Utah · County property tax · ACS 2024
San Juan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in San Juan County pays $1,788 a year, an effective rate of 0.80%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,788
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.80%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -10%
- vs U.S. average
- #1 of 29
- rank in UT
The verdict
Homeowners in San Juan County pay a median $1,788 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.80%, more affordable than 50% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,788
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.80%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1567 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -10%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($224,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Utah. Population: 14,483. Owner-occupied homes: 3,684.
The median annual property tax in San Juan County is $1,788, which is 29% lower than the Utah state average and 10% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.80% on a median home value of $224,200. Property taxes represent 2.8% 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 0.80% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 50%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Utah counties by effective rate
San Juan County ranks #1 of 29 counties in Utah by effective rate (97% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Utah median
Homeowners in San Juan County pay a median annual property tax of $1,788, notably lower than the national median and well below the Utah state median. On a $224,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.80% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 11.5%, from $1,603 to $1,788. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
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 2.8% of the $64,481 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 36% from $1,316 to $1,788. 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: 1,531 of 3,684 homes (41.6%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.8% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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.
San Juan County is an outlier inside Utah
Across the 29 Utah counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.48%. San Juan County is at 0.80%, which sits 3.0 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What San Juan County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most San Juan County homeowners are not billed at all: 1,531 of 3,684 owner-occupied homes (41.6%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 5.9% (216)
- $800 to $1,499 16.6% (611)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.8% (433)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.0% (516)
- $3,000 or more 10.2% (377)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,531 homes here (41.6%) 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 Utah handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In San Juan County, mortgaged homeowners pay 16% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
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 97% of the 29 counties in Utah - ranking #1 of 29.
Where San Juan County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.80% more affordable than 50% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
San Juan County taxes property at 0.80%, about 54% above the Utah average, yet its median bill of $1,788 lands roughly 29% 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.
San Juan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | San Juan County | Utah 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 | 2.8% | - | - |
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 UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Utah counties.
San Juan County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,788 +11.5% | 0.80% |
| 2023 | $1,603 +7.8% | 0.84% |
| 2022 | $1,487 +8.0% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $1,377 +4.6% | 1.00% |
| 2020 | $1,316 | 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.
San Juan County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near San Juan County's effective rate
On effective rate, San Juan County sits nearest Edmunds County (SD), Hampton County (SC), Polk County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Clinton County (OH), Gwinnett County (GA), Cameron Parish (LA).
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 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 220 of 5,240 returns from San Juan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,809 - 41% 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, Utah?
- The median annual property tax in San Juan County is $1,788, an effective rate of 0.80% on a $224,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for San Juan County?
- San Juan County, Utah scores D (46/100) 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 C (+$258). 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 notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.80% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in San Juan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for San Juan County is recorded at $1,788 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,316 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 3,684 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 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 2.8% of the $64,481 median household income.
What to do with San Juan County's UNDER rate
Inside Utah, San Juan County's $1,788 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Utah overview →
San Juan County ranks #1 of 29 Utah counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Utah overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for San Juan 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: 0.80%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,788/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 (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Bourbon County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,789/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.57% vs San Juan County 0.80%.
Dearborn County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,789/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs San Juan County 0.80%.
Wilson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,787/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.42% vs San Juan County 0.80%.
Roberts County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,786/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.11% vs San Juan County 0.80%.
Utah county set
State ACS overview for every published Utah county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
San Juan 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 San Juan County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.