North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Hyde County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Hyde County pays $975 a year, an effective rate of 0.79%, far below the U.S. average.
- $975
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.79%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -51%
- vs U.S. average
- #22 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Hyde County pay a median $975 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.79%, more affordable than 51% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $975
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.79%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1538 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -51%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($124,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 4,592. Owner-occupied homes: 1,395.
The median annual property tax in Hyde County is $975, which is 49% lower than the North Carolina state average and 51% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.79% on a median home value of $124,000. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Why Hyde County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Hyde County pay a median annual property tax of $975, far below the national median and well below the North Carolina state median. On a $124,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.79% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among North Carolina counties by effective rate
Hyde County ranks #22 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Hyde County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $53,713 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Hyde County's 0.79% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 51%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Hyde 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 6.8% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 72% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 1.4%, the median bill fell 5.5% to $975: 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,032 in 2020 to $975 in 2024, a fall of 6%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 629 of 1,395 owner-occupied homes (45.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.8% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Hyde County fell from $1,032 to $975, a change of -5.5%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Hyde County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Hyde County homeowners, 629 of 1,395 owner-occupied homes (45.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 45.1% (629)
- $800 to $1,499 21.9% (305)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.1% (127)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.4% (159)
- $3,000 or more 8.7% (122)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
53 homes here (3.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Hyde County pay about the same bill, within a 7% gap either way.
Hyde County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Hyde County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Hyde County's median bill is 49% below the North Carolina median and 51% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Hyde County taxes property at 0.79%, about 20% above the North Carolina average, yet its median bill of $975 lands roughly 49% 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.
Hyde County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Hyde County | North Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Hyde County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Hyde County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $975 +29.5% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | $753 +5.0% | 0.63% |
| 2022 | $717 -37.3% | 0.68% |
| 2021 | $1,144 +10.9% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | $1,032 | 0.84% |
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.
Hyde County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Hyde County's median bill
On effective rate, Hyde County sits nearest Wheeler County (NE), Lewis and Clark County (MT), Scotland County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Saguache County (CO), Bolivar County (MS), Bland County (VA).
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
Hyde County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 2,170 returns from Hyde County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,100 - 50% 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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Hyde County bill FAQs
- How does Hyde County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Hyde County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.79% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Hyde County?
- Property taxes in Hyde County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $53,713 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Hyde County?
- Hyde County, North Carolina scores B (72/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-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 Hyde County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Hyde County is $975, an effective rate of 0.79% on a $124,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Hyde County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Hyde County eased 5.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,032 to $975, 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 Hyde County's LIGHT bill
Hyde County's $975 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 1.8% of Hyde County's $53,713 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Hyde County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.79%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $975/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Hyde County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Hyde County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Amherst County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hyde County at $975/yr; rate 0.46% vs Hyde County 0.79%.
Pike County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hyde County at $975/yr; rate 0.88% vs Hyde County 0.79%.
Todd County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hyde County at $975/yr; rate 1.81% vs Hyde County 0.79%.
Adams County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $974/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.90% vs Hyde County 0.79%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Hyde 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 Hyde County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.