Florida · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pasco County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pasco County pays $2,206 a year, an effective rate of 0.73%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,206
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.73%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +11%
- vs U.S. average
- #33 of 67
- rank in FL
The verdict
Homeowners in Pasco County pay a median $2,206 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.73%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,206
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.73%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1364 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +11%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($300,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Florida. Population: 611,444. Owner-occupied homes: 178,821.
The median annual property tax in Pasco County is $2,206, which is 19% lower than the Florida state average and 11% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.73% on a median home value of $300,900. Property taxes represent 3.1% of the median household income in this county.
Pasco County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Pasco County's 0.73% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Pasco County pay a median annual property tax of $2,206, notably higher than the national median and notably lower than the Florida state median. On a $300,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.73% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Pasco County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $70,492 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Florida counties by effective rate
Pasco County ranks #33 of 67 counties in Florida by effective rate (51% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Pasco 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
Pasco County's effective rate fell 16.0% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 73.0%, leaving the median bill 45.4% higher at $2,206. That rate move is larger than the one in 68% 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 45% from $1,517 to $2,206. 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: 60,031 of 178,821 owner-occupied homes (33.6%) 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.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 3.1% 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 Pasco County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Pasco County homeowners, 60,031 of 178,821 owner-occupied homes (33.6%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 15.8% (28,240)
- $800 to $1,499 17.8% (31,892)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.4% (16,726)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.0% (28,616)
- $3,000 or more 33.6% (60,031)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
13,316 homes here (7.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Florida handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Pasco County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+87%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Pasco County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Pasco County's effective rate is higher than 51% of the 67 counties in Florida - ranking #33 of 67.
Where Pasco County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.73% more affordable than 56% 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 Pasco County moved from $1,517 in the 2020 release to $2,206 in 2024, a change of about 45%. 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.
Pasco County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pasco County | Florida Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median 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.
Pasco County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Florida counties.
Pasco County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,206 +8.8% | 0.73% |
| 2023 | $2,028 +11.5% | 0.76% |
| 2022 | $1,819 +11.3% | 0.78% |
| 2021 | $1,634 +7.7% | 0.85% |
| 2020 | $1,517 | 0.87% |
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.
Pasco County: tax-to-income at 3.1%
Counties near Pasco County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pasco County sits nearest Sacramento County (CA), Lake County (CA), Calaveras County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bollinger County (MO), Noble County (IN), Walker 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
Pasco County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 13,930 of 291,030 returns from Pasco County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,232 - 33% 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.
Other Counties in Florida
Pasco County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Pasco County?
- Pasco County, Florida scores F (34/100) 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 C (0.73%). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Pasco County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pasco County jumped 45.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,517 to $2,206, 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 is the average property tax in Pasco County, Florida?
- The median annual property tax in Pasco County is $2,206, an effective rate of 0.73% on a $300,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Pasco County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Pasco County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.73% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Pasco County?
- Property taxes in Pasco County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $70,492 median household income.
What to do with Pasco County's UNDER rate
At Pasco County's 0.73% effective rate, a $300,900 home implies about $2,206/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Pasco County ranks #33 of 67 Florida counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Florida overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Pasco County's UNDER 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: 0.73%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,206/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Pasco County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Pasco County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Colorado County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,204/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.05% vs Pasco County 0.73%.
Palo Pinto County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,204/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.11% vs Pasco County 0.73%.
Lapeer County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,202/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.92% vs Pasco County 0.73%.
Garfield County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,201/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.42% vs Pasco County 0.73%.
Florida county set
State ACS overview for every published Florida county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Pasco 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Pasco County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.