North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Perquimans County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Perquimans County pays $1,375 a year, an effective rate of 0.59%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,375
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.59%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -31%
- vs U.S. average
- #68 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Perquimans County pay a median $1,375 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.59%, more affordable than 73% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,375
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.59%
- Effective rate on median home
- #846 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -31%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($231,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 13,244. Owner-occupied homes: 4,297.
The median annual property tax in Perquimans County is $1,375, which is 27% lower than the North Carolina state average and 31% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.59% on a median home value of $231,700. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Perquimans County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Perquimans County's 0.59% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 73%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Perquimans County pay a median annual property tax of $1,375, well below the national median and well below the North Carolina state median. On a $231,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.59% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of North Carolina counties by effective rate
Perquimans County ranks #68 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (32% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Perquimans County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $67,917 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Perquimans 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
Perquimans County's effective rate fell 15.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 33.8%, leaving the median bill 13.6% higher at $1,375. That rate move is larger than the one in 64% 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,210 to $1,375, a gain of 14%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 1,254 of 4,297 owner-occupied homes (29.2%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.0% 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 Perquimans County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Perquimans County homeowners, 1,254 of 4,297 owner-occupied homes (29.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 23.3% (1,001)
- $800 to $1,499 29.2% (1,254)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.8% (593)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.0% (815)
- $3,000 or more 9.7% (415)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
219 homes here (5.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Perquimans County pay a substantially higher bill, 59% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Perquimans County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Perquimans County's effective rate is higher than 32% of the 100 counties in North Carolina - ranking #68 of 100.
Where Perquimans County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.59% Among the most affordable more affordable than 73% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Perquimans County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Perquimans County | North Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Perquimans County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Perquimans County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,375 +4.5% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | $1,316 -1.6% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | $1,338 -1.1% | 0.63% |
| 2021 | $1,353 +11.8% | 0.74% |
| 2020 | $1,210 | 0.70% |
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.
Perquimans County: tax-to-income at 2.0%
Counties near Perquimans County's effective rate
On effective rate, Perquimans County sits nearest Curry County (NM), Treasure County (MT), Gallatin County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Wood County (TX), Dubuque County (IA), Bristol County (RI).
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
Perquimans County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 290 of 6,140 returns from Perquimans County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,986 - 34% 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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Perquimans County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Perquimans County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Perquimans County is $1,375, an effective rate of 0.59% on a $231,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Perquimans County?
- Perquimans 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 (0.59%). 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.
- How does Perquimans County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Perquimans County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.59% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Perquimans County?
- Property taxes in Perquimans County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $67,917 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Perquimans County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Perquimans County climbed 13.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,210 to $1,375, 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 to do with Perquimans County's QUIET rate
Perquimans County's $1,375 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 →
Perquimans County ranks #68 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 Perquimans 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: 0.59%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,375/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Perquimans County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Perquimans County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Cass County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Perquimans County at $1,375/yr; rate 0.94% vs Perquimans County 0.59%.
Valencia County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,374/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Perquimans County 0.59%.
Adams County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,373/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.77% vs Perquimans County 0.59%.
Coke County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,372/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.16% vs Perquimans County 0.59%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Perquimans County stamps QUIET · 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 Perquimans County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.