North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Martin County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Martin County pays $1,168 a year, an effective rate of 1.06%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,168
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.06%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -41%
- vs U.S. average
- #3 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Martin County pay a median $1,168 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.06%, more affordable than 31% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,168
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.06%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2165 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -41%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($109,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 21,644. Owner-occupied homes: 6,346.
The median annual property tax in Martin County is $1,168, which is 38% lower than the North Carolina state average and 41% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.06% on a median home value of $109,700. Property taxes represent 2.4% 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 1.06% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 31%).
Decision signal 2
Low among North Carolina counties by effective rate
Martin County ranks #3 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (97% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Martin County pay a median annual property tax of $1,168, well below the national median and well below the North Carolina state median. On a $109,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.06% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Martin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $48,578 median household income.
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.
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 27.0%, the median bill rose 16.9% to $1,168: 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $999 to $1,168, a gain of 17%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 2,166 of 6,346 owner-occupied homes (34.1%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.4% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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.
Martin County is an outlier inside North Carolina
Across the 100 North Carolina counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.67%. Martin County is at 1.06%, which sits 2.4 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Martin County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Martin County homeowners, 2,166 of 6,346 owner-occupied homes (34.1%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 28.6% (1,814)
- $800 to $1,499 34.1% (2,166)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.5% (1,172)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.3% (654)
- $3,000 or more 6.3% (400)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
140 homes here (2.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Martin County pay a substantially higher bill, 37% 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 97% of the 100 counties in North Carolina - ranking #3 of 100.
Where Martin County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.06% more affordable than 31% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Martin County taxes property at 1.06%, about 61% above the North Carolina average, yet its median bill of $1,168 lands roughly 38% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Martin County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Martin County | North Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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 PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Martin County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,168 -0.7% | 1.06% |
| 2023 | $1,176 +3.5% | 1.07% |
| 2022 | $1,136 +13.5% | 1.15% |
| 2021 | $1,001 +0.2% | 1.11% |
| 2020 | $999 | 1.16% |
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-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Martin County's effective rate
On effective rate, Martin County sits nearest Quitman County (MS), Olmsted County (MN), Lyon County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lebanon County (PA), Windsor County (VT), Lauderdale County (TN).
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 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 280 of 9,770 returns from Martin County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,589 - 29% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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
- What is the average property tax in Martin County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Martin County is $1,168, an effective rate of 1.06% on a $109,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Martin County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Martin County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.06% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Martin County?
- Martin County, North Carolina scores C- (51/100) 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 housing pressure at B+ (2.26×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Martin County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Martin County climbed 16.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $999 to $1,168, 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 Martin County?
- Property taxes in Martin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $48,578 median household income.
What to do with Martin County's PAR rate
Martin County's $1,168 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 →
Martin County ranks #3 of 100 North Carolina counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. North Carolina overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Martin County's PAR 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: 1.06%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,168/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 (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Hertford County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Martin County at $1,168/yr; rate 0.98% vs Martin County 1.06%.
Stone County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Martin County at $1,168/yr; rate 0.47% vs Martin County 1.06%.
Cassia County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,166/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.41% vs Martin County 1.06%.
Glades County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,170/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.85% vs Martin County 1.06%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Martin County stamps PAR · 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 (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.