North Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Robeson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Robeson County pays $820 a year, an effective rate of 0.87%, far below the U.S. average.
- $820
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.87%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -59%
- vs U.S. average
- #13 of 100
- rank in NC
The verdict
Homeowners in Robeson County pay a median $820 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.87%, more affordable than 45% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $820
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.87%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1728 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -59%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($94,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Carolina. Population: 116,902. Owner-occupied homes: 28,399.
The median annual property tax in Robeson County is $820, which is 57% lower than the North Carolina state average and 59% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.87% on a median home value of $94,500. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Why Robeson County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Robeson County pay a median annual property tax of $820, far below the national median and far below the North Carolina state median. On a $94,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.87% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among North Carolina counties by effective rate
Robeson County ranks #13 of 100 counties in North Carolina by effective rate (87% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Robeson County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $41,978 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Robeson County's 0.87% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 45%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Robeson 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Robeson County's effective rate fell 15.0% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 25.0%, leaving the median bill 6.2% higher at $820. That rate move is larger than the one in 64% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $772 to $820, a change of 6%. 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: 13,434 of 28,399 owner-occupied homes (47.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.0% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Robeson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Robeson County homeowners, 13,434 of 28,399 owner-occupied homes (47.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 47.3% (13,434)
- $800 to $1,499 27.3% (7,747)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.2% (2,905)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.5% (2,144)
- $3,000 or more 4.3% (1,227)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
942 homes here (3.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Robeson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+71%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Robeson County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Robeson County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Robeson County's median bill is 57% below the North Carolina median and 59% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Robeson County taxes property at 0.87%, about 32% above the North Carolina average, yet its median bill of $820 lands roughly 57% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Robeson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Robeson County | North Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-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.
Robeson County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Carolina counties.
Robeson County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $820 +2.6% | 0.87% |
| 2023 | $799 -1.8% | 0.90% |
| 2022 | $814 +3.8% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | $784 +1.6% | 1.01% |
| 2020 | $772 | 1.02% |
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.
Robeson County: tax takes only 2.0% of income
Counties near Robeson County's median bill
On effective rate, Robeson County sits nearest Queens County (NY), Toole County (MT), Daniels County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Dickey County (ND), Mountrail County (ND), Doddridge County (WV).
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
Robeson County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,360 of 49,830 returns from Robeson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,882 - 32% 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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Robeson County bill FAQs
- How does Robeson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Robeson County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.87% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Robeson County?
- Property taxes in Robeson County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $41,978 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Robeson County, North Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Robeson County is $820, an effective rate of 0.87% on a $94,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Robeson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Robeson County ticked up 6.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $772 to $820, 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 is the tax affordability score for Robeson County?
- Robeson County, North Carolina scores C+ (60/100) 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 ($820/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 to do with Robeson County's LIGHT bill
Robeson County's $820 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 2.0% of Robeson County's $41,978 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Robeson 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: 0.87%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $820/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Robeson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Robeson County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Brunswick County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Robeson County at $820/yr; rate 0.57% vs Robeson County 0.87%.
Copiah County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Robeson County at $820/yr; rate 0.72% vs Robeson County 0.87%.
Carroll County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $821/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.58% vs Robeson County 0.87%.
Greene County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $819/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Robeson County 0.87%.
North Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published North Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Robeson 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 Robeson County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.