Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Jenkins County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Jenkins County pays $797 a year, an effective rate of 0.86%, far below the U.S. average.
- $797
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.86%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -60%
- vs U.S. average
- #83 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Jenkins County pay a median $797 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.86%, more affordable than 46% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $797
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.86%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1703 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -60%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($92,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 8,711. Owner-occupied homes: 2,645.
The median annual property tax in Jenkins County is $797, which is 66% lower than the Georgia state average and 60% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.86% on a median home value of $92,900. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Why Jenkins County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Jenkins County pay a median annual property tax of $797, far below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $92,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.86% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Jenkins County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $44,389 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Jenkins County's 0.86% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 46%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Jenkins County ranks #83 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Jenkins 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 Jenkins County rose 51.5%, from $61,300 to $92,900. The effective rate fell 36.6% over the same span, a steeper move than in 99% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 4.0%, to $797. 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $830 in 2020 to $797 in 2024, a fall of 4%. 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: 1,239 of 2,645 owner-occupied homes (46.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 1.8% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Jenkins County fell from $830 to $797, a change of -4.0%. 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 Jenkins County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Jenkins County homeowners, 1,239 of 2,645 owner-occupied homes (46.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 46.8% (1,239)
- $800 to $1,499 26.5% (701)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.8% (179)
- $2,000 to $2,999 6.8% (179)
- $3,000 or more 6.5% (172)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
175 homes here (6.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Jenkins County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+135%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Jenkins County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Jenkins County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Jenkins County's median bill is 66% below the Georgia median and 60% below the U.S. median.
Jenkins County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Jenkins County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-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.
Jenkins County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Jenkins County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $797 +2.6% | 0.86% |
| 2023 | $777 +3.1% | 0.96% |
| 2022 | $754 -11.5% | 0.92% |
| 2021 | $852 +2.7% | 1.11% |
| 2020 | $830 | 1.35% |
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.
Jenkins County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Jenkins County's median bill
On effective rate, Jenkins County sits nearest Palm Beach County (FL), St. Joseph County (IN), Boone County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Boyd County (NE), Essex County (VA), Carroll County (MO).
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
Jenkins County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 3,200 returns from Jenkins County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,788 - 38% 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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Jenkins County bill FAQs
- How does Jenkins County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Jenkins County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.86% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Jenkins County?
- Property taxes in Jenkins County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $44,389 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Jenkins County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Jenkins County is $797, an effective rate of 0.86% on a $92,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Jenkins County?
- Jenkins County, Georgia scores C+ (60/100) 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 ($797/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 Jenkins County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Jenkins County eased 4.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $830 to $797, 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 Jenkins County's LIGHT bill
Jenkins County's $797 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 Jenkins County's $44,389 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Jenkins 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: 0.86%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $797/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Jenkins County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Jenkins County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Bath County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jenkins County at $797/yr; rate 0.39% vs Jenkins County 0.86%.
Taylor County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jenkins County at $797/yr; rate 0.54% vs Jenkins County 0.86%.
Okmulgee County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $796/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.66% vs Jenkins County 0.86%.
Baxter County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $799/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.46% vs Jenkins County 0.86%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Jenkins 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 Jenkins County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.