Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Elliott County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Elliott County pays $755 a year, an effective rate of 0.61%, far below the U.S. average.
- $755
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.61%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -62%
- vs U.S. average
- #96 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Elliott County pay a median $755 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.61%, more affordable than 70% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $755
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.61%
- Effective rate on median home
- #932 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -62%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($123,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 7,307. Owner-occupied homes: 1,993.
The median annual property tax in Elliott County is $755, which is 51% lower than the Kentucky state average and 62% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.61% on a median home value of $123,500. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Elliott County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Elliott 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 well below the national median
Homeowners in Elliott County pay a median annual property tax of $755, far below the national median and far below the Kentucky state median. On a $123,500 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 Kentucky counties by effective rate
Elliott County ranks #96 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (20% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Elliott County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $45,776 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 12.5%, from $671 to $755. 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 Elliott 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 $549 to $755. 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: 963 of 1,993 owner-occupied homes (48.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.6% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Elliott County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Elliott County homeowners, 963 of 1,993 owner-occupied homes (48.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 48.3% (963)
- $800 to $1,499 20.3% (405)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.2% (223)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.7% (93)
- $3,000 or more 4.5% (89)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
220 homes here (11.0%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Elliott County, mortgaged homeowners pay 18% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Elliott County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Elliott County's effective rate is higher than 20% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #96 of 120.
Where Elliott 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
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Elliott County moved from $549 in the 2020 release to $755 in 2024, a change of about 38%. 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.
Elliott County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Elliott County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Elliott County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Elliott County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $755 +12.5% | 0.61% |
| 2023 | $671 +8.8% | 0.69% |
| 2022 | $617 +18.9% | 0.68% |
| 2021 | $519 -5.5% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | $549 | 0.72% |
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.
Elliott County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Elliott County's effective rate
On effective rate, Elliott County sits nearest Sullivan County (IN), Starke County (IN), Ohio County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lake County (FL), Broward County (FL), Adair County (IA).
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 Elliott County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Elliott 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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Elliott County rate FAQs
- How does Elliott County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Elliott County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.61% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Elliott County?
- Elliott County, Kentucky scores B+ (76/100) 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 A ($755/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 is the average property tax in Elliott County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Elliott County is $755, an effective rate of 0.61% on a $123,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Elliott County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Elliott County is recorded at $755 in the 2024 5-year release against $549 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 1,993 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 Elliott County?
- Property taxes in Elliott County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $45,776 median household income.
What to do with Elliott County's QUIET rate
Elliott County's $755 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 1.6% of Elliott County's $45,776 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Elliott 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: $755/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Elliott County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Elliott County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Natchitoches Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Elliott County at $755/yr; rate 0.44% vs Elliott County 0.61%.
Charlotte County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $756/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Elliott County 0.61%.
Dallas County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $756/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.40% vs Elliott County 0.61%.
Florence County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $756/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.42% vs Elliott County 0.61%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Elliott 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 Elliott County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.