Michigan · County property tax · ACS 2024
Livingston County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Livingston County pays $3,454 a year, an effective rate of 0.97%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,454
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.97%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +73%
- vs U.S. average
- #65 of 83
- rank in MI
The verdict
Homeowners in Livingston County pay a median $3,454 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.97%, more affordable than 38% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,454
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.97%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1943 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +73%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($356,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Michigan. Population: 195,833. Owner-occupied homes: 66,404.
The median annual property tax in Livingston County is $3,454, which is 19% higher than the Michigan state average and 73% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.97% on a median home value of $356,800. Property taxes represent 3.4% of the median household income in this county.
Why Livingston County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Livingston County pay a median annual property tax of $3,454, far above the national median and notably higher than the Michigan state median. On a $356,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.97% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Michigan counties by effective rate
Livingston County ranks #65 of 83 counties in Michigan by effective rate (22% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Livingston County's 0.97% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 38%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Livingston County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $103,039 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Livingston 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
Livingston County's effective rate fell 12.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 39.3%, leaving the median bill 22.1% higher at $3,454. That rate move is larger than the one in 51% 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 $2,829 to $3,454, a gain of 22%. 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: 38,117 of 66,404 owner-occupied homes (57.4%) 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 in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 3.4% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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 Livingston County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Livingston County homeowners, 38,117 of 66,404 owner-occupied homes (57.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 2.3% (1,526)
- $800 to $1,499 5.3% (3,513)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.6% (4,369)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.7% (15,043)
- $3,000 or more 57.4% (38,117)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,836 homes here (5.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Michigan handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Livingston County, mortgaged homeowners pay 10% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Livingston County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Livingston County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Livingston County's median bill is 19% above the Michigan median and 73% above the U.S. median.
A low rate, a bigger bill
Livingston County taxes property at 0.97%, roughly 22% below the Michigan average, and still bills a median $3,454, about 19% above the state figure. Because the effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, that combination means local home values run well ahead of the state norm: a gentler rate applied to a larger base.
Livingston County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Livingston County | Michigan Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.4% | - | - |
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 Livingston County's $3,454 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Livingston County's $3,454 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $345/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Michigan.
Livingston County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,454 +5.7% | 0.97% |
| 2023 | $3,269 +3.3% | 0.99% |
| 2022 | $3,165 +8.1% | 1.02% |
| 2021 | $2,928 +3.5% | 1.07% |
| 2020 | $2,829 | 1.10% |
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.
Livingston County: tax-to-income at 3.4%
Counties near Livingston County's median bill
On effective rate, Livingston County sits nearest Lee County (GA), Jones County (GA), Beltrami County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Butler County (MO), Douglas County (MO), Pike County (MO).
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
Livingston County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 7,690 of 101,370 returns from Livingston County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,924 - 37% 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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Livingston County bill FAQs
- How does Livingston County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Livingston County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.97% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Livingston County?
- Livingston County, Michigan scores F (30/100) 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 D (+$335). 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 Livingston County, Michigan?
- The median annual property tax in Livingston County is $3,454, an effective rate of 0.97% on a $356,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Livingston County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Livingston County jumped 22.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,829 to $3,454, 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 Livingston County?
- Property taxes in Livingston County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $103,039 median household income.
What to do with Livingston County's HEAVY bill
Livingston County's $3,454 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Livingston County ranks #65 of 83 Michigan counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Michigan overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Livingston County's HEAVY 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: 0.97%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,454/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Livingston County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Livingston County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Allegheny County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,451/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.52% vs Livingston County 0.97%.
Chemung County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,451/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 2.45% vs Livingston County 0.97%.
Harford County, MD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,448/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 0.89% vs Livingston County 0.97%.
Riley County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,466/yr (near-tied bill ABS $12); rate 1.46% vs Livingston County 0.97%.
Michigan county set
State ACS overview for every published Michigan county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Livingston County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Livingston County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.