Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Fayette County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Fayette County pays $3,285 a year, an effective rate of 0.75%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,285
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.75%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +65%
- vs U.S. average
- #118 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Fayette County pay a median $3,285 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.75%, more affordable than 55% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,285
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.75%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1425 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +65%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($436,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 122,244. Owner-occupied homes: 35,714.
The median annual property tax in Fayette County is $3,285, which is 40% higher than the Georgia state average and 65% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.75% on a median home value of $436,400. Property taxes represent 2.9% of the median household income in this county.
Why Fayette County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Fayette County pay a median annual property tax of $3,285, far above the national median and well above the Georgia state median. On a $436,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.75% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Georgia counties by effective rate
Fayette County ranks #118 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (25% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Fayette County's 0.75% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 55%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Fayette County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $111,978 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Fayette 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
Fayette County's effective rate fell 17.6% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 48.7%, leaving the median bill 22.5% higher at $3,285. That rate move is larger than the one in 75% 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $2,681 to $3,285, a gain of 23%. 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: 19,071 of 35,714 owner-occupied homes (53.4%) 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 2.9% 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 Fayette County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Fayette County homeowners, 19,071 of 35,714 owner-occupied homes (53.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.1% (1,474)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (4,822)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.3% (2,965)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.7% (6,686)
- $3,000 or more 53.4% (19,071)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
696 homes here (1.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Fayette County pay a substantially higher bill, 55% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Fayette County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Fayette County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Fayette County's median bill is 40% above the Georgia median and 65% above the U.S. median.
Same rate as Georgia, a larger bill
The effective rate here sits within 3% of the Georgia median, yet the median bill runs 40% 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 $3,285 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Fayette County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Fayette County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.9% | - | - |
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 Fayette County's $3,285 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Fayette County's $3,285 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $329/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Georgia.
Fayette County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,285 +3.7% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | $3,168 +3.7% | 0.78% |
| 2022 | $3,054 +10.0% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | $2,776 +3.5% | 0.90% |
| 2020 | $2,681 | 0.91% |
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.
Fayette County: tax-to-income at 2.9%
Counties near Fayette County's median bill
On effective rate, Fayette County sits nearest Sarasota County (FL), Duval County (FL), Sutter County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Morris County (KS), Mecosta County (MI), Sublette County (WY).
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
Fayette County: only 16% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 9,130 of 58,680 returns from Fayette County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,482 - 37% of those reporters sat in the $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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Fayette County bill FAQs
- How does Fayette County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Fayette County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.75% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Fayette County?
- Fayette County, Georgia scores F (31/100) 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 C (0.75%). 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 Fayette County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Fayette County jumped 22.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,681 to $3,285, 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 is the average property tax in Fayette County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Fayette County is $3,285, an effective rate of 0.75% on a $436,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Fayette County?
- Property taxes in Fayette County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $111,978 median household income.
What to do with Fayette County's HEAVY bill
Fayette County's $3,285 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Fayette County ranks #118 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Fayette 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: $3,285/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Fayette County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Fayette County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Fairfield County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,289/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.10% vs Fayette County 0.75%.
Minnehaha County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,281/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.14% vs Fayette County 0.75%.
Scott County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,273/yr (near-tied bill ABS $12); rate 1.47% vs Fayette County 0.75%.
Anoka County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,271/yr (near-tied bill ABS $14); rate 0.94% vs Fayette County 0.75%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Fayette 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 Fayette County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.