Pennsylvania · County property tax · ACS 2024
Perry County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Perry County pays $2,859 a year, an effective rate of 1.21%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,859
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.21%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +43%
- vs U.S. average
- #39 of 67
- rank in PA
The verdict
Homeowners in Perry County pay a median $2,859 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.21%, more affordable than 23% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,859
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.21%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +43%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($236,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Pennsylvania. Population: 46,239. Owner-occupied homes: 14,974.
The median annual property tax in Perry County is $2,859, which is 14% lower than the Pennsylvania state average and 43% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.21% on a median home value of $236,400. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Perry County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Perry County's 1.21% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 23%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Perry County pay a median annual property tax of $2,859, well above the national median and notably lower than the Pennsylvania state median. On a $236,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.21% 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 Perry County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $79,444 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Pennsylvania counties by effective rate
Perry County ranks #39 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania by effective rate (42% 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 10.3% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 59% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 31.8%, the median bill rose 18.2% to $2,859: 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $2,419 to $2,859, a gain of 18%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 6,719 of 14,974 owner-occupied homes (44.9%) 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.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 3.6% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Perry County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Perry County homeowners, 6,719 of 14,974 owner-occupied homes (44.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 5.5% (821)
- $800 to $1,499 11.4% (1,707)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.4% (1,415)
- $2,000 to $2,999 25.8% (3,866)
- $3,000 or more 44.9% (6,719)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
446 homes here (3.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Pennsylvania handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Perry County pay about the same bill, a 8% gap.
Perry County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Perry County's effective rate is higher than 42% of the 67 counties in Pennsylvania - ranking #39 of 67.
Where Perry County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.21% more affordable than 23% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Perry County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Perry County | Pennsylvania Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.6% | - | - |
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 PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Pennsylvania counties.
Perry County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,859 +3.0% | 1.21% |
| 2023 | $2,775 +3.9% | 1.25% |
| 2022 | $2,671 +6.3% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | $2,512 +3.8% | 1.35% |
| 2020 | $2,419 | 1.35% |
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-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Perry County's effective rate
On effective rate, Perry County sits nearest Ashtabula County (OH), Steele County (MN), Ramsey County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Clearwater County (ID), Delaware County (IN), Richland County (MT).
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 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 770 of 23,380 returns from Perry County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,484 - 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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Perry County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Perry County?
- Perry County, Pennsylvania scores F (30/100) 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 mortgage premium at C+ (+$225). 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 Perry County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Perry County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.21% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Perry County, Pennsylvania?
- The median annual property tax in Perry County is $2,859, an effective rate of 1.21% on a $236,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Perry County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Perry County climbed 18.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,419 to $2,859, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Perry County?
- Property taxes in Perry County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $79,444 median household income.
What to do with Perry County's PAR rate
Perry County's $2,859 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Perry County ranks #39 of 67 Pennsylvania counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Pennsylvania overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Perry County's PAR 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: 1.21%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,859/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 (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Ward County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Perry County at $2,859/yr; rate 1.07% vs Perry County 1.21%.
Humboldt County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,858/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.64% vs Perry County 1.21%.
Lee County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,858/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Perry County 1.21%.
Crawford County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,861/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.56% vs Perry County 1.21%.
Pennsylvania county set
State ACS overview for every published Pennsylvania county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Perry County stamps PAR · 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 Perry County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.