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Gates County Property Taxes

The median homeowner in Gates County pays $1,296 a year, an effective rate of 0.76%, well below the U.S. average.

$1,296
Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
0.76%
Effective rate · Below-median rate
-35%
vs U.S. average
#26 of 100
rank in NC

The verdict

Homeowners in Gates County pay a median $1,296 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.76%, more affordable than 54% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).

$1,296
Median annual tax bill, 2024
0.76%
Effective rate on median home
#1446 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 ($170,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.

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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 10,376. Owner-occupied homes: 3,390.

The median annual property tax in Gates County is $1,296, which is 32% lower than the North Carolina state average and 35% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.76% on a median home value of $170,800. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.

Gates County's rate standing among U.S. counties

Primary signal

The effective rate sits near the national middle

Gates County's 0.76% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 54%).

Decision signal 2

The bill sits well below the national median

Homeowners in Gates County pay a median annual property tax of $1,296, well below the national median and well below the North Carolina state median. On a $170,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.76% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.

Decision signal 3

Near the middle of North Carolina counties by effective rate

Gates County ranks #26 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (74% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).

Decision signal 4

Income carries a light tax share

Property taxes in Gates County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $66,333 median household income.

Informational notice

Figures describe the median homeowner household in Gates 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 held while the market moved

Gates County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.0% up, against a median home value that rose 19.9%.

A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 24.7%, from $1,039 to $1,296.

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.

Median Annual Tax
$1,296
Below-median bill
-32% vs State -35% vs US
Median Home Value
$170,800
-41% vs State -25% vs US
Effective Tax Rate
0.76%
Below-median rate
+15% vs State -17% vs US

How to read this county's bill

Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,039 to $1,296, a gain of 25%. 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 1,366 of 3,390 owner-occupied homes (40.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.

Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.0% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.

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 Gates County Homeowners Actually Pay

The single largest group of Gates County homeowners, 1,366 of 3,390 owner-occupied homes (40.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.

  • Less than $800 19.4% (656)
  • $800 to $1,499 40.3% (1,366)
  • $1,500 to $1,999 16.8% (571)
  • $2,000 to $2,999 11.4% (386)
  • $3,000 or more 9.4% (319)

Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.

92 homes here (2.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.

With vs Without Mortgage

With Mortgage
$1,567
$131/mo
Without Mortgage
$1,145
$95/mo

Mortgaged homeowners in Gates County pay a substantially higher bill, 37% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.

Gates County's effective rate vs peers

Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.

Gates County 0.76%
North Carolina average 0.66%
U.S. average 0.92%

Gates County's effective rate is higher than 74% of the 100 counties in North Carolina - ranking #26 of 100.

Where Gates County sits among every U.S. county

Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)

0.76% more affordable than 54% of 3,135 U.S. counties

Show national distribution This county 0.00% 4.00% every U.S. county, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more U.S. counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024

A high rate, a smaller bill

Gates County taxes property at 0.76%, about 15% above the North Carolina average, yet its median bill of $1,296 lands roughly 32% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.

Gates County vs Benchmarks

Metric Gates County North Carolina Avg U.S. Avg
Median Annual Tax Below-median bill $1,296 $1,896 $1,993
Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate 0.76% 0.66% 0.92%
Median Home Value $170,800 $288,900 $227,791
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.

Gates County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.

Gates County rate trail · UNDER

$1,000$1,100$1,200$1,300$1,400 20202021202220232024 $1,296
Gates County ACS median tax 2020–2024: +25% ($1,039 → $1,296).
Year Median Tax (vs prior release) Effective Rate
2024 $1,296 +1.8% 0.76%
2023 $1,273 +9.6% 0.78%
2022 $1,162 +3.8% 0.76%
2021 $1,119 +7.7% 0.76%
2020 $1,039 0.73%

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.

Gates County: tax takes only 2.0% of income

Tax-to-Income Ratio
2.0%
of median household income
Median Income
$66,333
per year
Monthly Tax
$108
per month

Counties near Gates County's effective rate

On effective rate, Gates County sits nearest Montgomery County (MO), DeKalb County (MO), Floyd County (KY).

On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Greene County (VA), Ross County (OH), Morgan County (GA).

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.

Gates County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax

Tax year 2022: 170 of 4,640 returns from Gates County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,476 - 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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Gates County rate FAQs

What is the average property tax in Gates County, North Carolina?
The median annual property tax in Gates County is $1,296, an effective rate of 0.76% on a $170,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
How does Gates County property tax compare to the national average?
Property taxes in Gates County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.76% versus 0.92% nationally.
What is the tax affordability score for Gates County?
Gates County, North Carolina scores C (59/100) 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 income room at B- (2.0%). 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 Gates County?
The ACS median property-tax bill for Gates County jumped 24.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,039 to $1,296, 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 Gates County?
Property taxes in Gates County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $66,333 median household income.

What to do with Gates County's UNDER rate

Gates County's $1,296 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 2.0% of Gates County's $66,333 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.

Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)

Rate-first peers for Gates 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: 0.76%.

Similar median bill

Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,296/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.

Read with Gates County

Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Gates County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.

UNDER LIGHT

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 Gates County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.