Alabama · County property tax · ACS 2024
Marshall County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Marshall County pays $733 a year, an effective rate of 0.36%, far below the U.S. average.
- $733
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.36%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -63%
- vs U.S. average
- #26 of 67
- rank in AL
The verdict
Homeowners in Marshall County pay a median $733 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.36%, more affordable than 95% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $733
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.36%
- Effective rate on median home
- #152 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -63%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($201,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alabama. Population: 99,748. Owner-occupied homes: 27,625.
The median annual property tax in Marshall County is $733, which is 7% lower than the Alabama state average and 63% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.36% on a median home value of $201,500. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Marshall County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Marshall County's 0.36% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 95% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Marshall County pay a median annual property tax of $733, far below the national median and modestly below the Alabama state median. On a $201,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.36% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Marshall County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $62,571 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Alabama counties by effective rate
Marshall County ranks #26 of 67 counties in Alabama by effective rate (61% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Marshall 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 7.2% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 71% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 42.6%, the median bill rose 32.3% to $733: 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 32% from $554 to $733. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 12,020 of 27,625 owner-occupied homes (43.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.2% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
30.5% of Marshall County homes owned free and clear (3,974 of 13,026) report no property tax at all, against 12.3% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Marshall County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Marshall County homeowners, 12,020 of 27,625 owner-occupied homes (43.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 43.5% (12,020)
- $800 to $1,499 22.8% (6,297)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.5% (1,521)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.7% (1,014)
- $3,000 or more 3.6% (1,004)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
5,769 homes here (20.9%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Alabama handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Marshall County, mortgaged homeowners pay 25% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Marshall County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Marshall County's effective rate is higher than 61% of the 67 counties in Alabama - ranking #26 of 67.
Where Marshall County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.36% Among the most affordable more affordable than 95% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.36%, Marshall County sits in the lowest 5% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $733, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Marshall County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Marshall County | Alabama Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
Marshall County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alabama counties.
Marshall County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $733 +4.9% | 0.36% |
| 2023 | $699 +6.6% | 0.38% |
| 2022 | $656 +12.3% | 0.40% |
| 2021 | $584 +5.4% | 0.40% |
| 2020 | $554 | 0.39% |
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.
Marshall County: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Marshall County's effective rate
On effective rate, Marshall County sits nearest Fremont County (CO), Montrose County (CO), Pitkin County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Scott County (KY), McCurtain County (OK), Shannon 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
Marshall County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,570 of 41,700 returns from Marshall County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,624 - 36% 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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Marshall County rate FAQs
- How does Marshall County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Marshall County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.36% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Marshall County?
- Marshall County, Alabama scores A (86/100) 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 A+ (0.36%). 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 Marshall County, Alabama?
- The median annual property tax in Marshall County is $733, an effective rate of 0.36% on a $201,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Marshall County?
- Property taxes in Marshall County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $62,571 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Marshall County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Marshall County jumped 32.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $554 to $733, 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 to do with Marshall County's QUIET rate
Marshall County's $733 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.2% of Marshall County's $62,571 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Marshall County's QUIET 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: 0.36%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $733/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Marshall County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Marshall County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Calhoun County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $734/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.51% vs Marshall County 0.36%.
Harlan County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $732/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.99% vs Marshall County 0.36%.
Crittenden County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $731/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.57% vs Marshall County 0.36%.
Izard County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $731/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.57% vs Marshall County 0.36%.
Alabama county set
State ACS overview for every published Alabama county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Marshall County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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 Marshall County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.