Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lincoln County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lincoln County pays $1,643 a year, an effective rate of 0.99%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,643
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.99%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -18%
- vs U.S. average
- #38 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Lincoln County pay a median $1,643 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.99%, more affordable than 36% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,643
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.99%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -18%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($165,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 7,854. Owner-occupied homes: 2,295.
The median annual property tax in Lincoln County is $1,643, which is 30% lower than the Georgia state average and 18% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.99% on a median home value of $165,900. Property taxes represent 2.9% of the median household income in this county.
Lincoln County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lincoln County's 0.99% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 36%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Georgia median
Homeowners in Lincoln County pay a median annual property tax of $1,643, notably lower than the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $165,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.99% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Georgia counties by effective rate
Lincoln County ranks #38 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (76% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 13.7%, from $1,445 to $1,643. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Lincoln County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $56,907 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lincoln 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 27% from $1,296 to $1,643. 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: 622 of 2,295 owner-occupied homes (27.1%) 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.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.9% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Lincoln County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lincoln County homeowners, 622 of 2,295 owner-occupied homes (27.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 21.3% (488)
- $800 to $1,499 22.4% (513)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.4% (215)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.5% (287)
- $3,000 or more 27.1% (622)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
170 homes here (7.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Lincoln County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+210%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Lincoln County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lincoln County's effective rate is higher than 76% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #38 of 158.
Where Lincoln County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.99% more affordable than 36% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Lincoln County taxes property at 0.99%, about 29% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $1,643 lands roughly 30% 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.
Lincoln County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lincoln County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.9% | - | - |
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.
Lincoln County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Lincoln County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,643 +13.7% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | $1,445 -1.7% | 0.88% |
| 2022 | $1,470 +4.5% | 0.89% |
| 2021 | $1,407 +8.6% | 0.98% |
| 2020 | $1,296 | 0.98% |
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.
Lincoln County: tax-to-income at 2.9%
Counties near Lincoln County's effective rate
On effective rate, Lincoln County sits nearest Cherokee County (IA), Harlan County (KY), Oxford County (ME).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bristol city (VA), Dubois County (IN), Churchill County (NV).
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
Lincoln County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 250 of 3,540 returns from Lincoln County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,696 - 40% 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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Lincoln County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Lincoln County?
- Lincoln County, Georgia scores F (36/100) 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 C- (2.92×). 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 Lincoln County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Lincoln County is $1,643, an effective rate of 0.99% on a $165,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Lincoln County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lincoln County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.99% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Lincoln County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lincoln County is recorded at $1,643 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,296 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 2,295 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lincoln County?
- Property taxes in Lincoln County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $56,907 median household income.
What to do with Lincoln County's UNDER rate
Inside Georgia, Lincoln County's $1,643 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Georgia overview →
Lincoln County ranks #38 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Lincoln 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: 0.99%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,643/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lincoln County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lincoln County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Morrill County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,644/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.42% vs Lincoln County 0.99%.
Pulaski County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,642/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.76% vs Lincoln County 0.99%.
Wakulla County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,642/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.64% vs Lincoln County 0.99%.
Graham County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,641/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.83% vs Lincoln County 0.99%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lincoln 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 Lincoln County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.