West Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Gilmer County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Gilmer County pays $410 a year, an effective rate of 0.49%, far below the U.S. average.
- $410
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.49%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -79%
- vs U.S. average
- #29 of 55
- rank in WV
The verdict
Homeowners in Gilmer County pay a median $410 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.49%, more affordable than 84% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $410
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.49%
- Effective rate on median home
- #486 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -79%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($83,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for West Virginia. Population: 7,288. Owner-occupied homes: 1,705.
The median annual property tax in Gilmer County is $410, which is 53% lower than the West Virginia state average and 79% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.49% on a median home value of $83,800. Property taxes represent 0.9% of the median household income in this county.
Gilmer County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Gilmer County's 0.49% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 84%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Gilmer County pay a median annual property tax of $410, far below the national median and far below the West Virginia state median. On a $83,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.49% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Gilmer County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.9% of the $47,981 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of West Virginia counties by effective rate
Gilmer County ranks #29 of 55 counties in West Virginia by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Gilmer 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 7.4% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 70% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 4.9%, the median bill fell 2.8% to $410: 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $422 in 2020 to $410 in 2024, a fall of 3%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,228 of 1,705 owner-occupied homes (72.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 0.9% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Gilmer County fell from $422 to $410, a change of -2.8%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Gilmer County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Gilmer County homeowners, 1,228 of 1,705 owner-occupied homes (72.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 72.0% (1,228)
- $800 to $1,499 10.8% (184)
- $1,500 to $1,999 1.3% (22)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.1% (53)
- $3,000 or more 0.0% (0)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
218 homes here (12.8%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how West Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Gilmer County pay about the same bill, a 0% gap.
Gilmer County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Gilmer County's effective rate is higher than 47% of the 55 counties in West Virginia - ranking #29 of 55.
Where Gilmer County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.49% Among the most affordable more affordable than 84% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as West Virginia, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 8% of the West Virginia median, yet the median bill runs 53% 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 $410 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Gilmer County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Gilmer County | West Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 0.9% | - | - |
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.
Gilmer County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · West Virginia counties.
Gilmer County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $410 -2.8% | 0.49% |
| 2023 | $422 -8.5% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | $461 +5.7% | 0.51% |
| 2021 | $436 +3.3% | 0.53% |
| 2020 | $422 | 0.53% |
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.
Gilmer County: tax takes only 0.9% of income
Counties near Gilmer County's effective rate
On effective rate, Gilmer County sits nearest Rappahannock County (VA), Box Elder County (UT), Wayne County (TN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bailey County (TX), Bradley County (AR), Wolfe 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
Gilmer County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 2,480 returns from Gilmer County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,200 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Gilmer County rate FAQs
- How does Gilmer County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Gilmer County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.49% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Gilmer County, West Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Gilmer County is $410, an effective rate of 0.49% on a $83,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Gilmer County?
- Gilmer County, West Virginia scores A+ (93/100) 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 A+ (0.9%). 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 Gilmer County?
- Property taxes in Gilmer County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.9% of the $47,981 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Gilmer County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Gilmer County eased 2.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $422 to $410, 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 Gilmer County's QUIET rate
Gilmer County's $410 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 0.9% of Gilmer County's $47,981 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Gilmer 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: 0.49%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $410/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Gilmer County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Gilmer County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Marengo County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $409/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.38% vs Gilmer County 0.49%.
St. Landry Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $411/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.29% vs Gilmer County 0.49%.
Webster Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $412/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.36% vs Gilmer County 0.49%.
Buchanan County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $413/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.44% vs Gilmer County 0.49%.
West Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published West Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Gilmer 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 Gilmer County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.