Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Jackson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Jackson County pays $3,174 a year, an effective rate of 0.74%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,174
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.74%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +59%
- vs U.S. average
- #20 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Jackson County pay a median $3,174 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.74%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,174
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.74%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1390 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +59%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($430,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 222,645. Owner-occupied homes: 60,693.
The median annual property tax in Jackson County is $3,174, which is 18% lower than the Oregon state average and 59% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.74% on a median home value of $430,200. Property taxes represent 4.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Jackson County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Jackson County pay a median annual property tax of $3,174, far above the national median and notably lower than the Oregon state median. On a $430,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.74% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Jackson County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.3% of the $73,999 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Jackson County's 0.74% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Oregon counties by effective rate
Jackson County ranks #20 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (44% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Jackson 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Jackson County rose 46.1%, from $294,500 to $430,200. The effective rate fell 18.0% over the same span, a steeper move than in 76% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 19.8%, to $3,174. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $2,650 to $3,174, a gain of 20%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 31,388 of 60,693 owner-occupied homes (51.7%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 4.3% 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 Jackson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Jackson County homeowners, 31,388 of 60,693 owner-occupied homes (51.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 7.5% (4,556)
- $800 to $1,499 6.8% (4,154)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.3% (4,430)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.0% (13,956)
- $3,000 or more 51.7% (31,388)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,209 homes here (3.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oregon handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Jackson County pay about the same bill, a 3% gap.
Jackson County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Jackson County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Jackson County's median bill is 18% below the Oregon median and 59% above the U.S. median.
Same rate as Oregon, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 9% of the Oregon median, yet the median bill runs 18% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $3,174 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Jackson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Jackson County | Oregon Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 4.3% | - | - |
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.
Is Jackson County's $3,174 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Jackson County's $3,174 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $317/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Oregon.
Jackson County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,174 +4.7% | 0.74% |
| 2023 | $3,032 +2.5% | 0.76% |
| 2022 | $2,958 +7.0% | 0.80% |
| 2021 | $2,765 +4.3% | 0.86% |
| 2020 | $2,650 | 0.90% |
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.
Jackson County: tax takes 4.3% of income
Counties near Jackson County's median bill
On effective rate, Jackson County sits nearest Ellis County (OK), Cotton County (OK), Carter County (OK).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are St. Clair County (MI), Huron County (MI), Pima County (AZ).
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
Jackson County: only 10% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 10,660 of 106,350 returns from Jackson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,865 - 32% 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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Jackson County bill FAQs
- How does Jackson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Jackson County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.74% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Jackson County?
- Property taxes in Jackson County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.3% of the $73,999 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Jackson County?
- Jackson County, Oregon scores F (35/100) 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 B+ (+$102). 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 Jackson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Jackson County climbed 19.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,650 to $3,174, 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 is the average property tax in Jackson County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Jackson County is $3,174, an effective rate of 0.74% on a $430,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
What to do with Jackson County's HEAVY bill
Jackson County's $3,174 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Jackson County ranks #20 of 36 Oregon counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Oregon overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Jackson County's HEAVY 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: 0.74%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,174/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Jackson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Jackson County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Amador County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,172/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.71% vs Jackson County 0.74%.
Butler County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,177/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.46% vs Jackson County 0.74%.
Medina County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,165/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 1.32% vs Jackson County 0.74%.
Benton County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,163/yr (near-tied bill ABS $11); rate 0.78% vs Jackson County 0.74%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Jackson County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Jackson County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.