Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Glades County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Glades County pays $1,170 a year, an effective rate of 0.85%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,170
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.85%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -41%
- vs U.S. average
- #7 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Glades County pay a median $1,170 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.85%, more affordable than 46% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,170
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.85%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1679 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -41%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($137,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 12,563. Owner-occupied homes: 3,829.
The median annual property tax in Glades County is $1,170, which is 57% lower than the Florida state average and 41% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.85% on a median home value of $137,000. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Glades County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Glades County's 0.85% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 46%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Glades County pay a median annual property tax of $1,170, well below the national median and far below the Florida state median. On a $137,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.85% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Florida counties by effective rate
Glades County ranks #7 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (90% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Glades County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $45,870 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 0.6%, from $1,163 to $1,170. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Glades 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 43% from $816 to $1,170. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,004 of 3,829 owner-occupied homes (26.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.6% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
27.4% of Glades County homes owned free and clear (745 of 2,717) report no property tax at all, against 8.9% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Glades County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Glades County homeowners, 1,004 of 3,829 owner-occupied homes (26.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.2% (1,004)
- $800 to $1,499 22.5% (863)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.9% (339)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.4% (398)
- $3,000 or more 10.0% (381)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
844 homes here (22.0%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Glades County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+64%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Glades County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Glades County's effective rate is higher than 90% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #7 of 67.
Where Glades County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.85% more affordable than 46% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Glades County moved from $816 in the 2020 release to $1,170 in 2024, a change of about 43%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Glades County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Glades County | Florida Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Glades County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Glades County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,170 +0.6% | 0.85% |
| 2023 | $1,163 +15.0% | 1.01% |
| 2022 | $1,011 +13.5% | 1.11% |
| 2021 | $891 +9.2% | 1.13% |
| 2020 | $816 | 1.13% |
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.
Glades County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Glades County's effective rate
On effective rate, Glades County sits nearest Floyd County (GA), Harris County (GA), Upson County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Klickitat County (WA), Juab County (UT), Greenlee County (AZ).
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
Glades County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 4,950 returns from Glades County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,090 - 60% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Glades County rate FAQs
- How does Glades County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Glades County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.85% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Glades County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Glades County is $1,170, an effective rate of 0.85% on a $137,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Glades County?
- Glades County, Florida scores D (48/100) 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 B- ($1,170/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 Glades County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Glades County is recorded at $1,170 in the 2024 5-year release against $816 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 3,829 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Glades County?
- Property taxes in Glades County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $45,870 median household income.
What to do with Glades County's UNDER rate
Glades County's $1,170 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 →
Glades County ranks #7 of 67 Florida counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Florida overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Glades 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: 0.85%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,170/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Glades County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Glades County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Emporia city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,171/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Glades County 0.85%.
Greenup County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,171/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.87% vs Glades County 0.85%.
Hertford County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,168/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.98% vs Glades County 0.85%.
Martin County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,168/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.06% vs Glades County 0.85%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Glades 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 Glades County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.