Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Gloucester County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Gloucester County pays $1,878 a year, an effective rate of 0.57%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,878
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.57%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -6%
- vs U.S. average
- #82 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Gloucester County pay a median $1,878 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.57%, more affordable than 75% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,878
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.57%
- Effective rate on median home
- #782 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -6%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($331,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 39,526. Owner-occupied homes: 12,278.
The median annual property tax in Gloucester County is $1,878, which is 33% lower than the Virginia state average and 6% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.57% on a median home value of $331,000. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Gloucester County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Gloucester County's 0.57% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 75%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Virginia median
Homeowners in Gloucester County pay a median annual property tax of $1,878, modestly below the national median and well below the Virginia state median. On a $331,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.57% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Gloucester County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $84,306 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Gloucester County ranks #82 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (38% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Gloucester 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 8.7% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 65% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 43.7%, the median bill rose 31.2% to $1,878: 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 31% from $1,431 to $1,878. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 3,111 of 12,278 owner-occupied homes (25.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 2.2% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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 Gloucester County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Gloucester County homeowners, 3,111 of 12,278 owner-occupied homes (25.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.2% (1,004)
- $800 to $1,499 25.3% (3,111)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.8% (2,303)
- $2,000 to $2,999 24.3% (2,983)
- $3,000 or more 18.8% (2,313)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
564 homes here (4.6%) 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 Gloucester County pay about the same bill, within a 3% gap either way.
Gloucester County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Gloucester County's effective rate is higher than 38% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #82 of 133.
Where Gloucester County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.57% Among the most affordable more affordable than 75% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Gloucester County moved from $1,431 in the 2020 release to $1,878 in 2024, a change of about 31%. 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.
Gloucester County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Gloucester County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Gloucester County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Gloucester County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,878 +9.3% | 0.57% |
| 2023 | $1,718 +5.7% | 0.59% |
| 2022 | $1,626 +6.8% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | $1,522 +6.4% | 0.63% |
| 2020 | $1,431 | 0.62% |
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.
Gloucester County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Gloucester County's effective rate
On effective rate, Gloucester County sits nearest Tooele County (UT), Coffee County (TN), Cocke County (TN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Traverse County (MN), Van Zandt County (TX), Snohomish County (WA).
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
Gloucester County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,380 of 19,270 returns from Gloucester County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,300 - 40% 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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Gloucester County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Gloucester County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Gloucester County is $1,878, an effective rate of 0.57% on a $331,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Gloucester County?
- Gloucester County, Virginia scores C+ (62/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-55). 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.
- How does Gloucester County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Gloucester County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.57% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Gloucester County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Gloucester County jumped 31.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,431 to $1,878, 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 Gloucester County?
- Property taxes in Gloucester County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $84,306 median household income.
What to do with Gloucester County's QUIET rate
Inside Virginia, Gloucester County's $1,878 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Virginia overview →
Gloucester County ranks #82 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 Gloucester 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: 0.57%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,878/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Gloucester County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Gloucester County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Charles Mix County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Gloucester County at $1,878/yr; rate 1.10% vs Gloucester County 0.57%.
Jones County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Gloucester County at $1,878/yr; rate 0.97% vs Gloucester County 0.57%.
Branch County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,879/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.16% vs Gloucester County 0.57%.
Red Willow County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,879/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.18% vs Gloucester County 0.57%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Gloucester County stamps QUIET · MID - 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 Gloucester County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.