Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Norton city Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Norton city pays $800 a year, an effective rate of 0.73%, far below the U.S. average.
- $800
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.73%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -60%
- vs U.S. average
- #42 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Norton city pay a median $800 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.73%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $800
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.73%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1364 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -60%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($110,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 3,577. Owner-occupied homes: 802.
The median annual property tax in Norton city is $800, which is 71% lower than the Virginia state average and 60% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.73% on a median home value of $110,000. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Why Norton city's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Norton city pay a median annual property tax of $800, far below the national median and far below the Virginia state median. On a $110,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.73% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Norton city run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $41,495 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Norton city ranks #42 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (68% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Norton city's 0.73% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 1.7%, from $787 to $800. 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 Norton city 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 31% from $610 to $800. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 368 of 802 owner-occupied homes (45.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.9% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Norton city Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Norton city homeowners, 368 of 802 owner-occupied homes (45.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 45.9% (368)
- $800 to $1,499 21.9% (176)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.0% (80)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.5% (68)
- $3,000 or more 5.5% (44)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
66 homes here (8.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Norton city pay a substantially higher bill, 49% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Norton city's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Norton city's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Norton city's median bill is 71% below the Virginia median and 60% below the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Norton city moved from $610 in the 2020 release to $800 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.
Norton city vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Norton city | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low 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.
Norton city is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Norton city bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $800 +1.7% | 0.73% |
| 2023 | $787 -4.5% | 0.78% |
| 2022 | $824 +10.6% | 0.79% |
| 2021 | $745 +22.1% | 0.77% |
| 2020 | $610 | 0.77% |
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.
Norton city: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Norton city's median bill
On effective rate, Norton city sits nearest Barnwell County (SC), Yamhill County (OR), Grant County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Collingsworth County (TX), San Joaquin County (CA), Tarrant 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
IRS county file: no disclosed Norton city Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Norton city. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Norton city bill FAQs
- How does Norton city property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Norton city run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.73% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Norton city?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Norton city is recorded at $800 in the 2024 5-year release against $610 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 802 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Norton city?
- Property taxes in Norton city run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $41,495 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Norton city, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Norton city is $800, an effective rate of 0.73% on a $110,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Norton city?
- Norton city, Virginia scores B- (65/100) 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 bill size at A ($800/yr). 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 Norton city's LIGHT bill
Norton city's $800 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 Norton city's $41,495 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Norton city's LIGHT 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: 0.73%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $800/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Norton city
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Norton city (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Chickasaw County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Norton city at $800/yr; rate 0.73% vs Norton city 0.73%.
Jefferson Davis County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Norton city at $800/yr; rate 0.89% vs Norton city 0.73%.
Baxter County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $799/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Norton city 0.73%.
Estill County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $799/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Norton city 0.73%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Norton city stamps UNDER · 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 Norton city (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.