Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Marion County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Marion County pays $1,806 a year, an effective rate of 0.74%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,806
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.74%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -9%
- vs U.S. average
- #30 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Marion County pay a median $1,806 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.74%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,806
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.74%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1390 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -9%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($243,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 400,078. Owner-occupied homes: 127,737.
The median annual property tax in Marion County is $1,806, which is 34% lower than the Florida state average and 9% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.74% on a median home value of $243,100. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Marion County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Marion County's 0.74% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Florida median
Homeowners in Marion County pay a median annual property tax of $1,806, modestly below the national median and well below the Florida state median. On a $243,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.74% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Florida counties by effective rate
Marion County ranks #30 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (55% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Marion County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $61,010 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Marion 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
Marion County's effective rate fell 14.3% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 60.3%, leaving the median bill 37.3% higher at $1,806. That rate move is larger than the one in 61% 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 37% from $1,315 to $1,806. 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 30,294 of 127,737 owner-occupied homes (23.7%). 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 Marion County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Marion County homeowners, 30,294 of 127,737 owner-occupied homes (23.7%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.1% (20,618)
- $800 to $1,499 23.7% (30,294)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.4% (15,831)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.7% (25,123)
- $3,000 or more 23.0% (29,319)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
6,552 homes here (5.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Marion County, mortgaged homeowners pay 29% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Marion County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Marion County's effective rate is higher than 55% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #30 of 67.
Where Marion County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.74% more affordable than 56% 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 Marion County moved from $1,315 in the 2020 release to $1,806 in 2024, a change of about 37%. 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.
Marion County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Marion County | Florida Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-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.
Marion County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Marion County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,806 +8.9% | 0.74% |
| 2023 | $1,659 +7.2% | 0.75% |
| 2022 | $1,547 +12.4% | 0.79% |
| 2021 | $1,376 +4.6% | 0.86% |
| 2020 | $1,315 | 0.87% |
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.
Marion County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Marion County's effective rate
On effective rate, Marion County sits nearest Yuba County (CA), Inyo County (CA), Fresno County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Harrison County (IA), Kandiyohi County (MN), Summit County (UT).
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
Marion County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 6,510 of 190,030 returns from Marion County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,878 - 27% 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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Marion County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Marion County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Marion County is $1,806, an effective rate of 0.74% on a $243,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Marion County?
- Marion County, Florida scores D (42/100) 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 (0.74%). 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.
- How does Marion County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Marion County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.74% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Marion County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Marion County jumped 37.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,315 to $1,806, 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 Marion County?
- Property taxes in Marion County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $61,010 median household income.
What to do with Marion County's UNDER rate
Inside Florida, Marion County's $1,806 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Florida overview →
Marion County ranks #30 of 67 Florida counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Florida overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Marion 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: 0.74%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,806/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Marion County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Marion County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Crawford County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Marion County at $1,806/yr; rate 1.49% vs Marion County 0.74%.
Hancock County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Marion County at $1,806/yr; rate 0.66% vs Marion County 0.74%.
Rogers County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Marion County at $1,806/yr; rate 0.75% vs Marion County 0.74%.
Wadena County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Marion County at $1,806/yr; rate 1.04% vs Marion County 0.74%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Marion 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 Marion County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.