North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Jones County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Jones County pays $964 a year, an effective rate of 0.74%, far below the U.S. average.
- $964
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.74%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -52%
- vs U.S. average
- #31 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Jones County pay a median $964 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.74%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $964
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.74%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1390 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -52%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($130,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 9,302. Owner-occupied homes: 3,277.
The median annual property tax in Jones County is $964, which is 49% lower than the North Carolina state average and 52% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.74% on a median home value of $130,300. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Jones County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Jones County's 0.74% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Jones County pay a median annual property tax of $964, far below the national median and well below the North Carolina state median. On a $130,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.74% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Jones County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $59,641 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of North Carolina counties by effective rate
Jones County ranks #31 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (69% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.1%, from $926 to $964. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Jones 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 26% from $765 to $964. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,237 of 3,277 owner-occupied homes (37.7%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 1.6% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Jones County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Jones County homeowners, 1,237 of 3,277 owner-occupied homes (37.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 37.7% (1,237)
- $800 to $1,499 29.3% (961)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.8% (320)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.9% (358)
- $3,000 or more 5.1% (168)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
233 homes here (7.1%) 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 Jones County pay a substantially higher bill, 32% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Jones County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Jones County's effective rate is higher than 69% of the 100 counties in North Carolina - ranking #31 of 100.
Where Jones County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.74% more affordable than 56% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Jones County moved from $765 in the 2020 release to $964 in 2024, a change of about 26%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Jones County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Jones 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 Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Jones County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Jones County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $964 +4.1% | 0.74% |
| 2023 | $926 +0.8% | 0.76% |
| 2022 | $919 +10.9% | 0.80% |
| 2021 | $829 +8.4% | 0.79% |
| 2020 | $765 | 0.83% |
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.
Jones County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Jones County's effective rate
On effective rate, Jones County sits nearest Mineral County (NV), Richland County (MT), Perry County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Contra Costa County (CA), Benton County (OR), Jay County (IN).
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
Jones County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 130 of 4,290 returns from Jones County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,715 - 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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Jones County rate FAQs
- How does Jones County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Jones County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.74% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Jones County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Jones County is $964, an effective rate of 0.74% on a $130,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Jones County?
- Jones County, North Carolina scores B- (69/100) 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 housing pressure at A- (2.18×). 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 Jones County?
- Property taxes in Jones County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $59,641 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Jones County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Jones County is recorded at $964 in the 2024 5-year release against $765 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 3,277 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
What to do with Jones County's UNDER rate
Jones County's $964 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 1.6% of Jones County's $59,641 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Jones 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: 0.74%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $964/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Jones County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Jones County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Greenwood County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jones County at $964/yr; rate 0.53% vs Jones County 0.74%.
Kanawha County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jones County at $964/yr; rate 0.65% vs Jones County 0.74%.
Randolph County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jones County at $964/yr; rate 1.07% vs Jones County 0.74%.
Barton County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $963/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.71% vs Jones County 0.74%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Jones 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 Jones County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.