Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Robertson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Robertson County pays $893 a year, an effective rate of 0.54%, far below the U.S. average.
- $893
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.54%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -55%
- vs U.S. average
- #116 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Robertson County pay a median $893 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.54%, more affordable than 79% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $893
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.54%
- Effective rate on median home
- #659 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -55%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($165,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 2,283. Owner-occupied homes: 644.
The median annual property tax in Robertson County is $893, which is 42% lower than the Kentucky state average and 55% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.54% on a median home value of $165,100. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Robertson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Robertson County's 0.54% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 79%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Robertson County pay a median annual property tax of $893, far below the national median and well below the Kentucky state median. On a $165,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.54% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Kentucky counties by effective rate
Robertson County ranks #116 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (3% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Robertson County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $51,830 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Robertson 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Robertson County rose 62.0%, from $101,900 to $165,100. The effective rate fell 38.0% over the same span, a steeper move than in 99% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 0.4%, to $893. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $889 to $893, a change of 0%. 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: 268 of 644 owner-occupied homes (41.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.7% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Robertson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Robertson County homeowners, 268 of 644 owner-occupied homes (41.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 41.6% (268)
- $800 to $1,499 32.0% (206)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.1% (20)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.1% (65)
- $3,000 or more 8.4% (54)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
31 homes here (4.8%) 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 Robertson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+107%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Robertson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Robertson County's effective rate is higher than 3% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #116 of 120.
Where Robertson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.54% Among the most affordable more affordable than 79% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Kentucky on both measures
Robertson County's effective rate runs 28% under the Kentucky median and its bill 42% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $893 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Kentucky norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Robertson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Robertson County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Robertson County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Robertson County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $893 +7.9% | 0.54% |
| 2023 | $828 +1.3% | 0.67% |
| 2022 | $817 +10.3% | 0.57% |
| 2021 | $741 -16.6% | 0.78% |
| 2020 | $889 | 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.
Robertson County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Robertson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Robertson County sits nearest White County (IN), Wells County (IN), Martin County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Iron County (WI), Ellsworth County (KS), Hunterdon County (NJ).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Robertson County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Robertson County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Robertson County rate FAQs
- How does Robertson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Robertson County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.54% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Robertson County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Robertson County is $893, an effective rate of 0.54% on a $165,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Robertson County?
- Robertson County, Kentucky scores B- (66/100) 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- ($893/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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Robertson County?
- Property taxes in Robertson County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $51,830 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Robertson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Robertson County held roughly steady, up 0.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $889 to $893, 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 Robertson County's QUIET rate
Robertson County's $893 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 1.7% of Robertson County's $51,830 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Robertson 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: 0.54%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $893/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Robertson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Robertson County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Neshoba County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Robertson County at $893/yr; rate 0.89% vs Robertson County 0.54%.
Prentiss County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $894/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.73% vs Robertson County 0.54%.
Rhea County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $894/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Robertson County 0.54%.
Monroe County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $891/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.77% vs Robertson County 0.54%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Robertson 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 Robertson County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.