Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Meade County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Meade County pays $1,408 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,408
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -29%
- vs U.S. average
- #60 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Meade County pay a median $1,408 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,408
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -29%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($207,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 30,158. Owner-occupied homes: 8,155.
The median annual property tax in Meade County is $1,408, which is 9% lower than the Kentucky state average and 29% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $207,900. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Meade County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Meade County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Meade County pay a median annual property tax of $1,408, well below the national median and modestly below the Kentucky state median. On a $207,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Meade County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $74,355 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Kentucky counties by effective rate
Meade County ranks #60 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (50% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Meade 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
Meade County's effective rate fell 15.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 34.8%, leaving the median bill 14.0% higher at $1,408. That rate move is larger than the one in 66% 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,235 to $1,408, a gain of 14%. 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 2,329 of 8,155 owner-occupied homes (28.6%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 1.9% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Meade County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Meade County homeowners, 2,329 of 8,155 owner-occupied homes (28.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 23.3% (1,899)
- $800 to $1,499 28.6% (2,329)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.7% (1,200)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.7% (1,688)
- $3,000 or more 9.1% (739)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
300 homes here (3.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Meade County pay a substantially higher bill, 43% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Meade County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Meade County's effective rate is higher than 50% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #60 of 120.
Where Meade County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.68% Among the most affordable more affordable than 62% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Close to the Kentucky median on both measures
Rate and bill both land within 10% of the Kentucky medians here, which makes Meade County a reasonable stand-in for the state when comparing against counties elsewhere. It also means the county-level figure adds little beyond the state figure for this particular comparison; the $1,408 median bill and the state median tell substantially the same story.
Meade County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Meade County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.9% | - | - |
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.
Meade County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Meade County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,408 +1.6% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $1,386 +3.1% | 0.71% |
| 2022 | $1,344 +5.6% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $1,273 +3.1% | 0.78% |
| 2020 | $1,235 | 0.80% |
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.
Meade County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Meade County's effective rate
On effective rate, Meade County sits nearest Perry County (IN), Knox County (IN), Cass County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Coles County (IL), Trinity County (CA), Wilbarger County (TX).
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
Meade County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 470 of 13,400 returns from Meade County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,343 - 43% 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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Meade County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Meade County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Meade County is $1,408, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $207,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Meade County?
- Meade County, Kentucky scores C (59/100) 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 B (1.9%). 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 Meade County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Meade County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Meade County?
- Property taxes in Meade County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $74,355 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Meade County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Meade County climbed 14.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,235 to $1,408, 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 Meade County's QUIET rate
Meade County's $1,408 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 1.9% of Meade County's $74,355 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Meade 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,408/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Meade County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Meade County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Gray County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Meade County at $1,408/yr; rate 1.37% vs Meade County 0.68%.
Aitkin County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,407/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Meade County 0.68%.
Catawba County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,407/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.58% vs Meade County 0.68%.
Coffee County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,407/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Meade County 0.68%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Meade 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 Meade County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.