Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Hardin County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Hardin County pays $1,480 a year, an effective rate of 0.66%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,480
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.66%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #75 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Hardin County pay a median $1,480 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.66%, more affordable than 64% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,480
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.66%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1116 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($225,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 111,942. Owner-occupied homes: 27,921.
The median annual property tax in Hardin County is $1,480, which is 4% lower than the Kentucky state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.66% on a median home value of $225,800. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Hardin County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Hardin County's 0.66% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 64%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Hardin County pay a median annual property tax of $1,480, well below the national median and modestly below the Kentucky state median. On a $225,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.66% 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 Hardin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $67,647 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Kentucky counties by effective rate
Hardin County ranks #75 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (38% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Hardin 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
Hardin County's effective rate fell 16.9% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 43.2%, leaving the median bill 19.0% higher at $1,480. 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,244 to $1,480, a gain of 19%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 8,919 of 27,921 owner-occupied homes (31.9%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.2% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Hardin County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Hardin County homeowners, 8,919 of 27,921 owner-occupied homes (31.9%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.4% (4,588)
- $800 to $1,499 31.9% (8,919)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.1% (4,500)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.2% (4,806)
- $3,000 or more 13.0% (3,617)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,491 homes here (5.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Hardin County pay a substantially higher bill, 34% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Hardin County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Hardin County's effective rate is higher than 38% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #75 of 120.
Where Hardin County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.66% Among the most affordable more affordable than 64% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Hardin County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Hardin County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median 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.
Hardin County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Hardin County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,480 +2.0% | 0.66% |
| 2023 | $1,451 +5.2% | 0.70% |
| 2022 | $1,379 +7.8% | 0.74% |
| 2021 | $1,279 +2.8% | 0.80% |
| 2020 | $1,244 | 0.79% |
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.
Hardin County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Hardin County's effective rate
On effective rate, Hardin County sits nearest Shelby County (IN), Owen County (IN), Marshall County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Decatur County (IA), Madison County (NY), Wyandot County (OH).
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
Hardin County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,950 of 50,460 returns from Hardin County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,461 - 39% 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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Hardin County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Hardin County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Hardin County is $1,480, an effective rate of 0.66% on a $225,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Hardin County?
- Hardin County, Kentucky scores C (55/100) 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 rate relief at B- (0.66%). 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 Hardin County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Hardin County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.66% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Hardin County?
- Property taxes in Hardin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $67,647 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Hardin County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Hardin County climbed 19.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,244 to $1,480, 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 Hardin County's QUIET rate
Hardin County's $1,480 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 →
Hardin County ranks #75 of 120 Kentucky counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Kentucky overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Hardin 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: 0.66%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,480/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Hardin County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Hardin County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Crosby County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hardin County at $1,480/yr; rate 1.83% vs Hardin County 0.66%.
Doña Ana County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hardin County at $1,480/yr; rate 0.67% vs Hardin County 0.66%.
Howard County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hardin County at $1,480/yr; rate 0.95% vs Hardin County 0.66%.
Franklin County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,479/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.59% vs Hardin County 0.66%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Hardin 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 Hardin County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.