delaware County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Delaware County is $1,039, an effective rate of 0.75% on a $139,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Delaware County?
- Delaware County, Indiana scores B- (67/100) 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+ ($1,039/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 Delaware County?
- Property taxes in Delaware County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $58,127 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Delaware County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Delaware County climbed 18.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $879 to $1,039, 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 Delaware County's UNDER rate
Delaware County's $1,039 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 Delaware County's $58,127 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Delaware 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: 0.75%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,039/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Delaware County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Delaware County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Bates County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Delaware County at $1,039/yr; rate 0.61% vs Delaware County 0.75%.
Gibson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Delaware County at $1,039/yr; rate 0.66% vs Delaware County 0.75%.
Hickman County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,038/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Delaware County 0.75%.
Lafourche Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,038/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.54% vs Delaware County 0.75%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Delaware 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 Delaware County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.