Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Martin County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Martin County pays $865 a year, an effective rate of 0.54%, far below the U.S. average.
- $865
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.54%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -57%
- vs U.S. average
- #80 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Martin County pay a median $865 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.54%, more affordable than 79% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $865
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.54%
- Effective rate on median home
- #659 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -57%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($159,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 9,830. Owner-occupied homes: 3,065.
The median annual property tax in Martin County is $865, which is 46% lower than the Indiana state average and 57% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.54% on a median home value of $159,400. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Martin County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Martin County's 0.54% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 79%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Martin County pay a median annual property tax of $865, far below the national median and well below the Indiana state median. On a $159,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.54% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Indiana counties by effective rate
Martin County ranks #80 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (13% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Martin County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $68,594 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 8.4%, from $798 to $865. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Martin 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 26% from $689 to $865. 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: 1,374 of 3,065 owner-occupied homes (44.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 1.3% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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 Martin County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Martin County homeowners, 1,374 of 3,065 owner-occupied homes (44.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 44.8% (1,374)
- $800 to $1,499 31.3% (959)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.0% (244)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.5% (230)
- $3,000 or more 3.8% (117)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
141 homes here (4.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Martin County pay a substantially higher bill, 46% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Martin County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Martin County's effective rate is higher than 13% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #80 of 92.
Where Martin County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.54% Among the most affordable more affordable than 79% 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 Martin County moved from $689 in the 2020 release to $865 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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.
Martin County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Martin County | Indiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Martin County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Martin County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $865 +8.4% | 0.54% |
| 2023 | $798 -0.4% | 0.53% |
| 2022 | $801 +15.8% | 0.56% |
| 2021 | $692 +0.4% | 0.53% |
| 2020 | $689 | 0.55% |
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.
Martin County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Martin County's effective rate
On effective rate, Martin County sits nearest Elmore County (ID), Clearwater County (ID), Holmes County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Queens County (NY), Bath County (KY), Hancock 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
Martin County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 4,840 returns from Martin County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,644 - 44% 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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Martin County rate FAQs
- How does Martin County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Martin County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.54% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Martin County?
- Martin County, Indiana scores B+ (78/100) 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 income room at A+ (1.3%). 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 Martin County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Martin County is $865, an effective rate of 0.54% on a $159,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Martin County?
- Property taxes in Martin County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $68,594 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Martin County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Martin County is recorded at $865 in the 2024 5-year release against $689 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 3,065 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
What to do with Martin County's QUIET rate
Martin County's $865 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 1.3% of Martin County's $68,594 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Martin 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: 0.54%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $865/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Martin County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Martin County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Carter County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $864/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.51% vs Martin County 0.54%.
Fleming County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $866/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.64% vs Martin County 0.54%.
Pickens County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $866/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.37% vs Martin County 0.54%.
Colfax County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $867/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.52% vs Martin County 0.54%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Martin 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 Martin County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.