California · County property tax · ACS 2024
Los Angeles County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Los Angeles County pays $5,675 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, far above the U.S. average.
- $5,675
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +185%
- vs U.S. average
- #40 of 58
- rank in CA
The verdict
Homeowners in Los Angeles County pay a median $5,675 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $5,675
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +185%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($834,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for California. Population: 9,808,667. Owner-occupied homes: 1,567,983.
The median annual property tax in Los Angeles County is $5,675, which is 11% higher than the California state average and 185% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $834,200. Property taxes represent 6.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Los Angeles County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Los Angeles County pay a median annual property tax of $5,675, far above the national median and notably higher than the California state median. On a $834,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Los Angeles County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 6.3% of the $90,112 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of California counties by effective rate
Los Angeles County ranks #40 of 58 counties in California by effective rate (31% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Los Angeles County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Los Angeles 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Los Angeles County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.4% down, against a median home value that rose 35.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 29.6%, from $4,378 to $5,675.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 30% from $4,378 to $5,675. 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: 1,188,115 of 1,567,983 owner-occupied homes (75.8%) 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.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 6.3% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Los Angeles County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Los Angeles County homeowners, 1,188,115 of 1,567,983 owner-occupied homes (75.8%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 2.9% (45,802)
- $800 to $1,499 4.7% (72,951)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.3% (66,732)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.2% (144,654)
- $3,000 or more 75.8% (1,188,115)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
49,729 homes here (3.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how California handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Los Angeles County pay a substantially higher bill, 53% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Los Angeles County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Los Angeles County's SPIKE ACS 2024 figure.
Los Angeles County's median bill is 11% above the California median and 185% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Los Angeles County moved from $4,378 in the 2020 release to $5,675 in 2024, a change of about 30%. 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.
Los Angeles County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Los Angeles County | California Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 6.3% | - | - |
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 Los Angeles County's $5,675 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Los Angeles County's $5,675 ACS median (SPIKE), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $568/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for California.
Los Angeles County bill trail · SPIKE
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,675 +4.4% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $5,438 +6.1% | 0.69% |
| 2022 | $5,124 +9.6% | 0.70% |
| 2021 | $4,675 +6.8% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | $4,378 | 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.
Los Angeles County: tax takes 6.3% of income
Counties near Los Angeles County's median bill
On effective rate, Los Angeles County sits nearest Brevard County (FL), Burke County (GA), Murray County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Dundy County (NE), Sherman County (NE), Morgan County (OH).
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
Los Angeles County: only 13% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 596,260 of 4,691,250 returns from Los Angeles County reported real estate taxes, averaging $10,469 - 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.
Other Counties in California
Los Angeles County bill FAQs
- How does Los Angeles County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Los Angeles County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Los Angeles County, California?
- The median annual property tax in Los Angeles County is $5,675, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $834,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Los Angeles County?
- Property taxes in Los Angeles County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 6.3% of the $90,112 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Los Angeles County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Los Angeles County jumped 29.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $4,378 to $5,675, 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 is the tax affordability score for Los Angeles County?
- Los Angeles County, California scores F (19/100) 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+ (0.68%). 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 to do with Los Angeles County's SPIKE bill
Los Angeles County's $5,675 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is elevated here: about 6.3% of Los Angeles County's $90,112 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Los Angeles County's SPIKE 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $5,675/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Los Angeles County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Los Angeles County (QUIET · SPIKE), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET SPIKE
Washtenaw County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,678/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.52% vs Los Angeles County 0.68%.
Addison County, VT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,690/yr (near-tied bill ABS $15); rate 1.58% vs Los Angeles County 0.68%.
Kendall County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,656/yr (near-tied bill ABS $19); rate 1.10% vs Los Angeles County 0.68%.
Sonoma County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,695/yr (near-tied bill ABS $20); rate 0.70% vs Los Angeles County 0.68%.
California county set
State ACS overview for every published California county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Los Angeles County stamps QUIET · SPIKE - 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 Los Angeles County (QUIET · SPIKE) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.