Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lawrence County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lawrence County pays $1,049 a year, an effective rate of 0.60%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,049
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.60%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -47%
- vs U.S. average
- #68 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Lawrence County pay a median $1,049 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.60%, more affordable than 71% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,049
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.60%
- Effective rate on median home
- #895 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -47%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($175,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 45,102. Owner-occupied homes: 15,438.
The median annual property tax in Lawrence County is $1,049, which is 35% lower than the Indiana state average and 47% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.60% on a median home value of $175,000. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Lawrence County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lawrence County's 0.60% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 71%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Lawrence County pay a median annual property tax of $1,049, well below the national median and well below the Indiana state median. On a $175,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.60% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Lawrence County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $66,468 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Indiana counties by effective rate
Lawrence County ranks #68 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (26% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lawrence 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Lawrence County's effective rate fell 16.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 38.7%, leaving the median bill 16.3% higher at $1,049. That rate move is larger than the one in 69% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $902 to $1,049, a gain of 16%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 5,545 of 15,438 owner-occupied homes (35.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 1.6% 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 Lawrence County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lawrence County homeowners, 5,545 of 15,438 owner-occupied homes (35.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 35.9% (5,545)
- $800 to $1,499 28.4% (4,390)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.1% (1,707)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.5% (1,775)
- $3,000 or more 9.2% (1,416)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
605 homes here (3.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Lawrence County, mortgaged homeowners pay 24% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Lawrence County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lawrence County's effective rate is higher than 26% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #68 of 92.
Where Lawrence County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.60% Among the most affordable more affordable than 71% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Indiana on both measures
Lawrence County's effective rate runs 19% under the Indiana median and its bill 35% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,049 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Indiana norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Lawrence County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lawrence County | Indiana 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.
Lawrence County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Lawrence County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,049 +5.5% | 0.60% |
| 2023 | $994 +6.0% | 0.60% |
| 2022 | $938 +3.9% | 0.64% |
| 2021 | $903 +0.1% | 0.73% |
| 2020 | $902 | 0.71% |
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.
Lawrence County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Lawrence County's effective rate
On effective rate, Lawrence County sits nearest Lewis County (ID), Pickens County (GA), Dawson County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Jackson County (KS), McDonough County (IL), Coos County (NH).
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
Lawrence County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 560 of 21,860 returns from Lawrence County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,863 - 38% 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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Lawrence County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Lawrence County?
- Lawrence County, Indiana scores B (73/100) 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 income room at A- (1.6%). 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.
- How does Lawrence County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lawrence County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.60% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Lawrence County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Lawrence County is $1,049, an effective rate of 0.60% on a $175,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lawrence County?
- Property taxes in Lawrence County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $66,468 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Lawrence County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lawrence County climbed 16.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $902 to $1,049, 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 Lawrence County's QUIET rate
Lawrence County's $1,049 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 Lawrence County's $66,468 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Lawrence 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: 0.60%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,049/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lawrence County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lawrence County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Heard County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lawrence County at $1,049/yr; rate 0.56% vs Lawrence County 0.60%.
Dewey County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,050/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.51% vs Lawrence County 0.60%.
Delaware County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,051/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.60% vs Lawrence County 0.60%.
Dyer County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,047/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.63% vs Lawrence County 0.60%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lawrence 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 Lawrence County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.