Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Floyd County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Floyd County pays $1,245 a year, an effective rate of 0.55%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,245
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.55%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -38%
- vs U.S. average
- #92 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Floyd County pay a median $1,245 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.55%, more affordable than 78% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,245
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.55%
- Effective rate on median home
- #694 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -38%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($225,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 15,593. Owner-occupied homes: 5,560.
The median annual property tax in Floyd County is $1,245, which is 55% lower than the Virginia state average and 38% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.55% on a median home value of $225,400. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Floyd County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Floyd County's 0.55% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 78%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Floyd County pay a median annual property tax of $1,245, well below the national median and far below the Virginia state median. On a $225,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.55% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Floyd County ranks #92 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (31% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Floyd County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $62,191 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Floyd 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 8.3% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 67% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 32.6%, the median bill rose 21.6% to $1,245: 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 $1,024 to $1,245, a gain of 22%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 1,704 of 5,560 owner-occupied homes (30.6%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 2.0% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Floyd County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Floyd County homeowners, 1,704 of 5,560 owner-occupied homes (30.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.7% (1,486)
- $800 to $1,499 30.6% (1,704)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.4% (859)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.7% (707)
- $3,000 or more 7.5% (417)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
387 homes here (7.0%) 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 Floyd County pay about the same bill, a 5% gap.
Floyd County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Floyd County's effective rate is higher than 31% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #92 of 133.
Where Floyd County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.55% Among the most affordable more affordable than 78% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Virginia on both measures
Floyd County's effective rate runs 25% under the Virginia median and its bill 55% 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 $1,245 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Virginia norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Floyd County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Floyd County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Floyd County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Floyd County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,245 +11.0% | 0.55% |
| 2023 | $1,122 +0.2% | 0.52% |
| 2022 | $1,120 +6.8% | 0.55% |
| 2021 | $1,049 +2.4% | 0.60% |
| 2020 | $1,024 | 0.60% |
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.
Floyd County: tax-to-income at 2.0%
Counties near Floyd County's effective rate
On effective rate, Floyd County sits nearest Glasscock County (TX), Spartanburg County (SC), Colleton County (SC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Johnson County (TN), Murray County (OK), Newton County (MS).
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
Floyd County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 250 of 7,200 returns from Floyd County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,024 - 32% 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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Floyd County rate FAQs
- How does Floyd County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Floyd County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.55% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Floyd County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Floyd County is $1,245, an effective rate of 0.55% on a $225,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Floyd County?
- Floyd County, Virginia scores B- (68/100) 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 A- (+$66). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Floyd County?
- Property taxes in Floyd County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $62,191 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Floyd County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Floyd County jumped 21.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,024 to $1,245, 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 to do with Floyd County's QUIET rate
Floyd County's $1,245 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 →
Floyd County ranks #92 of 133 Virginia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Virginia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Floyd 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: 0.55%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,245/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Floyd County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Floyd County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Moniteau County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Floyd County at $1,245/yr; rate 0.68% vs Floyd County 0.55%.
Carter County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,244/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Floyd County 0.55%.
Franklin County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,246/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Floyd County 0.55%.
Lincoln County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,246/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Floyd County 0.55%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Floyd 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 Floyd County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.