Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Miller County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Miller County pays $1,595 a year, an effective rate of 1.29%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,595
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.29%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -20%
- vs U.S. average
- #6 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Miller County pay a median $1,595 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.29%, more affordable than 19% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,595
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.29%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2533 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -20%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($124,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 5,850. Owner-occupied homes: 1,813.
The median annual property tax in Miller County is $1,595, which is 32% lower than the Georgia state average and 20% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.29% on a median home value of $124,000. Property taxes represent 3.1% of the median household income in this county.
Miller County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Miller County's 1.29% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 19%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Georgia counties by effective rate
Miller County ranks #6 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (96% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Georgia median
Homeowners in Miller County pay a median annual property tax of $1,595, notably lower than the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $124,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.29% 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 Miller County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $51,425 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Miller 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
Miller County's effective rate fell 14.2% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 24.7%, leaving the median bill 7.0% higher at $1,595. That rate move is larger than the one in 60% 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,491 to $1,595, a change of 7%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 425 of 1,813 owner-occupied homes (23.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 3.1% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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.
Miller County is an outlier inside Georgia
Across the 158 Georgia counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.87%. Miller County is at 1.29%, which sits 2.1 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 Miller County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Miller County homeowners, 425 of 1,813 owner-occupied homes (23.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 21.2% (384)
- $800 to $1,499 23.4% (425)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.2% (258)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.2% (349)
- $3,000 or more 16.5% (300)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
97 homes here (5.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Miller County pay a substantially higher bill, 38% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Miller County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Miller County's effective rate is higher than 96% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #6 of 158.
Where Miller County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.29% more affordable than 19% 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
Miller County taxes property at 1.29%, about 68% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $1,595 lands roughly 32% 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.
Miller County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Miller County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.1% | - | - |
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.
Miller County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Miller County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,595 -2.7% | 1.29% |
| 2023 | $1,640 +1.6% | 1.39% |
| 2022 | $1,614 +1.6% | 1.35% |
| 2021 | $1,589 +6.6% | 1.50% |
| 2020 | $1,491 | 1.50% |
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.
Miller County: tax-to-income at 3.1%
Counties near Miller County's effective rate
On effective rate, Miller County sits nearest Bremer County (IA), Clayton County (IA), Humboldt County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Otero County (CO), Barton County (MO), Marion 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
Miller County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 2,250 returns from Miller County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,257 - 57% 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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Miller County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Miller County?
- Miller County, Georgia scores F (36/100) 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 (2.41×). 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 Miller County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Miller County is $1,595, an effective rate of 1.29% on a $124,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Miller County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Miller County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.29% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Miller County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Miller County ticked up 7.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,491 to $1,595, 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 Miller County?
- Property taxes in Miller County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $51,425 median household income.
What to do with Miller County's PAR rate
Inside Georgia, Miller County's $1,595 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Georgia overview →
Miller County ranks #6 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Miller 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: 1.29%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,595/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Miller County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Miller County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Boundary County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Miller County at $1,595/yr; rate 0.39% vs Miller County 1.29%.
Davie County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Miller County at $1,595/yr; rate 0.63% vs Miller County 1.29%.
Ray County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,594/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.80% vs Miller County 1.29%.
Caroline County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,597/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.52% vs Miller County 1.29%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Miller County stamps PAR · 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 Miller County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.