Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Fauquier County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Fauquier County pays $4,320 a year, an effective rate of 0.75%, far above the U.S. average.
- $4,320
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.75%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +117%
- vs U.S. average
- #39 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Fauquier County pay a median $4,320 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.75%, more affordable than 55% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $4,320
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.75%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1425 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +117%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($573,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 74,577. Owner-occupied homes: 21,066.
The median annual property tax in Fauquier County is $4,320, which is 55% higher than the Virginia state average and 117% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.75% on a median home value of $573,700. Property taxes represent 3.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Fauquier County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Fauquier County pay a median annual property tax of $4,320, far above the national median and far above the Virginia state median. On a $573,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.75% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Fauquier County ranks #39 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (71% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Fauquier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $130,189 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Fauquier County's 0.75% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 55%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Fauquier 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 11.3% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 54% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 36.4%, the median bill rose 21.0% to $4,320: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 $3,570 to $4,320, a gain of 21%. 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: 14,581 of 21,066 owner-occupied homes (69.2%) 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.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 3.3% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Fauquier County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Fauquier County homeowners, 14,581 of 21,066 owner-occupied homes (69.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 3.5% (743)
- $800 to $1,499 6.1% (1,279)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.3% (902)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.9% (2,512)
- $3,000 or more 69.2% (14,581)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,049 homes here (5.0%) 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 Fauquier County pay about the same bill, a 3% gap.
Fauquier County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Fauquier County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Fauquier County's median bill is 55% above the Virginia median and 117% above the U.S. median.
Same rate as Virginia, a larger bill
The effective rate here sits within 3% of the Virginia median, yet the median bill runs 55% above 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 costlier housing produces $4,320 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Fauquier County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Fauquier County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.3% | - | - |
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.
Is Fauquier County's $4,320 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Fauquier County's $4,320 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $432/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Virginia.
Fauquier County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,320 +3.2% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | $4,185 +3.3% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | $4,050 +9.2% | 0.81% |
| 2021 | $3,709 +3.9% | 0.85% |
| 2020 | $3,570 | 0.85% |
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.
Fauquier County: tax-to-income at 3.3%
Counties near Fauquier County's median bill
On effective rate, Fauquier County sits nearest Llano County (TX), Sherman County (OR), Malheur County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Greene County (OH), Bibb County (GA), Floyd County (KY).
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
Fauquier County: only 18% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 6,520 of 36,860 returns from Fauquier County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,173 - 39% 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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Fauquier County bill FAQs
- How does Fauquier County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Fauquier County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.75% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Fauquier County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Fauquier County is $4,320, an effective rate of 0.75% on a $573,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Fauquier County?
- Fauquier County, Virginia scores F (37/100) 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 mortgage premium at B+ (+$113). 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 Fauquier County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Fauquier County jumped 21.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,570 to $4,320, 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 Fauquier County?
- Property taxes in Fauquier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $130,189 median household income.
What to do with Fauquier County's HEAVY bill
Fauquier County's $4,320 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Fauquier County ranks #39 of 133 Virginia counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Virginia overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Fauquier County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
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: $4,320/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Fauquier County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Fauquier County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
District of Columbia, DC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,312/yr (near-tied bill ABS $8); rate 0.58% vs Fauquier County 0.75%.
Franklin County, VT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,332/yr (near-tied bill ABS $12); rate 1.41% vs Fauquier County 0.75%.
Skagit County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,308/yr (near-tied bill ABS $12); rate 0.79% vs Fauquier County 0.75%.
Charles County, MD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,339/yr (near-tied bill ABS $19); rate 1.01% vs Fauquier County 0.75%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Fauquier County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Fauquier County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.