Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Screven County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Screven County pays $1,519 a year, an effective rate of 1.22%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,519
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.22%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -24%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Screven County pay a median $1,519 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.22%, more affordable than 22% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,519
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.22%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2433 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -24%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($124,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 14,130. Owner-occupied homes: 3,445.
The median annual property tax in Screven County is $1,519, which is 35% lower than the Georgia state average and 24% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.22% on a median home value of $124,300. Property taxes represent 2.9% of the median household income in this county.
Screven County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Screven County's 1.22% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 22%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Georgia counties by effective rate
Screven County ranks #10 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (94% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Georgia median
Homeowners in Screven County pay a median annual property tax of $1,519, notably lower than the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $124,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.22% 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 ticked up 5.2%, from $1,444 to $1,519. 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 Screven County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $52,792 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Screven 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 66% from $913 to $1,519. 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 reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 940 of 3,445 owner-occupied homes (27.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 2.9% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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 Screven County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Screven County homeowners, 940 of 3,445 owner-occupied homes (27.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.3% (940)
- $800 to $1,499 19.0% (655)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.4% (565)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.1% (657)
- $3,000 or more 12.1% (417)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
211 homes here (6.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Screven County, mortgaged homeowners pay 23% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Screven County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Screven County's effective rate is higher than 94% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #10 of 158.
Where Screven County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.22% more affordable than 22% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Screven County taxes property at 1.22%, about 58% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $1,519 lands roughly 35% 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.
Screven County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Screven County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.9% | - | - |
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.
Screven County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Screven County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,519 +5.2% | 1.22% |
| 2023 | $1,444 +21.1% | 1.18% |
| 2022 | $1,192 +18.6% | 1.11% |
| 2021 | $1,005 +10.1% | 1.01% |
| 2020 | $913 | 1.07% |
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.
Screven County: tax-to-income at 2.9%
Counties near Screven County's effective rate
On effective rate, Screven County sits nearest Cedar County (IA), Guthrie County (IA), Marion County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Live Oak County (TX), Montgomery County (IN), Nome Census Area (AK).
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
Screven County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 280 of 5,690 returns from Screven County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,004 - 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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Screven County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Screven County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Screven County is recorded at $1,519 in the 2024 5-year release against $913 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 3,445 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 average property tax in Screven County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Screven County is $1,519, an effective rate of 1.22% on a $124,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Screven County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Screven County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.22% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Screven County?
- Screven County, Georgia scores D (43/100) 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 housing pressure at B+ (2.35×). 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 Screven County?
- Property taxes in Screven County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $52,792 median household income.
What to do with Screven County's PAR rate
Inside Georgia, Screven County's $1,519 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Georgia overview →
Screven County ranks #10 of 158 Georgia counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Georgia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Screven County's PAR 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: 1.22%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,519/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Screven County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Screven County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Ascension Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Screven County at $1,519/yr; rate 0.54% vs Screven County 1.22%.
Sanilac County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,520/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.90% vs Screven County 1.22%.
Venango County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,520/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.27% vs Screven County 1.22%.
Sheridan County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,521/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.23% vs Screven County 1.22%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Screven County stamps PAR · 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 Screven County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.