North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Moore County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Moore County pays $1,849 a year, an effective rate of 0.53%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,849
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.53%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -7%
- vs U.S. average
- #84 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Moore County pay a median $1,849 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.53%, more affordable than 80% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,849
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.53%
- Effective rate on median home
- #619 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -7%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($351,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 104,876. Owner-occupied homes: 33,621.
The median annual property tax in Moore County is $1,849, which is 2% lower than the North Carolina state average and 7% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.53% on a median home value of $351,400. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Moore County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Moore County's 0.53% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 80%).
Decision signal 2
High among North Carolina counties by effective rate
Moore County ranks #84 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (16% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Moore County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $86,080 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Moore County pay a median annual property tax of $1,849, modestly below the national median and roughly in line with the North Carolina state median. On a $351,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.53% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Moore 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
Moore County's effective rate fell 14.6% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 53.2%, leaving the median bill 30.9% higher at $1,849. That rate move is larger than the one in 62% 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 31% from $1,413 to $1,849. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 9,287 of 33,621 owner-occupied homes (27.6%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 2.1% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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 Moore County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Moore County homeowners, 9,287 of 33,621 owner-occupied homes (27.6%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.7% (5,617)
- $800 to $1,499 22.5% (7,555)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.4% (4,505)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.8% (5,663)
- $3,000 or more 27.6% (9,287)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
994 homes here (3.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Moore County, mortgaged homeowners pay 15% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Moore County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Moore County's effective rate is higher than 16% of the 100 counties in North Carolina - ranking #84 of 100.
Where Moore County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.53% Among the most affordable more affordable than 80% 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 Moore County moved from $1,413 in the 2020 release to $1,849 in 2024, a change of about 31%. 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.
Moore County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Moore County | North Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Moore County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Moore County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,849 +3.6% | 0.53% |
| 2023 | $1,784 +6.2% | 0.57% |
| 2022 | $1,680 +9.9% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | $1,529 +8.2% | 0.62% |
| 2020 | $1,413 | 0.62% |
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.
Moore County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Moore County's effective rate
On effective rate, Moore County sits nearest Lincoln County (NM), Churchill County (NV), Sanders County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hawaii County (HI), Coryell County (TX), Nowata County (OK).
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
Moore County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 3,940 of 49,810 returns from Moore County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,754 - 37% 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.
Other Counties in North Carolina
Moore County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Moore County?
- Moore County, North Carolina scores C (58/100) 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 B+ (0.53%). 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 Moore County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Moore County is $1,849, an effective rate of 0.53% on a $351,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Moore County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Moore County jumped 30.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,413 to $1,849, 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 Moore County?
- Property taxes in Moore County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $86,080 median household income.
- How does Moore County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Moore County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.53% versus 0.92% nationally.
What to do with Moore County's QUIET rate
At Moore County's 0.53% effective rate, a $351,400 home implies about $1,849/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Moore County ranks #84 of 100 North Carolina counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. North Carolina overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Moore 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: 0.53%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,849/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Moore County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Moore County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Cedar County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,848/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.00% vs Moore County 0.53%.
Cumberland County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,850/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Moore County 0.53%.
Allen County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,847/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.12% vs Moore County 0.53%.
Bonner County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,847/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.38% vs Moore County 0.53%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Moore County stamps QUIET · 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 Moore County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.