Connecticut · County property tax · ACS 2024
Northwest Hills Planning Region Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Northwest Hills Planning Region pays $5,593 a year, an effective rate of 1.67%, far above the U.S. average.
- $5,593
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.67%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- +181%
- vs U.S. average
- #6 of 9
- rank in CT
The verdict
Homeowners in Northwest Hills Planning Region pay a median $5,593 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.67%, more affordable than 7% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $5,593
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.67%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2928 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +181%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($335,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Connecticut. Population: 113,216. Owner-occupied homes: 36,503.
The median annual property tax in Northwest Hills Planning Region is $5,593, which is 16% lower than the Connecticut state average and 181% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.67% on a median home value of $335,600. Property taxes represent 6.0% of the median household income in this county.
Why Northwest Hills Planning Region's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Northwest Hills Planning Region pay a median annual property tax of $5,593, far above the national median and notably lower than the Connecticut state median. On a $335,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.67% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Northwest Hills Planning Region run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 6.0% of the $93,551 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate is a national headwind
Northwest Hills Planning Region's 1.67% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 93% pay more.
Decision signal 4
High among Connecticut counties by effective rate
Northwest Hills Planning Region ranks #6 of 9 counties in Connecticut by effective rate (33% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, down 0.3%, from $5,609 to $5,593. 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $5,611 in 2022 to $5,593 in 2024, a fall of 0%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 31,077 of 36,503 owner-occupied homes (85.1%) 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.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 6.0% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Northwest Hills Planning Region Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Northwest Hills Planning Region homeowners, 31,077 of 36,503 owner-occupied homes (85.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 1.9% (704)
- $800 to $1,499 1.8% (644)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.1% (771)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.7% (2,816)
- $3,000 or more 85.1% (31,077)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
491 homes here (1.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Connecticut handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Northwest Hills Planning Region pay about the same bill, a 3% gap.
Northwest Hills Planning Region's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Northwest Hills Planning Region's SPIKE ACS 2024 figure.
Northwest Hills Planning Region's median bill is 16% below the Connecticut median and 181% above the U.S. median.
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.67%, Northwest Hills Planning Region sits in the top 7% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. That is the rate, not the bill: a high rate on a modest home can still produce a smaller cheque than a low rate on an expensive one, which is why the $5,593 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Northwest Hills Planning Region vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Northwest Hills Planning Region | Connecticut Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 6.0% | - | - |
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.
Is Northwest Hills Planning Region's $5,593 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Northwest Hills Planning Region's $5,593 ACS median (SPIKE), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $559/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Connecticut.
Northwest Hills Planning Region bill trail · SPIKE
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,593 -0.3% | 1.67% |
| 2023 | $5,609 -0.0% | 1.80% |
| 2022 | $5,611 | 1.89% |
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.
Northwest Hills Planning Region: tax takes 6.0% of income
Counties near Northwest Hills Planning Region's median bill
On effective rate, Northwest Hills Planning Region sits nearest Allen County (KS), Seward County (KS), Kimball County (NE).
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.
Northwest Hills Planning Region: only 9% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 5,130 of 58,170 returns from Northwest Hills Planning Region reported real estate taxes, averaging $9,102 - 30% 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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Northwest Hills Planning Region bill FAQs
- How does Northwest Hills Planning Region property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Northwest Hills Planning Region run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.67% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut?
- The median annual property tax in Northwest Hills Planning Region is $5,593, an effective rate of 1.67% on a $335,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Northwest Hills Planning Region?
- Property taxes in Northwest Hills Planning Region run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 6.0% of the $93,551 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Northwest Hills Planning Region?
- Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut scores F (15/100) 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 mortgage premium at B- (+$171). 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 to do with Northwest Hills Planning Region's SPIKE bill
Northwest Hills Planning Region's $5,593 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is elevated here: about 6.0% of Northwest Hills Planning Region's $93,551 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Northwest Hills Planning Region's SPIKE median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.67%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $5,593/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Northwest Hills Planning Region
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Northwest Hills Planning Region (STEEP · SPIKE), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP SPIKE
Hampshire County, MA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,589/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.43% vs Northwest Hills Planning Region 1.67%.
Ventura County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,574/yr (near-tied bill ABS $19); rate 0.68% vs Northwest Hills Planning Region 1.67%.
Monroe County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,616/yr (near-tied bill ABS $23); rate 2.63% vs Northwest Hills Planning Region 1.67%.
Schenectady County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,568/yr (near-tied bill ABS $25); rate 2.36% vs Northwest Hills Planning Region 1.67%.
Connecticut county set
State ACS overview for every published Connecticut county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Northwest Hills Planning Region stamps STEEP · SPIKE - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Northwest Hills Planning Region (STEEP · SPIKE) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.