Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Manatee County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Manatee County pays $3,047 a year, an effective rate of 0.78%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,047
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.78%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +53%
- vs U.S. average
- #18 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Manatee County pay a median $3,047 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.78%, more affordable than 52% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,047
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.78%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1507 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +53%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($391,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 429,792. Owner-occupied homes: 131,373.
The median annual property tax in Manatee County is $3,047, which is 12% higher than the Florida state average and 53% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.78% on a median home value of $391,400. Property taxes represent 3.9% of the median household income in this county.
Why Manatee County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Manatee County pay a median annual property tax of $3,047, far above the national median and notably higher than the Florida state median. On a $391,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.78% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Florida counties by effective rate
Manatee County ranks #18 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Manatee County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $78,457 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Manatee County's 0.78% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 52%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Manatee 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 7.9% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 68% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 56.1%, the median bill rose 43.9% to $3,047: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 44% from $2,118 to $3,047. 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: 61,056 of 131,373 owner-occupied homes (46.5%) 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 3.9% 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 Manatee County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Manatee County homeowners, 61,056 of 131,373 owner-occupied homes (46.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 9.5% (12,541)
- $800 to $1,499 12.3% (16,151)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.6% (9,927)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.9% (20,917)
- $3,000 or more 46.5% (61,056)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
10,781 homes here (8.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Manatee County, mortgaged homeowners pay 24% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Manatee County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Manatee County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Manatee County's median bill is 12% above the Florida median and 53% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Manatee County moved from $2,118 in the 2020 release to $3,047 in 2024, a change of about 44%. 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.
Manatee County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Manatee County | Florida Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.9% | - | - |
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.
Is Manatee County's $3,047 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Manatee County's $3,047 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $305/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Florida.
Manatee County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,047 +6.8% | 0.78% |
| 2023 | $2,853 +7.4% | 0.79% |
| 2022 | $2,657 +14.6% | 0.82% |
| 2021 | $2,318 +9.4% | 0.87% |
| 2020 | $2,118 | 0.84% |
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.
Manatee County: tax-to-income at 3.9%
Counties near Manatee County's median bill
On effective rate, Manatee County sits nearest Riverside County (CA), Alameda County (CA), Barrow County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lyon County (MN), Matagorda County (TX), Cedar 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
Manatee County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 16,450 of 214,540 returns from Manatee County reported real estate taxes, averaging $8,900 - 39% 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.
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Manatee County bill FAQs
- How does Manatee County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Manatee County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.78% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Manatee County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Manatee County jumped 43.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,118 to $3,047, 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 Manatee County?
- Manatee County, Florida scores F (27/100) 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- (0.78%). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Manatee County?
- Property taxes in Manatee County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $78,457 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Manatee County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Manatee County is $3,047, an effective rate of 0.78% on a $391,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
What to do with Manatee County's HEAVY bill
Manatee County's $3,047 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Manatee County ranks #18 of 67 Florida counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Florida overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Manatee 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: 0.78%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,047/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Manatee County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Manatee County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Lee County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,048/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.97% vs Manatee County 0.78%.
Nicollet County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,046/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.13% vs Manatee County 0.78%.
Clallam County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,050/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.72% vs Manatee County 0.78%.
Lafayette County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,053/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 1.57% vs Manatee County 0.78%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Manatee 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 Manatee County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.