Arizona · County property tax · ACS 2024
La Paz County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in La Paz County pays $873 a year, an effective rate of 0.64%, far below the U.S. average.
- $873
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.64%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -56%
- vs U.S. average
- #3 of 15
- rank in AZ
The verdict
Homeowners in La Paz County pay a median $873 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.64%, more affordable than 67% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $873
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.64%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1040 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -56%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($135,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arizona. Population: 16,664. Owner-occupied homes: 6,459.
The median annual property tax in La Paz County is $873, which is 54% lower than the Arizona state average and 56% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.64% on a median home value of $135,800. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
La Paz County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
La Paz County's 0.64% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 67%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in La Paz County pay a median annual property tax of $873, far below the national median and far below the Arizona state median. On a $135,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.64% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Arizona counties by effective rate
La Paz County ranks #3 of 15 counties in Arizona by effective rate (80% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in La Paz County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $49,478 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in La Paz 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 La Paz County rose 60.5%, from $84,600 to $135,800. The effective rate fell 19.9% over the same span, a steeper move than in 82% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 28.6%, to $873. 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 29% from $679 to $873. 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: 2,376 of 6,459 owner-occupied homes (36.8%) 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
24.5% of La Paz County homes owned free and clear (1,168 of 4,771) report no property tax at all, against 14.8% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What La Paz County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of La Paz County homeowners, 2,376 of 6,459 owner-occupied homes (36.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 36.8% (2,376)
- $800 to $1,499 22.4% (1,446)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.7% (303)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.8% (504)
- $3,000 or more 6.4% (413)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,417 homes here (21.9%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Arizona handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in La Paz County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+70%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
La Paz County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
La Paz County's effective rate is higher than 80% of the 15 counties in Arizona - ranking #3 of 15.
Where La Paz County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.64% Among the most affordable more affordable than 67% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
La Paz County taxes property at 0.64%, about 33% above the Arizona average, yet its median bill of $873 lands roughly 54% 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.
La Paz County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | La Paz County | Arizona 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 | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
La Paz County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arizona counties.
La Paz County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $873 +5.1% | 0.64% |
| 2023 | $831 +9.1% | 0.71% |
| 2022 | $762 -2.3% | 0.65% |
| 2021 | $780 +14.9% | 0.75% |
| 2020 | $679 | 0.80% |
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.
La Paz County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near La Paz County's effective rate
On effective rate, La Paz County sits nearest Glenn County (CA), Humboldt County (CA), Santa Cruz County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Coosa County (AL), Florence County (SC), Miami County (OH).
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
La Paz County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 220 of 7,110 returns from La Paz County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,768 - 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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La Paz County rate FAQs
- How does La Paz County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in La Paz County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.64% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in La Paz County, Arizona?
- The median annual property tax in La Paz County is $873, an effective rate of 0.64% on a $135,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for La Paz County?
- La Paz County, Arizona scores B- (66/100) 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- ($873/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 La Paz County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for La Paz County jumped 28.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $679 to $873, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in La Paz County?
- Property taxes in La Paz County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $49,478 median household income.
What to do with La Paz County's QUIET rate
La Paz County's $873 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 La Paz County's $49,478 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for La Paz County's QUIET 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: 0.64%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $873/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with La Paz County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for La Paz County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Blackford County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with La Paz County at $873/yr; rate 0.81% vs La Paz County 0.64%.
Atoka County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $872/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs La Paz County 0.64%.
Howell County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $872/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.50% vs La Paz County 0.64%.
Macon County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $874/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.39% vs La Paz County 0.64%.
Arizona county set
State ACS overview for every published Arizona county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
La Paz County stamps QUIET · 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 La Paz County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.