Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Dickenson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Dickenson County pays $480 a year, an effective rate of 0.47%, far below the U.S. average.
- $480
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.47%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -76%
- vs U.S. average
- #121 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Dickenson County pay a median $480 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.47%, more affordable than 87% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $480
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.47%
- Effective rate on median home
- #418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -76%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($102,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 13,733. Owner-occupied homes: 4,515.
The median annual property tax in Dickenson County is $480, which is 83% lower than the Virginia state average and 76% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.47% on a median home value of $102,700. Property taxes represent 1.0% of the median household income in this county.
Dickenson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Dickenson County's 0.47% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 87%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Dickenson County pay a median annual property tax of $480, far below the national median and far below the Virginia state median. On a $102,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.47% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Virginia counties by effective rate
Dickenson County ranks #121 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (9% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Dickenson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $47,254 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Dickenson 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Dickenson County's effective rate fell 15.7% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 26.3%, leaving the median bill 6.4% higher at $480. That rate move is larger than the one in 67% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $451 to $480, a change of 6%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 3,283 of 4,515 owner-occupied homes (72.7%) 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 1.0% 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.
What Dickenson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Dickenson County homeowners, 3,283 of 4,515 owner-occupied homes (72.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 72.7% (3,283)
- $800 to $1,499 15.9% (718)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.0% (134)
- $2,000 to $2,999 1.3% (57)
- $3,000 or more 2.8% (127)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
196 homes here (4.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Dickenson County pay about the same bill, within a 1% gap either way.
Dickenson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Dickenson County's effective rate is higher than 9% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #121 of 133.
Where Dickenson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.47% Among the most affordable more affordable than 87% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Virginia on both measures
Dickenson County's effective rate runs 36% under the Virginia median and its bill 83% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $480 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Virginia norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Dickenson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Dickenson County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate 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.
Dickenson County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Dickenson County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $480 -4.6% | 0.47% |
| 2023 | $503 +6.3% | 0.50% |
| 2022 | $473 +7.7% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | $439 -2.7% | 0.54% |
| 2020 | $451 | 0.55% |
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.
Dickenson County: tax takes only 1.0% of income
Counties near Dickenson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Dickenson County sits nearest Sanpete County (UT), Smith County (TN), Robertson County (TN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Martin County (TX), Fayette County (WV), Irwin County (GA).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Dickenson County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Dickenson County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Dickenson County rate FAQs
- How does Dickenson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Dickenson County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.47% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Dickenson County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Dickenson County is $480, an effective rate of 0.47% on a $102,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Dickenson County?
- Dickenson County, Virginia scores A+ (93/100) 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Dickenson County?
- Property taxes in Dickenson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $47,254 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Dickenson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Dickenson County ticked up 6.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $451 to $480, 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 Dickenson County's QUIET rate
Dickenson County's $480 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 Dickenson County's $47,254 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Dickenson 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: 0.47%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $480/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Dickenson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dickenson County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Jackson County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dickenson County at $480/yr; rate 0.30% vs Dickenson County 0.47%.
Montgomery County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $479/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.32% vs Dickenson County 0.47%.
Tallapoosa County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $481/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.30% vs Dickenson County 0.47%.
Acadia Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $483/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.31% vs Dickenson County 0.47%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Dickenson 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 Dickenson County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.