Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Dooly County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Dooly County pays $1,368 a year, an effective rate of 1.27%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,368
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.27%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -31%
- vs U.S. average
- #7 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Dooly County pay a median $1,368 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.27%, more affordable than 20% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,368
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.27%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2505 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -31%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($107,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 10,984. Owner-occupied homes: 2,608.
The median annual property tax in Dooly County is $1,368, which is 42% lower than the Georgia state average and 31% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.27% on a median home value of $107,400. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Dooly County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Dooly County's 1.27% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 20%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Georgia counties by effective rate
Dooly County ranks #7 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (96% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Dooly County pay a median annual property tax of $1,368, well below the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $107,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.27% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 14.2%, from $1,198 to $1,368. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Dooly County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $60,987 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Dooly 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 38% from $992 to $1,368. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 687 of 2,608 owner-occupied homes (26.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.2% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
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.
Dooly County is an outlier inside Georgia
Across the 158 Georgia counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.87%. Dooly County is at 1.27%, which sits 2.0 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Dooly County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Dooly County homeowners, 687 of 2,608 owner-occupied homes (26.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 19.5% (508)
- $800 to $1,499 26.3% (687)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.0% (260)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.3% (476)
- $3,000 or more 9.7% (252)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
425 homes here (16.3%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Dooly County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+91%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Dooly County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Dooly County's effective rate is higher than 96% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #7 of 158.
Where Dooly County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.27% more affordable than 20% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Dooly County taxes property at 1.27%, about 65% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $1,368 lands roughly 42% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Dooly County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Dooly County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Dooly County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Dooly County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,368 +14.2% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | $1,198 -1.4% | 1.24% |
| 2022 | $1,215 +12.3% | 1.29% |
| 2021 | $1,082 +9.1% | 1.35% |
| 2020 | $992 | 1.22% |
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.
Dooly County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Dooly County's effective rate
On effective rate, Dooly County sits nearest Allamakee County (IA), Miami County (KS), Dickinson County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lincoln County (KY), Park County (MT), Montgomery County (AL).
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
Dooly County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 150 of 3,840 returns from Dooly County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,973 - 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.
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Dooly County rate FAQs
- How does Dooly County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Dooly County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.27% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Dooly County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Dooly County is $1,368, an effective rate of 1.27% on a $107,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Dooly County?
- Dooly County, Georgia scores D (44/100) 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 housing pressure at A+ (1.76×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Dooly County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Dooly County is recorded at $1,368 in the 2024 5-year release against $992 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 2,608 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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Dooly County?
- Property taxes in Dooly County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $60,987 median household income.
What to do with Dooly County's PAR rate
Dooly County's $1,368 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 →
Dooly County ranks #7 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Dooly County's PAR 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: 1.27%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,368/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Dooly County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dooly County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Campbell County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dooly County at $1,368/yr; rate 1.18% vs Dooly County 1.27%.
Nodaway County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dooly County at $1,368/yr; rate 0.77% vs Dooly County 1.27%.
Knox County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,367/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Dooly County 1.27%.
Saline County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,367/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Dooly County 1.27%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Dooly County stamps PAR · 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 Dooly County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.