Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Long County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Long County pays $1,903 a year, an effective rate of 0.87%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,903
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.87%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -5%
- vs U.S. average
- #76 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Long County pay a median $1,903 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.87%, more affordable than 45% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,903
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.87%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1728 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -5%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($218,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 18,374. Owner-occupied homes: 4,017.
The median annual property tax in Long County is $1,903, which is 19% lower than the Georgia state average and 5% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.87% on a median home value of $218,300. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Long County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Long County's 0.87% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 45%).
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Long County pay a median annual property tax of $1,903, modestly below the national median and notably lower than the Georgia state median. On a $218,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.87% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Long County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $68,808 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 2.9%, from $1,959 to $1,903. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Long County ranks #76 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (52% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Long 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 33% from $1,430 to $1,903. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 955 of 4,017 (23.8%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 2.8% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Long County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Long County homeowners, 955 of 4,017 owner-occupied homes (23.8%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.7% (550)
- $800 to $1,499 17.7% (710)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.1% (565)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.8% (955)
- $3,000 or more 16.2% (650)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
587 homes here (14.6%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Long County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+62%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Long County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Long County's effective rate is higher than 52% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #76 of 158.
Where Long County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.87% more affordable than 45% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Long County moved from $1,430 in the 2020 release to $1,903 in 2024, a change of about 33%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Long County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Long 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 | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Long County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Long County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,903 -2.9% | 0.87% |
| 2023 | $1,959 +7.1% | 1.00% |
| 2022 | $1,829 +19.9% | 1.14% |
| 2021 | $1,526 +6.7% | 1.11% |
| 2020 | $1,430 | 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.
Long County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Long County's effective rate
On effective rate, Long County sits nearest Kodiak Island Borough (AK), Lyon County (IA), Fayette County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pine County (MN), Montgomery County (IA), Concho County (TX).
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
Long County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 280 of 7,450 returns from Long County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,264 - 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.
Other Counties in Georgia
Long County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Long County?
- Long County, Georgia scores F (39/100) 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 D (0.87%). 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 Long County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Long County is $1,903, an effective rate of 0.87% on a $218,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Long County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Long County is recorded at $1,903 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,430 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 4,017 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.
- How does Long County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Long County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.87% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Long County?
- Property taxes in Long County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $68,808 median household income.
What to do with Long County's UNDER rate
At Long County's 0.87% effective rate, a $218,300 home implies about $1,903/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Long County ranks #76 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 Long 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: 0.87%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,903/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Long County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Long County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Payne County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Long County at $1,903/yr; rate 0.85% vs Long County 0.87%.
Warren County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Long County at $1,903/yr; rate 1.81% vs Long County 0.87%.
Gilliam County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,904/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.01% vs Long County 0.87%.
Montague County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,902/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Long County 0.87%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Long 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 Long County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.