Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Douglas County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Douglas County pays $1,895 a year, an effective rate of 0.61%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,895
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.61%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -5%
- vs U.S. average
- #30 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Douglas County pay a median $1,895 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.61%, more affordable than 70% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,895
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.61%
- Effective rate on median home
- #932 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -5%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($310,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 112,072. Owner-occupied homes: 34,567.
The median annual property tax in Douglas County is $1,895, which is 51% lower than the Oregon state average and 5% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.61% on a median home value of $310,300. Property taxes represent 3.1% of the median household income in this county.
Douglas County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Douglas County's 0.61% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 70%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Oregon median
Homeowners in Douglas County pay a median annual property tax of $1,895, modestly below the national median and far below the Oregon state median. On a $310,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.61% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Oregon counties by effective rate
Douglas County ranks #30 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (17% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Douglas County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $61,310 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Douglas 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 Douglas County rose 47.2%, from $210,800 to $310,300. The effective rate fell 20.7% over the same span, a steeper move than in 85% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 16.7%, to $1,895. 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 $1,624 to $1,895, a gain of 17%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 7,785 of 34,567 owner-occupied homes (22.5%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 3.1% 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 Douglas County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Douglas County homeowners, 7,785 of 34,567 owner-occupied homes (22.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.2% (3,883)
- $800 to $1,499 21.4% (7,391)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.0% (6,579)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.1% (7,302)
- $3,000 or more 22.5% (7,785)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,627 homes here (4.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oregon handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Douglas County pay about the same bill, a 8% gap.
Douglas County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Douglas County's effective rate is higher than 17% of the 36 counties in Oregon - ranking #30 of 36.
Where Douglas County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.61% Among the most affordable more affordable than 70% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Oregon on both measures
Douglas County's effective rate runs 25% under the Oregon median and its bill 51% 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 $1,895 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Oregon norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Douglas County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Douglas County | Oregon Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.1% | - | - |
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.
Douglas County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oregon counties.
Douglas County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,895 +1.4% | 0.61% |
| 2023 | $1,869 +4.4% | 0.66% |
| 2022 | $1,791 +7.1% | 0.68% |
| 2021 | $1,673 +3.0% | 0.75% |
| 2020 | $1,624 | 0.77% |
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.
Douglas County: tax-to-income at 3.1%
Counties near Douglas County's effective rate
On effective rate, Douglas County sits nearest Dunn County (ND), Iredell County (NC), Socorro County (NM).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Davie County (NC), Morrill County (NE), Shelby County (TN).
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
Douglas County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 3,030 of 49,660 returns from Douglas County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,648 - 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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Douglas County rate FAQs
- How does Douglas County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Douglas County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.61% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Douglas County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Douglas County is $1,895, an effective rate of 0.61% on a $310,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Douglas County?
- Douglas County, Oregon scores D (49/100) 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 rate relief at B (0.61%). 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 Douglas County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Douglas County climbed 16.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,624 to $1,895, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Douglas County?
- Property taxes in Douglas County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $61,310 median household income.
What to do with Douglas County's QUIET rate
Inside Oregon, Douglas County's $1,895 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Oregon overview →
Douglas County ranks #30 of 36 Oregon counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Oregon overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Douglas 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: 0.61%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,895/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Douglas County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Douglas County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Fayette County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,894/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.45% vs Douglas County 0.61%.
Petersburg Borough, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,896/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Douglas County 0.61%.
Sterling County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,894/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.29% vs Douglas County 0.61%.
Roanoke city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,893/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.99% vs Douglas County 0.61%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Douglas County stamps QUIET · MID - 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 Douglas County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.