Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Greensville County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Greensville County pays $855 a year, an effective rate of 0.54%, far below the U.S. average.
- $855
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.54%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -57%
- vs U.S. average
- #93 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Greensville County pay a median $855 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.54%, more affordable than 79% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $855
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.54%
- Effective rate on median home
- #659 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -57%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($159,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 11,275. Owner-occupied homes: 2,122.
The median annual property tax in Greensville County is $855, which is 69% lower than the Virginia state average and 57% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.54% on a median home value of $159,400. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Greensville County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Greensville County's 0.54% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 79%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Greensville County pay a median annual property tax of $855, far below the national median and far below the Virginia state median. On a $159,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.54% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Greensville County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $54,668 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Greensville County ranks #93 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (30% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Greensville 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Greensville County's effective rate fell 16.8% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 31.8%, leaving the median bill 9.8% higher at $855. That rate move is larger than the one in 72% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $779 to $855, a change of 10%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 947 of 2,122 owner-occupied homes (44.6%) 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 1.6% 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.
What Greensville County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Greensville County homeowners, 947 of 2,122 owner-occupied homes (44.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 44.6% (947)
- $800 to $1,499 27.1% (575)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.7% (354)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.3% (112)
- $3,000 or more 3.1% (65)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
69 homes here (3.3%) 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 Greensville County pay about the same bill, within a 8% gap either way.
Greensville County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Greensville County's effective rate is higher than 30% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #93 of 133.
Where Greensville County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.54% Among the most affordable more affordable than 79% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Virginia on both measures
Greensville County's effective rate runs 26% under the Virginia median and its bill 69% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $855 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Virginia norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Greensville County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Greensville County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Greensville County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Greensville County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $855 -8.7% | 0.54% |
| 2023 | $936 +11.8% | 0.59% |
| 2022 | $837 +4.6% | 0.57% |
| 2021 | $800 +2.7% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | $779 | 0.64% |
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.
Greensville County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Greensville County's effective rate
On effective rate, Greensville County sits nearest Sevier County (UT), Salt Lake County (UT), Houston County (TN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Sedgwick County (CO), Mitchell County (GA), Jackson County (IL).
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
Greensville County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 150 of 3,680 returns from Greensville County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,613 - 33% 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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Greensville County rate FAQs
- How does Greensville County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Greensville County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.54% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Greensville County?
- Greensville County, Virginia scores A- (81/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-73). 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 is the average property tax in Greensville County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Greensville County is $855, an effective rate of 0.54% on a $159,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Greensville County?
- Property taxes in Greensville County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $54,668 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Greensville County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Greensville County climbed 9.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $779 to $855, 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 Greensville County's QUIET rate
Greensville County's $855 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 1.6% of Greensville County's $54,668 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Greensville 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: 0.54%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $855/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Greensville County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Greensville County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Chattahoochee County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $856/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.83% vs Greensville County 0.54%.
Chester County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $856/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Greensville County 0.54%.
Polk County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $856/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.50% vs Greensville County 0.54%.
Mecklenburg County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $859/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.45% vs Greensville County 0.54%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Greensville 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 Greensville County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.