Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pulaski County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pulaski County pays $1,057 a year, an effective rate of 0.63%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,057
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.63%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -47%
- vs U.S. average
- #89 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Pulaski County pay a median $1,057 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.63%, more affordable than 68% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,057
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.63%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -47%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($166,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 65,897. Owner-occupied homes: 18,996.
The median annual property tax in Pulaski County is $1,057, which is 32% lower than the Kentucky state average and 47% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.63% on a median home value of $166,900. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Pulaski County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Pulaski County's 0.63% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 68%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Pulaski County pay a median annual property tax of $1,057, well below the national median and well below the Kentucky state median. On a $166,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.63% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Kentucky counties by effective rate
Pulaski County ranks #89 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (26% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Pulaski County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $51,898 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Pulaski 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 9.9% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 60% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 46.5%, the median bill rose 32.0% to $1,057: 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 32% from $801 to $1,057. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 6,697 of 18,996 owner-occupied homes (35.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 2.0% 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.
What Pulaski County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Pulaski County homeowners, 6,697 of 18,996 owner-occupied homes (35.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 33.4% (6,347)
- $800 to $1,499 35.3% (6,697)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.6% (2,008)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.3% (1,568)
- $3,000 or more 5.6% (1,058)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,318 homes here (6.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Pulaski County pay a substantially higher bill, 42% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Pulaski County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Pulaski County's effective rate is higher than 26% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #89 of 120.
Where Pulaski County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.63% Among the most affordable more affordable than 68% 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 Pulaski County moved from $801 in the 2020 release to $1,057 in 2024, a change of about 32%. 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.
Pulaski County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pulaski County | Kentucky 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.
Pulaski County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Pulaski County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,057 +4.7% | 0.63% |
| 2023 | $1,010 +6.9% | 0.65% |
| 2022 | $945 +10.8% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | $853 +6.5% | 0.71% |
| 2020 | $801 | 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.
Pulaski County: tax-to-income at 2.0%
Counties near Pulaski County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pulaski County sits nearest Washington County (IN), Jerome County (ID), Wheeler County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Grady County (OK), Madison County (GA), Hamilton County (IN).
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
Pulaski County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 830 of 27,470 returns from Pulaski County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,816 - 34% 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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Pulaski County rate FAQs
- How does Pulaski County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Pulaski County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.63% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Pulaski County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Pulaski County is $1,057, an effective rate of 0.63% on a $166,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Pulaski County?
- Pulaski County, Kentucky scores C+ (63/100) 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 B ($1,057/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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Pulaski County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pulaski County jumped 32.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $801 to $1,057, 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 Pulaski County?
- Property taxes in Pulaski County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $51,898 median household income.
What to do with Pulaski County's QUIET rate
Pulaski County's $1,057 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 →
Pulaski County ranks #89 of 120 Kentucky counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Kentucky overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Pulaski 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: 0.63%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,057/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Pulaski County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Pulaski County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Dade County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,055/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.62% vs Pulaski County 0.63%.
Mason County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,055/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.65% vs Pulaski County 0.63%.
Brooks County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,060/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.31% vs Pulaski County 0.63%.
Ouachita Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,054/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.54% vs Pulaski County 0.63%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Pulaski 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 Pulaski County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.