Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Oglethorpe County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Oglethorpe County pays $1,733 a year, an effective rate of 0.75%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,733
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.75%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -13%
- vs U.S. average
- #118 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Oglethorpe County pay a median $1,733 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.75%, more affordable than 55% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,733
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.75%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1425 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -13%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($231,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Oglethorpe County, GA
47/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median tax as a share of Oglethorpe County's median household income
Oglethorpe County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Oglethorpe County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median home value relative to Oglethorpe County's median income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Oglethorpe County
Read the chart values
- Income room: 56/100 (C) · 2.3%
- Rate relief: 55/100 (C) · 0.75%
- Bill size: 46/100 (D) · $1,733/yr
- Housing pressure: 45/100 (D) · 3.09×
- Mortgage premium: 19/100 (F) · +$710
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 15,509. Owner-occupied homes: 4,536.
The median annual property tax in Oglethorpe County is $1,733, which is 26% lower than the Georgia state average and 13% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.75% on a median home value of $231,600. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Oglethorpe County
Primary signal
The bill sits below the Georgia median
Homeowners in Oglethorpe County pay a median annual property tax of $1,733, notably lower than the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $231,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.75% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Georgia counties by effective rate
Oglethorpe County ranks #118 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (25% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Oglethorpe County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $75,034 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 8.5%, from $1,597 to $1,733. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Oglethorpe County's 0.75% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 55%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Oglethorpe County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 43% from $1,214 to $1,733. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 986 of 4,536 (21.7%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.3% 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 Oglethorpe County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Oglethorpe County homeowners, 986 of 4,536 owner-occupied homes (21.7%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 20.0% (909)
- $800 to $1,499 21.2% (960)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.2% (598)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.7% (986)
- $3,000 or more 18.6% (843)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
240 homes here (5.3%) 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 Oglethorpe County pay a substantially higher bill, 52% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
How Oglethorpe County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Oglethorpe County's effective rate is higher than 25% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #118 of 158 for property tax burden.
Where Oglethorpe County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.75% more affordable than 55% 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 Oglethorpe County moved from $1,214 in the 2020 release to $1,733 in 2024, a change of about 43%. 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.
Oglethorpe County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Oglethorpe County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Oglethorpe County stamps UNDER · MID - still check the parcel card
On Oglethorpe County's published figures (UNDER · MID), a $231,600 median home carries a $1,733 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $173 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Georgia.
Property Tax History · UNDER · MID
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,733 +8.5% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | $1,597 +8.3% | 0.80% |
| 2022 | $1,474 +13.6% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $1,297 +6.8% | 0.89% |
| 2020 | $1,214 | 0.91% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate notably lower than the national average of 0.92% puts Oglethorpe County in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Oglethorpe County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Oglethorpe County sits nearest Sarasota County (FL), Duval County (FL), Sutter County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Latimer County (OK), Saline County (NE), Levy County (FL).
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
What tax filers report in Oglethorpe County
Of the 6,860 federal returns filed from Oglethorpe County in 2022, 340 (5.0% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $3,174 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 35% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Oglethorpe County's numbers
- Inside Georgia, Oglethorpe County's $1,733 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Georgia overview →
- Oglethorpe County ranks #118 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
- If Oglethorpe County's assessment looks high versus the $231,600 typical home, check Georgia's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($231,600); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Oglethorpe County, both outside Georgia so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.75%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,733/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Oglethorpe County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Oglethorpe County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Arthur County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Oglethorpe County at $1,733/yr; rate 0.93% vs Oglethorpe County 0.75%.
Crawford County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,734/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.06% vs Oglethorpe County 0.75%.
Pitt County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,734/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.83% vs Oglethorpe County 0.75%.
Washington County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,732/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Oglethorpe County 0.75%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Oglethorpe County stamps UNDER · 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Oglethorpe County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.