Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Holmes County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Holmes County pays $600 a year, an effective rate of 0.54%, far below the U.S. average.
- $600
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.54%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -70%
- vs U.S. average
- #61 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Holmes County pay a median $600 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.54%, more affordable than 79% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $600
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.54%
- Effective rate on median home
- #659 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -70%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($110,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 19,513. Owner-occupied homes: 5,356.
The median annual property tax in Holmes County is $600, which is 78% lower than the Florida state average and 70% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.54% on a median home value of $110,200. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Holmes County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Holmes 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 Holmes County pay a median annual property tax of $600, far below the national median and far below the Florida state median. On a $110,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.54% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Florida counties by effective rate
Holmes County ranks #61 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (9% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Holmes County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $49,343 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Holmes 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 9.7% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 61% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 27.5%, the median bill rose 15.2% to $600: 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 $521 to $600, a gain of 15%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 2,609 of 5,356 owner-occupied homes (48.7%) 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 1.2% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
24.8% of Holmes County homes owned free and clear (884 of 3,560) report no property tax at all, against 14.6% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Holmes County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Holmes County homeowners, 2,609 of 5,356 owner-occupied homes (48.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 48.7% (2,609)
- $800 to $1,499 13.6% (727)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.1% (435)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.3% (282)
- $3,000 or more 2.9% (157)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,146 homes here (21.4%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Holmes County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+102%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Holmes County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Holmes County's effective rate is higher than 9% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #61 of 67.
Where Holmes 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
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Florida on both measures
Holmes County's effective rate runs 29% under the Florida median and its bill 78% 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 $600 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Florida norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Holmes County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Holmes County | Florida Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
Holmes County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Holmes County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $600 +13.9% | 0.54% |
| 2023 | $527 -9.1% | 0.52% |
| 2022 | $580 +11.5% | 0.61% |
| 2021 | $520 -0.2% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | $521 | 0.60% |
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.
Holmes County: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Holmes County's effective rate
On effective rate, Holmes County sits nearest Grant County (AR), Faulkner County (AR), Desha County (AR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Kennebec County (ME), Terrell County (TX), Berrien County (GA).
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
Holmes County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 110 of 7,230 returns from Holmes County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,755 - 45% 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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Holmes County rate FAQs
- How does Holmes County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Holmes County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.54% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Holmes County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Holmes County is $600, an effective rate of 0.54% on a $110,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Holmes County?
- Holmes County, Florida scores B+ (79/100) 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 A+ ($600/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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Holmes County?
- Property taxes in Holmes County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $49,343 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Holmes County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Holmes County climbed 15.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $521 to $600, 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 Holmes County's QUIET rate
Holmes County's $600 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 1.2% of Holmes County's $49,343 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Holmes 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: $600/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Holmes County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Holmes County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Calhoun County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Holmes County at $600/yr; rate 0.66% vs Holmes County 0.54%.
Woodruff County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Holmes County at $600/yr; rate 0.56% vs Holmes County 0.54%.
Hancock County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $599/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs Holmes County 0.54%.
Hempstead County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $601/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Holmes County 0.54%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Holmes 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 Holmes County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.