Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Leon County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Leon County pays $2,397 a year, an effective rate of 0.79%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,397
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.79%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +20%
- vs U.S. average
- #15 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Leon County pay a median $2,397 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.79%, more affordable than 51% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,397
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.79%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1538 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +20%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($301,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 297,542. Owner-occupied homes: 64,446.
The median annual property tax in Leon County is $2,397, which is 12% lower than the Florida state average and 20% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.79% on a median home value of $301,800. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Leon County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Leon County's 0.79% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 51%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Florida counties by effective rate
Leon County ranks #15 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Leon County pay a median annual property tax of $2,397, notably higher than the national median and notably lower than the Florida state median. On a $301,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.79% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Leon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $66,287 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Leon 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
Leon County's effective rate fell 12.8% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 41.8%, leaving the median bill 23.6% higher at $2,397. That rate move is larger than the one in 53% 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 $1,939 to $2,397, a gain of 24%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 22,693 of 64,446 owner-occupied homes (35.2%) 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.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 3.6% 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 Leon County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Leon County homeowners, 22,693 of 64,446 owner-occupied homes (35.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.8% (7,576)
- $800 to $1,499 16.7% (10,763)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.9% (7,041)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.3% (13,079)
- $3,000 or more 35.2% (22,693)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,294 homes here (5.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Leon County, mortgaged homeowners pay 19% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Leon County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Leon County's effective rate is higher than 78% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #15 of 67.
Where Leon County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.79% more affordable than 51% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Leon County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Leon County | Florida Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.6% | - | - |
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.
Leon County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Leon County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,397 +4.0% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | $2,305 +5.4% | 0.82% |
| 2022 | $2,187 +9.3% | 0.85% |
| 2021 | $2,000 +3.1% | 0.90% |
| 2020 | $1,939 | 0.91% |
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.
Leon County: tax-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Leon County's effective rate
On effective rate, Leon County sits nearest Atkinson County (GA), Allen County (IN), Randolph County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Fayette County (TX), McDowell County (NC), Chesterfield County (SC).
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
Leon County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 7,200 of 133,430 returns from Leon County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,835 - 33% 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.
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Leon County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Leon County?
- Leon County, Florida 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 rate relief at C- (0.79%). 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 is the average property tax in Leon County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Leon County is $2,397, an effective rate of 0.79% on a $301,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Leon County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Leon County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.79% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Leon County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Leon County jumped 23.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,939 to $2,397, 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 Leon County?
- Property taxes in Leon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $66,287 median household income.
What to do with Leon County's UNDER rate
At Leon County's 0.79% effective rate, a $301,800 home implies about $2,397/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Leon County ranks #15 of 67 Florida counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Florida overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Leon 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: 0.79%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,397/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Leon County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Leon County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Haskell County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,396/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.45% vs Leon County 0.79%.
Union County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,396/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Leon County 0.79%.
Kenton County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,395/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.98% vs Leon County 0.79%.
Pacific County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,395/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.72% vs Leon County 0.79%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Leon County stamps UNDER · MID - 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 Leon County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.