Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Seminole County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Seminole County pays $1,486 a year, an effective rate of 1.22%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,486
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.22%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -25%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Seminole County pay a median $1,486 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.22%, more affordable than 22% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,486
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.22%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2433 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -25%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($121,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 9,156. Owner-occupied homes: 3,021.
The median annual property tax in Seminole County is $1,486, which is 37% lower than the Georgia state average and 25% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.22% on a median home value of $121,900. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Seminole County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Seminole 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
Seminole 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 well below the national median
Homeowners in Seminole County pay a median annual property tax of $1,486, well below the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $121,900 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 climbed 9.2%, from $1,361 to $1,486. 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 Seminole County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $49,495 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Seminole 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 43% from $1,040 to $1,486. 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: 757 of 3,021 owner-occupied homes (25.1%) 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 3.0% 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 Seminole County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Seminole County homeowners, 757 of 3,021 owner-occupied homes (25.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 25.1% (757)
- $800 to $1,499 23.7% (716)
- $1,500 to $1,999 20.2% (609)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.2% (550)
- $3,000 or more 9.5% (286)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
103 homes here (3.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Seminole County, mortgaged homeowners pay 25% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Seminole County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Seminole County's effective rate is higher than 94% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #10 of 158.
Where Seminole 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
Seminole County taxes property at 1.22%, about 58% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $1,486 lands roughly 37% 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.
Seminole County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Seminole 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 | 3.0% | - | - |
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.
Seminole County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Seminole County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,486 +9.2% | 1.22% |
| 2023 | $1,361 +1.9% | 1.22% |
| 2022 | $1,336 +11.1% | 1.21% |
| 2021 | $1,203 +15.7% | 1.27% |
| 2020 | $1,040 | 1.13% |
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.
Seminole County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Seminole County's effective rate
On effective rate, Seminole County sits nearest Cedar County (IA), Guthrie County (IA), Marion County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pike County (IN), Sevier County (UT), Saline County (NE).
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
Seminole County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 120 of 3,380 returns from Seminole County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,217 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Seminole County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Seminole County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Seminole County is $1,486, an effective rate of 1.22% on a $121,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Seminole County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Seminole County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.22% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Seminole County?
- Seminole 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 housing pressure at B (2.46×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Seminole County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Seminole County is recorded at $1,486 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,040 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 3,021 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 Seminole County?
- Property taxes in Seminole County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $49,495 median household income.
What to do with Seminole County's PAR rate
Seminole County's $1,486 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 →
Seminole 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 Seminole 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: $1,486/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Seminole County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Seminole County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Swisher County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,487/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.72% vs Seminole County 1.22%.
Dickey County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,488/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.92% vs Seminole County 1.22%.
Clare County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,489/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.11% vs Seminole County 1.22%.
Haakon County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,489/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.91% vs Seminole County 1.22%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Seminole County stamps PAR · 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 Seminole County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.