New Mexico · County property tax · ACS 2024
San Juan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in San Juan County pays $1,317 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,317
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -34%
- vs U.S. average
- #7 of 33
- rank in NM
The verdict
Homeowners in San Juan County pay a median $1,317 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,317
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -34%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($193,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for New Mexico. Population: 120,942. Owner-occupied homes: 29,713.
The median annual property tax in San Juan County is $1,317, which is 24% lower than the New Mexico state average and 34% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $193,800. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
San Juan County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
San Juan County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in San Juan County pay a median annual property tax of $1,317, well below the national median and notably lower than the New Mexico state median. On a $193,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among New Mexico counties by effective rate
San Juan County ranks #7 of 33 counties in New Mexico by effective rate (79% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in San Juan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $55,872 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in San Juan 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 held while the market moved
San Juan County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.0% up, against a median home value that rose 25.0%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 27.5%, from $1,033 to $1,317.
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 27% from $1,033 to $1,317. 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 largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 7,907 of 29,713 homes (26.6%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 2.4% 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 San Juan County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most San Juan County homeowners are not billed at all: 7,907 of 29,713 owner-occupied homes (26.6%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 19.7% (5,839)
- $800 to $1,499 23.0% (6,839)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.4% (3,972)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.5% (3,106)
- $3,000 or more 6.9% (2,050)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
7,907 homes here (26.6%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of San Juan County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how New Mexico handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in San Juan County pay a substantially higher bill, 42% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
San Juan County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
San Juan County's effective rate is higher than 79% of the 33 counties in New Mexico - ranking #7 of 33.
Where San Juan County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.68% Among the most affordable more affordable than 62% 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 San Juan County moved from $1,033 in the 2020 release to $1,317 in 2024, a change of about 27%. 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.
San Juan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | San Juan County | New Mexico 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 | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
San Juan County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · New Mexico counties.
San Juan County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,317 +5.4% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $1,249 +5.4% | 0.67% |
| 2022 | $1,185 +8.9% | 0.69% |
| 2021 | $1,088 +5.3% | 0.70% |
| 2020 | $1,033 | 0.67% |
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.
San Juan County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near San Juan County's effective rate
On effective rate, San Juan County sits nearest Grant County (NE), Powder River County (MT), McCone County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Yankton County (SD), Westmoreland County (VA), Morton County (KS).
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
San Juan County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,520 of 52,900 returns from San Juan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,974 - 38% 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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San Juan County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in San Juan County, New Mexico?
- The median annual property tax in San Juan County is $1,317, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $193,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for San Juan County?
- San Juan County, New Mexico scores C- (54/100) 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+ (0.68%). 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.
- How does San Juan County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in San Juan County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in San Juan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for San Juan County jumped 27.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,033 to $1,317, 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 San Juan County?
- Property taxes in San Juan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $55,872 median household income.
What to do with San Juan County's QUIET rate
San Juan County's $1,317 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 →
San Juan County ranks #7 of 33 New Mexico counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. New Mexico overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for San Juan 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,317/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with San Juan County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for San Juan County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Callahan County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,318/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.91% vs San Juan County 0.68%.
Nye County, NV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,316/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs San Juan County 0.68%.
Gasconade County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,315/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.73% vs San Juan County 0.68%.
Marshall County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,315/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.80% vs San Juan County 0.68%.
New Mexico county set
State ACS overview for every published New Mexico county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
San Juan 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 San Juan County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.