Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Harrison County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Harrison County pays $1,224 a year, an effective rate of 0.53%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,224
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.53%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -39%
- vs U.S. average
- #81 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Harrison County pay a median $1,224 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.53%, more affordable than 80% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,224
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.53%
- Effective rate on median home
- #619 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($229,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 39,859. Owner-occupied homes: 12,962.
The median annual property tax in Harrison County is $1,224, which is 24% lower than the Indiana state average and 39% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.53% on a median home value of $229,600. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Harrison County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Harrison County's 0.53% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 80%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Harrison County pay a median annual property tax of $1,224, well below the national median and notably lower than the Indiana state median. On a $229,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.53% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Indiana counties by effective rate
Harrison County ranks #81 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (12% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Harrison County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $74,475 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Harrison 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 8.2% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 67% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 43.9%, the median bill rose 32.2% to $1,224: 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 32% from $926 to $1,224. 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 reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 4,076 of 12,962 owner-occupied homes (31.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 1.6% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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 Harrison County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Harrison County homeowners, 4,076 of 12,962 owner-occupied homes (31.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 31.4% (4,076)
- $800 to $1,499 28.6% (3,713)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.7% (2,167)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.8% (1,526)
- $3,000 or more 7.5% (977)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
503 homes here (3.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Harrison County, mortgaged homeowners pay 14% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Harrison County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Harrison County's effective rate is higher than 12% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #81 of 92.
Where Harrison County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.53% Among the most affordable more affordable than 80% 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 Harrison County moved from $926 in the 2020 release to $1,224 in 2024, a change of about 32%. 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.
Harrison County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Harrison County | Indiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median 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.
Harrison County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Harrison County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,224 +2.4% | 0.53% |
| 2023 | $1,195 +6.0% | 0.55% |
| 2022 | $1,127 +14.8% | 0.56% |
| 2021 | $982 +6.0% | 0.58% |
| 2020 | $926 | 0.58% |
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.
Harrison County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Harrison County's effective rate
On effective rate, Harrison County sits nearest Monroe County (FL), Gadsden County (FL), Boulder County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Mills County (IA), Roberts County (TX), San Benito County (CA).
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
Harrison County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 570 of 19,040 returns from Harrison County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,525 - 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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Harrison County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Harrison County?
- Harrison County, Indiana scores B (72/100) 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+ (0.53%). 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 Harrison County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Harrison County is $1,224, an effective rate of 0.53% on a $229,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Harrison County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Harrison County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.53% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Harrison County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Harrison County jumped 32.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $926 to $1,224, 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 Harrison County?
- Property taxes in Harrison County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $74,475 median household income.
What to do with Harrison County's QUIET rate
Harrison County's $1,224 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 Harrison County's $74,475 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Harrison 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: 0.53%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,224/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Harrison County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Harrison County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Red River County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Harrison County at $1,224/yr; rate 1.01% vs Harrison County 0.53%.
Dimmit County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,223/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.43% vs Harrison County 0.53%.
Murray County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,225/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Harrison County 0.53%.
Roane County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,223/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Harrison County 0.53%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Harrison 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 Harrison County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.