North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Hertford County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Hertford County pays $1,168 a year, an effective rate of 0.98%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,168
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.98%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -41%
- vs U.S. average
- #6 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Hertford County pay a median $1,168 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.98%, more affordable than 37% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,168
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.98%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1972 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -41%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($119,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 19,908. Owner-occupied homes: 5,581.
The median annual property tax in Hertford County is $1,168, which is 38% lower than the North Carolina state average and 41% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.98% on a median home value of $119,200. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Hertford County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Hertford County's 0.98% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 37%).
Decision signal 2
Low among North Carolina counties by effective rate
Hertford County ranks #6 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (94% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Hertford County pay a median annual property tax of $1,168, well below the national median and well below the North Carolina state median. On a $119,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.98% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Hertford County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $45,537 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Hertford 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 6.3% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 74% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 32.7%, the median bill rose 24.4% to $1,168: 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $939 to $1,168, a gain of 24%. 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 1,818 of 5,581 owner-occupied homes (32.6%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.6% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Hertford County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Hertford County homeowners, 1,818 of 5,581 owner-occupied homes (32.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.2% (1,520)
- $800 to $1,499 32.6% (1,818)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.5% (920)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.6% (533)
- $3,000 or more 7.1% (398)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
392 homes here (7.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Hertford County pay a substantially higher bill, 48% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Hertford County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Hertford County's effective rate is higher than 94% of the 100 counties in North Carolina - ranking #6 of 100.
Where Hertford County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.98% more affordable than 37% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Hertford County taxes property at 0.98%, about 48% above the North Carolina average, yet its median bill of $1,168 lands roughly 38% 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.
Hertford County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Hertford County | North Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Hertford County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Hertford County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,168 +7.8% | 0.98% |
| 2023 | $1,083 +2.9% | 0.97% |
| 2022 | $1,052 +8.7% | 1.02% |
| 2021 | $968 +3.1% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | $939 | 1.05% |
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.
Hertford County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Hertford County's effective rate
On effective rate, Hertford County sits nearest Logan County (NE), Silver Bow County (MT), Hill County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Ogemaw County (MI), Clay County (IA), Ottawa County (KS).
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
Hertford County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 290 of 8,070 returns from Hertford County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,062 - 31% 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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Hertford County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Hertford County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Hertford County is $1,168, an effective rate of 0.98% on a $119,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Hertford County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Hertford County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.98% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Hertford County?
- Hertford County, North Carolina scores D (49/100) 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 bill size at B- ($1,168/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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Hertford County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Hertford County jumped 24.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $939 to $1,168, 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 Hertford County?
- Property taxes in Hertford County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $45,537 median household income.
What to do with Hertford County's UNDER rate
Hertford County's $1,168 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 →
Hertford County ranks #6 of 100 North Carolina counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. North Carolina overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Hertford County's UNDER 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: 0.98%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,168/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Hertford County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Hertford County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Martin County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hertford County at $1,168/yr; rate 1.06% vs Hertford County 0.98%.
Stone County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hertford County at $1,168/yr; rate 0.47% vs Hertford County 0.98%.
Cassia County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,166/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.41% vs Hertford County 0.98%.
Glades County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,170/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.85% vs Hertford County 0.98%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Hertford County stamps UNDER · 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 Hertford County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.