West Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Grant County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Grant County pays $540 a year, an effective rate of 0.31%, far below the U.S. average.
- $540
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.31%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -73%
- vs U.S. average
- #54 of 55
- rank in WV
The verdict
Homeowners in Grant County pay a median $540 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.31%, more affordable than 98% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $540
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.31%
- Effective rate on median home
- #75 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -73%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($175,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Grant County, WV
93/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Grant County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median tax as a share of Grant County's median household income
Grant County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Grant County
Median home value relative to Grant County's median income
Grant County affordability profile (scored ACS dimensions)
Read the chart values
- Rate relief: 100/100 (A+) · 0.31%
- Income room: 100/100 (A+) · 0.9%
- Bill size: 97/100 (A+) · $540/yr
- Mortgage premium: 85/100 (A) · +$39
- Housing pressure: 56/100 (C) · 2.81×
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for West Virginia. Population: 10,983. Owner-occupied homes: 3,562.
The median annual property tax in Grant County is $540, which is 38% lower than the West Virginia state average and 73% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.31% on a median home value of $175,100. Property taxes represent 0.9% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Grant County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Grant County pay a median annual property tax of $540, far below the national median and well below the West Virginia state median. On a $175,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.31% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among West Virginia counties by effective rate
Grant County ranks #54 of 55 counties in West Virginia by effective rate (2% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Grant County's 0.31% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 98% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Grant County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.9% of the $62,361 median household income.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Grant County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate held while the market moved
Grant County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 3.7% down, against a median home value that rose 24.3%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 19.7%, from $451 to $540.
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 $451 to $540, 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: 2,368 of 3,562 owner-occupied homes (66.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 0.9% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Grant County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Grant County homeowners, 2,368 of 3,562 owner-occupied homes (66.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 66.5% (2,368)
- $800 to $1,499 18.5% (658)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.3% (118)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.7% (131)
- $3,000 or more 1.2% (43)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
244 homes here (6.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how West Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Grant County pay about the same bill, a 8% gap.
How Grant County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Grant County's effective rate is higher than 2% of the 55 counties in West Virginia - ranking #54 of 55 for property tax burden.
Where Grant County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.31% Among the most affordable more affordable than 98% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.31%, Grant County sits in the lowest 2% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $540, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Grant County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Grant County | West Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very 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.
Think your Grant County property tax bill is too high?
On Grant County's published figures, a $175,100 median home carries a $540 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $54 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in West Virginia.
Property Tax History
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $540 -2.7% | 0.31% |
| 2023 | $555 +13.0% | 0.33% |
| 2022 | $491 +2.3% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | $480 +6.4% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | $451 | 0.32% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate far below the national average of 0.92% puts Grant County in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Grant County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Grant County sits nearest Franklin Parish (LA), Acadia Parish (LA), Teton County (ID).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Giles County (TN), Yates County (NY), Lake County (MI).
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
What tax filers report in Grant County
Of the 5,180 federal returns filed from Grant County in 2022, 70 (1.4% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $1,671 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 71% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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What to do with Grant County's numbers
- Grant County's $540 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 Grant County's $62,361 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Grant County ranks #54 of 55 West Virginia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state board. West Virginia overview →
- If Grant County's assessment looks high versus the $175,100 typical home, check West Virginia's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($175,100); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Grant County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.