Alabama · County property tax · ACS 2024
Greene County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Greene County pays $444 a year, an effective rate of 0.55%, far below the U.S. average.
- $444
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.55%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -78%
- vs U.S. average
- #2 of 67
- rank in AL
The verdict
Homeowners in Greene County pay a median $444 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.55%, more affordable than 78% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $444
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.55%
- Effective rate on median home
- #694 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -78%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($81,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alabama. Population: 7,424. Owner-occupied homes: 1,987.
The median annual property tax in Greene County is $444, which is 44% lower than the Alabama state average and 78% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.55% on a median home value of $81,200. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Greene County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Greene County pay a median annual property tax of $444, far below the national median and well below the Alabama state median. On a $81,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.55% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Alabama counties by effective rate
Greene County ranks #2 of 67 counties in Alabama by effective rate (97% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Greene County's 0.55% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 78%).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Greene County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $29,200 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 5.2%, from $422 to $444. 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 Greene 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 35% from $328 to $444. 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 single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 921 of 1,987 homes (46.4%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
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 1.5% 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.
Greene County is an outlier inside Alabama
Across the 67 Alabama counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.34%. Greene County is at 0.55%, which sits 2.7 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Greene County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Greene County homeowners are not billed at all: 921 of 1,987 owner-occupied homes (46.4%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 37.7% (749)
- $800 to $1,499 10.9% (217)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.3% (85)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.8% (15)
- $3,000 or more 0.0% (0)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
921 homes here (46.4%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Greene County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Alabama handles assessments and appeals.
Greene County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Greene County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Greene County's median bill is 44% below the Alabama median and 78% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Greene County taxes property at 0.55%, about 45% above the Alabama average, yet its median bill of $444 lands roughly 44% 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.
Greene County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Greene County | Alabama Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Greene County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alabama counties.
Greene County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $444 +5.2% | 0.55% |
| 2023 | $422 +42.1% | 0.49% |
| 2022 | $297 -4.8% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | $312 -4.9% | 0.39% |
| 2020 | $328 | 0.43% |
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.
Greene County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Greene County's median bill
On effective rate, Greene County sits nearest Douglas County (CO), Bradford County (FL), Lafayette County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bryan County (GA), Blue Earth County (MN), Harrison County (MO).
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
Greene County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 3,110 returns from Greene County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,789 - 44% 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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Greene County bill FAQs
- How does Greene County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Greene County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.55% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Greene County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Greene County is recorded at $444 in the 2024 5-year release against $328 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 1,987 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 Greene County?
- Property taxes in Greene County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $29,200 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Greene County, Alabama?
- The median annual property tax in Greene County is $444, an effective rate of 0.55% on a $81,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Greene County?
- Greene County, Alabama scores A- (82/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 4 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is bill size at A+ ($444/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.
What to do with Greene County's LIGHT bill
Greene County's $444 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 1.5% of Greene County's $29,200 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Greene County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.55%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $444/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Greene County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Greene County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $442/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.29% vs Greene County 0.55%.
Geneva County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $447/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.34% vs Greene County 0.55%.
Summers County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $439/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.31% vs Greene County 0.55%.
Chicot County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $436/yr (near-tied bill ABS $8); rate 0.49% vs Greene County 0.55%.
Alabama county set
State ACS overview for every published Alabama county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Greene 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 Greene County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.