Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Perry County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Perry County pays $643 a year, an effective rate of 0.70%, far below the U.S. average.
- $643
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.70%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -68%
- vs U.S. average
- #53 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Perry County pay a median $643 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.70%, more affordable than 60% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $643
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.70%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1260 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -68%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($91,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 27,499. Owner-occupied homes: 7,800.
The median annual property tax in Perry County is $643, which is 58% lower than the Kentucky state average and 68% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.70% on a median home value of $91,800. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Perry County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Perry County pay a median annual property tax of $643, far below the national median and far below the Kentucky state median. On a $91,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.70% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Perry County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $42,181 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Perry County's 0.70% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 60%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Kentucky counties by effective rate
Perry County ranks #53 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (56% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Perry 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.0% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 60% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 16.3%, the median bill rose 4.7% to $643: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $614 to $643, a change of 5%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 3,923 of 7,800 owner-occupied homes (50.3%) 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 1.5% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
23.5% of Perry County homes owned free and clear (1,171 of 4,974) report no property tax at all, against 6.0% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Perry County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Perry County homeowners, 3,923 of 7,800 owner-occupied homes (50.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 50.3% (3,923)
- $800 to $1,499 17.7% (1,381)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.0% (390)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.6% (280)
- $3,000 or more 6.2% (485)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,341 homes here (17.2%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Perry County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+127%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Perry County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Perry County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Perry County's median bill is 58% below the Kentucky median and 68% below the U.S. median.
Same rate as Kentucky, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 7% of the Kentucky median, yet the median bill runs 58% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $643 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Perry County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Perry County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Perry County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Perry County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $643 -2.7% | 0.70% |
| 2023 | $661 -0.8% | 0.73% |
| 2022 | $666 +7.4% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $620 +1.0% | 0.80% |
| 2020 | $614 | 0.78% |
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.
Perry County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Perry County's median bill
On effective rate, Perry County sits nearest Whitley County (IN), Power County (ID), Oconee County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Livingston County (MO), Martinsville city (VA), Nottoway County (VA).
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
Perry County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 160 of 9,430 returns from Perry County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,319 - 38% of those reporters sat in the $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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Perry County bill FAQs
- How does Perry County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Perry County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.70% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Perry County?
- Property taxes in Perry County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $42,181 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Perry County?
- Perry County, Kentucky scores B (70/100) 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+ ($643/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 is the average property tax in Perry County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Perry County is $643, an effective rate of 0.70% on a $91,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Perry County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Perry County ticked up 4.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $614 to $643, 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 Perry County's LIGHT bill
Perry County's $643 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 1.5% of Perry County's $42,181 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Perry County'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: 0.70%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $643/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Perry County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Perry County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Caldwell County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Perry County at $643/yr; rate 0.54% vs Perry County 0.70%.
Decatur County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $644/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Perry County 0.70%.
Menifee County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $644/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.51% vs Perry County 0.70%.
Butler County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $645/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.58% vs Perry County 0.70%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Perry County 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 Perry County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.