Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Franklin County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Franklin County pays $1,288 a year, an effective rate of 0.72%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,288
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.72%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -35%
- vs U.S. average
- #123 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Franklin County pay a median $1,288 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.72%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,288
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.72%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1325 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -35%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($179,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 24,234. Owner-occupied homes: 6,939.
The median annual property tax in Franklin County is $1,288, which is 45% lower than the Georgia state average and 35% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.72% on a median home value of $179,000. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Franklin County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Franklin County's 0.72% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Franklin County pay a median annual property tax of $1,288, well below the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $179,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.72% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Georgia counties by effective rate
Franklin County ranks #123 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (22% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Franklin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $53,046 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Franklin 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 Franklin County rose 48.5%, from $120,500 to $179,000. The effective rate fell 19.1% over the same span, a steeper move than in 80% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 20.1%, to $1,288. 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 $1,072 to $1,288, a gain of 20%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 2,301 of 6,939 owner-occupied homes (33.2%) 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 2.4% 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 Franklin County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Franklin County homeowners, 2,301 of 6,939 owner-occupied homes (33.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 33.2% (2,301)
- $800 to $1,499 22.9% (1,588)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.5% (797)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.3% (1,129)
- $3,000 or more 13.0% (903)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
221 homes here (3.2%) 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 Franklin County pay a substantially higher bill, 32% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Franklin County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Franklin County's effective rate is higher than 22% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #123 of 158.
Where Franklin County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.72% more affordable than 58% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Georgia, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 6% of the Georgia median, yet the median bill runs 45% below 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 cheaper housing produces $1,288 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Franklin County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Franklin County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
Franklin County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Franklin County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,288 +4.6% | 0.72% |
| 2023 | $1,231 +1.2% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | $1,216 +5.2% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | $1,156 +7.8% | 0.88% |
| 2020 | $1,072 | 0.89% |
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.
Franklin County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Franklin County's effective rate
On effective rate, Franklin County sits nearest Highlands County (FL), Clay County (FL), Lassen County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Potter County (SD), Williamson County (TN), Chemung County (NY).
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
Franklin County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 410 of 10,430 returns from Franklin County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,317 - 41% 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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Franklin County rate FAQs
- How does Franklin County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Franklin County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.72% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Franklin County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Franklin County is $1,288, an effective rate of 0.72% on a $179,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Franklin County?
- Franklin County, Georgia scores C- (54/100) 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 C+ ($1,288/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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Franklin County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Franklin County jumped 20.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,072 to $1,288, 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 Franklin County?
- Property taxes in Franklin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $53,046 median household income.
What to do with Franklin County's UNDER rate
Franklin County's $1,288 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 →
Franklin County ranks #123 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Franklin County's UNDER 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: 0.72%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,288/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Franklin County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Franklin County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Baylor County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Franklin County at $1,288/yr; rate 1.25% vs Franklin County 0.72%.
Moore County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Franklin County at $1,288/yr; rate 0.45% vs Franklin County 0.72%.
Schley County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Franklin County at $1,288/yr; rate 0.90% vs Franklin County 0.72%.
Anderson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,289/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.54% vs Franklin County 0.72%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Franklin County stamps UNDER · 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 Franklin County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.