Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Rockdale County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Rockdale County pays $2,074 a year, an effective rate of 0.71%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,074
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.71%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +4%
- vs U.S. average
- #127 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Rockdale County pay a median $2,074 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.71%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,074
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.71%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1302 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +4%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($292,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 95,281. Owner-occupied homes: 23,964.
The median annual property tax in Rockdale County is $2,074, which is 11% lower than the Georgia state average and 4% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.71% on a median home value of $292,900. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Rockdale County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Rockdale County's 0.71% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Decision signal 2
High among Georgia counties by effective rate
Rockdale County ranks #127 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (20% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 12.5%, from $1,843 to $2,074. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Rockdale County pay a median annual property tax of $2,074, modestly above the national median and notably lower than the Georgia state median. On a $292,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.71% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Rockdale County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $77,247 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Rockdale 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 61% from $1,290 to $2,074. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 6,987 of 23,964 owner-occupied homes (29.2%) 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 2.7% 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 Rockdale County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Rockdale County homeowners, 6,987 of 23,964 owner-occupied homes (29.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.9% (3,340)
- $800 to $1,499 18.2% (4,367)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.6% (3,487)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.6% (4,937)
- $3,000 or more 29.2% (6,987)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
846 homes here (3.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Rockdale County pay a substantially higher bill, 48% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Rockdale County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Rockdale County's effective rate is higher than 20% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #127 of 158.
Where Rockdale County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.71% more affordable than 58% 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 Rockdale County moved from $1,290 in the 2020 release to $2,074 in 2024, a change of about 61%. 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.
Rockdale County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Rockdale County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Rockdale County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Rockdale County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,074 +12.5% | 0.71% |
| 2023 | $1,843 +10.2% | 0.72% |
| 2022 | $1,673 +15.9% | 0.75% |
| 2021 | $1,443 +11.9% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | $1,290 | 0.76% |
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.
Rockdale County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Rockdale County's effective rate
On effective rate, Rockdale County sits nearest Suwannee County (FL), Nassau County (FL), New Castle County (DE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Plaquemines Parish (LA), Yazoo County (MS), Zavala County (TX).
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
Rockdale County: only 10% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 4,230 of 43,700 returns from Rockdale County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,851 - 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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Rockdale County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Rockdale County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Rockdale County is recorded at $2,074 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,290 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 23,964 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Rockdale County?
- Rockdale County, Georgia scores D (41/100) 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 rate relief at C (0.71%). 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 is the average property tax in Rockdale County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Rockdale County is $2,074, an effective rate of 0.71% on a $292,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Rockdale County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Rockdale County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.71% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Rockdale County?
- Property taxes in Rockdale County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $77,247 median household income.
What to do with Rockdale County's UNDER rate
At Rockdale County's 0.71% effective rate, a $292,900 home implies about $2,074/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Rockdale County ranks #127 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Rockdale County's UNDER 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: 0.71%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,074/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Rockdale County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Rockdale County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Macoupin County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,073/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.50% vs Rockdale County 0.71%.
Navarro County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,075/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.20% vs Rockdale County 0.71%.
Traill County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,075/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.03% vs Rockdale County 0.71%.
Fillmore County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,076/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.94% vs Rockdale County 0.71%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Rockdale County stamps UNDER · 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 Rockdale County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.