New York · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kings County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kings County pays $6,382 a year, an effective rate of 0.71%, far above the U.S. average.
- $6,382
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.71%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +220%
- vs U.S. average
- #62 of 62
- rank in NY
The verdict
Homeowners in Kings County pay a median $6,382 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.71%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $6,382
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.71%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1302 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +220%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($905,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for New York. Population: 2,631,580. Owner-occupied homes: 297,916.
The median annual property tax in Kings County is $6,382, which is 3% lower than the New York state average and 220% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.71% on a median home value of $905,000. Property taxes represent 8.0% of the median household income in this county.
Why Kings County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Kings County pay a median annual property tax of $6,382, far above the national median and modestly below the New York state median. On a $905,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.71% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Kings County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 8.0% of the $80,263 median household income.
Decision signal 3
High among New York counties by effective rate
Kings County ranks #62 of 62 counties in New York by effective rate (0% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Kings County's 0.71% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Kings 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 held while the market moved
Kings County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.1% up, against a median home value that rose 23.2%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 28.2%, from $4,980 to $6,382.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 28% from $4,980 to $6,382. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 216,722 of 297,916 owner-occupied homes (72.7%) 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.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 8.0% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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.
Kings County is an outlier inside New York
Across the 62 New York counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 1.96%. Kings County is at 0.71%, which sits 2.5 standard deviations below that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Kings County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Kings County homeowners, 216,722 of 297,916 owner-occupied homes (72.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.2% (12,582)
- $800 to $1,499 3.1% (9,326)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.5% (7,549)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.7% (17,031)
- $3,000 or more 72.7% (216,722)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
34,706 homes here (11.6%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how New York handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Kings County pay about the same bill, within a 6% gap either way.
Kings County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Kings County's SPIKE ACS 2024 figure.
Kings County's median bill is 3% below the New York median and 220% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Kings County moved from $4,980 in the 2020 release to $6,382 in 2024, a change of about 28%. 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.
Kings County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kings County | New York Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 8.0% | - | - |
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 Kings County's $6,382 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Kings County's $6,382 ACS median (SPIKE), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $638/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for New York.
Kings County bill trail · SPIKE
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,382 +4.3% | 0.71% |
| 2023 | $6,120 +4.1% | 0.69% |
| 2022 | $5,881 +9.4% | 0.68% |
| 2021 | $5,377 +8.0% | 0.70% |
| 2020 | $4,980 | 0.68% |
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.
Kings County: tax takes 8.0% of income
Counties near Kings County's median bill
On effective rate, Kings County sits nearest Loup County (NE), Madison County (MO), Lewis County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Adams County (MS), Williamsburg city (VA), Garfield County (OK).
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
Kings County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 78,500 of 1,240,660 returns from Kings County reported real estate taxes, averaging $7,470 - 37% of those reporters sat in the $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.
Other Counties in New York
Kings County bill FAQs
- How does Kings County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Kings County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.71% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Kings County?
- Property taxes in Kings County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 8.0% of the $80,263 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Kings County, New York?
- The median annual property tax in Kings County is $6,382, an effective rate of 0.71% on a $905,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Kings County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Kings County jumped 28.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $4,980 to $6,382, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What is the tax affordability score for Kings County?
- Kings County, New York scores F (33/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-430). 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 to do with Kings County's SPIKE bill
Kings County's $6,382 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is elevated here: about 8.0% of Kings County's $80,263 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Kings County's SPIKE 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: 0.71%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $6,382/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kings County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kings County (UNDER · SPIKE), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER SPIKE
Rockwall County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $6,396/yr (near-tied bill ABS $14); rate 1.54% vs Kings County 0.71%.
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $6,357/yr (near-tied bill ABS $25); rate 1.67% vs Kings County 0.71%.
Dane County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $6,420/yr (near-tied bill ABS $38); rate 1.63% vs Kings County 0.71%.
Essex County, MA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $6,430/yr (near-tied bill ABS $48); rate 1.04% vs Kings County 0.71%.
New York county set
State ACS overview for every published New York county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Kings County stamps UNDER · SPIKE - 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 Kings County (UNDER · SPIKE) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.