Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lowndes County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lowndes County pays $1,750 a year, an effective rate of 0.81%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,750
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.81%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -12%
- vs U.S. average
- #98 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Lowndes County pay a median $1,750 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.81%, more affordable than 49% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,750
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.81%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1591 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -12%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($215,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Lowndes County, GA
41/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Lowndes County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Lowndes County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Lowndes County
Median tax as a share of Lowndes County's median household income
Median home value relative to Lowndes County's median income
Read the chart values
- Rate relief: 49/100 (D) · 0.81%
- Bill size: 46/100 (D) · $1,750/yr
- Mortgage premium: 41/100 (D) · +$396
- Income room: 35/100 (F) · 3.0%
- Housing pressure: 25/100 (F) · 3.68×
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 119,965. Owner-occupied homes: 26,222.
The median annual property tax in Lowndes County is $1,750, which is 25% lower than the Georgia state average and 12% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.81% on a median home value of $215,600. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Lowndes County
Primary signal
The bill sits below the Georgia median
Homeowners in Lowndes County pay a median annual property tax of $1,750, notably lower than the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $215,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.81% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Lowndes County ranks #98 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (38% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lowndes County's 0.81% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 49%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Lowndes County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $58,541 median household income.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lowndes County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
A falling rate took the edge off
Lowndes County's effective rate fell 13.9% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 47.8%, leaving the median bill 27.3% higher at $1,750. That rate move is larger than the one in 58% 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 27% from $1,375 to $1,750. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 6,083 of 26,222 owner-occupied homes (23.2%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 3.0% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Lowndes County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lowndes County homeowners, 6,083 of 26,222 owner-occupied homes (23.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 15.9% (4,175)
- $800 to $1,499 23.2% (6,083)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.3% (4,808)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.0% (4,979)
- $3,000 or more 20.1% (5,273)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
904 homes here (3.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Lowndes County, mortgaged homeowners pay 27% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
How Lowndes County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lowndes County's effective rate is higher than 38% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #98 of 158 for property tax burden.
Where Lowndes County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.81% more affordable than 49% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Lowndes County moved from $1,375 in the 2020 release to $1,750 in 2024, a change of about 27%. 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.
Lowndes County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lowndes 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 | 3.0% | - | - |
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.
Lowndes County stamps UNDER · MID - still check the parcel card
On Lowndes County's published figures (UNDER · MID), a $215,600 median home carries a $1,750 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $175 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Georgia.
Property Tax History · UNDER · MID
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,750 +6.5% | 0.81% |
| 2023 | $1,643 +7.8% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | $1,524 +5.3% | 0.86% |
| 2021 | $1,447 +5.2% | 0.94% |
| 2020 | $1,375 | 0.94% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate notably lower than the national average of 0.92% puts Lowndes County in the "Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Lowndes County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Lowndes County sits nearest Miami-Dade County (FL), Hillsborough County (FL), San Benito County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cass County (IN), Franklin County (TN), Putnam County (WV).
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
What tax filers report in Lowndes County
Of the 48,810 federal returns filed from Lowndes County in 2022, 2,550 (5.2% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $3,773 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 33% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Lowndes County's numbers
- Inside Georgia, Lowndes County's $1,750 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Georgia overview →
- Lowndes County ranks #98 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
- If Lowndes County's assessment looks high versus the $215,600 typical home, check Georgia's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($215,600); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Lowndes County, both outside Georgia so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.81%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,750/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lowndes County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lowndes County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Defiance County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lowndes County at $1,750/yr; rate 1.07% vs Lowndes County 0.81%.
Yavapai County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lowndes County at $1,750/yr; rate 0.41% vs Lowndes County 0.81%.
Huron County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,751/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.05% vs Lowndes County 0.81%.
Louisa County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,751/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.17% vs Lowndes County 0.81%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lowndes 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Lowndes County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.