Maryland · County property tax · ACS 2024
Queen Anne's County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Queen Anne's County pays $3,623 a year, an effective rate of 0.78%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,623
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.78%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +82%
- vs U.S. average
- #22 of 24
- rank in MD
The verdict
Homeowners in Queen Anne's County pay a median $3,623 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.78%, more affordable than 52% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,623
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.78%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1507 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +82%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($462,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Maryland. Population: 51,825. Owner-occupied homes: 16,505.
The median annual property tax in Queen Anne's County is $3,623, which is 11% lower than the Maryland state average and 82% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.78% on a median home value of $462,700. Property taxes represent 3.2% of the median household income in this county.
Why Queen Anne's County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Queen Anne's County pay a median annual property tax of $3,623, far above the national median and notably lower than the Maryland state median. On a $462,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.78% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Maryland counties by effective rate
Queen Anne's County ranks #22 of 24 counties in Maryland by effective rate (8% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Queen Anne's County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $112,826 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Queen Anne's County's 0.78% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 52%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Queen Anne's 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 9.7% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 61% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 27.4%, the median bill rose 14.9% to $3,623: 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 $3,152 to $3,623, a gain of 15%. 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: 10,510 of 16,505 owner-occupied homes (63.7%) 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.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 3.2% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Queen Anne's County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Queen Anne's County homeowners, 10,510 of 16,505 owner-occupied homes (63.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 0.7% (115)
- $800 to $1,499 5.5% (905)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.6% (1,097)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.0% (3,469)
- $3,000 or more 63.7% (10,510)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
409 homes here (2.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Maryland handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Queen Anne's County pay about the same bill, a 0% gap.
Queen Anne's County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Queen Anne's County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Queen Anne's County's median bill is 11% below the Maryland median and 82% above the U.S. median.
Queen Anne's County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Queen Anne's County | Maryland Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.2% | - | - |
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.
Is Queen Anne's County's $3,623 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Queen Anne's County's $3,623 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $362/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Maryland.
Queen Anne's County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,623 +3.4% | 0.78% |
| 2023 | $3,503 +0.1% | 0.79% |
| 2022 | $3,499 +7.3% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | $3,262 +3.5% | 0.87% |
| 2020 | $3,152 | 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.
Queen Anne's County: tax-to-income at 3.2%
Counties near Queen Anne's County's median bill
On effective rate, Queen Anne's County sits nearest Magoffin County (KY), Carlisle County (KY), Pike County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Clay County (WV), Caledonia County (VT), Greene County (PA).
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
Queen Anne's County: only 19% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 5,210 of 26,980 returns from Queen Anne's County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,173 - 37% 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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Queen Anne's County bill FAQs
- How does Queen Anne's County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Queen Anne's County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.78% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Queen Anne's County, Maryland?
- The median annual property tax in Queen Anne's County is $3,623, an effective rate of 0.78% on a $462,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Queen Anne's County?
- Queen Anne's County, Maryland scores D (40/100) 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 A (+$17). 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 Queen Anne's County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Queen Anne's County climbed 14.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,152 to $3,623, 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 Queen Anne's County?
- Property taxes in Queen Anne's County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $112,826 median household income.
What to do with Queen Anne's County's HEAVY bill
Queen Anne's County's $3,623 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Queen Anne's County ranks #22 of 24 Maryland counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Maryland overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Queen Anne's County's HEAVY 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: 0.78%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,623/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Queen Anne's County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Queen Anne's County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Madison County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,624/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.48% vs Queen Anne's County 0.78%.
Wasatch County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,624/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Queen Anne's County 0.78%.
Gwinnett County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,617/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 0.95% vs Queen Anne's County 0.78%.
Story County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,632/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 1.40% vs Queen Anne's County 0.78%.
Maryland county set
State ACS overview for every published Maryland county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Queen Anne's County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Queen Anne's County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.