California · County property tax · ACS 2024
Siskiyou County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Siskiyou County pays $1,973 a year, an effective rate of 0.64%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $1,973
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.64%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -1%
- vs U.S. average
- #51 of 58
- rank in CA
The verdict
Homeowners in Siskiyou County pay a median $1,973 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.64%, more affordable than 67% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,973
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.64%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1040 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -1%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($309,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for California. Population: 43,466. Owner-occupied homes: 13,203.
The median annual property tax in Siskiyou County is $1,973, which is 61% lower than the California state average and 1% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.64% on a median home value of $309,500. Property taxes represent 3.3% of the median household income in this county.
Siskiyou County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Siskiyou County's 0.64% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 67%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the California median
Homeowners in Siskiyou County pay a median annual property tax of $1,973, roughly in line with the national median and far below the California state median. On a $309,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.64% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among California counties by effective rate
Siskiyou County ranks #51 of 58 counties in California by effective rate (12% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Siskiyou County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $59,095 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Siskiyou 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Siskiyou County's effective rate fell 12.6% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 44.4%, leaving the median bill 26.2% higher at $1,973. That rate move is larger than the one in 52% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 26% from $1,563 to $1,973. 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: 3,444 of 13,203 owner-occupied homes (26.1%) 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.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 3.3% 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.
What Siskiyou County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Siskiyou County homeowners, 3,444 of 13,203 owner-occupied homes (26.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.8% (1,556)
- $800 to $1,499 21.9% (2,885)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.0% (1,986)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.9% (2,765)
- $3,000 or more 26.1% (3,444)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
567 homes here (4.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how California handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Siskiyou County pay a substantially higher bill, 41% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Siskiyou County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Siskiyou County's effective rate is higher than 12% of the 58 counties in California - ranking #51 of 58.
Where Siskiyou County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.64% Among the most affordable more affordable than 67% 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 Siskiyou County moved from $1,563 in the 2020 release to $1,973 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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.
Siskiyou County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Siskiyou County | California 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 | 3.3% | - | - |
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.
Siskiyou County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · California counties.
Siskiyou County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,973 +4.9% | 0.64% |
| 2023 | $1,880 +6.6% | 0.66% |
| 2022 | $1,763 +5.9% | 0.68% |
| 2021 | $1,665 +6.5% | 0.73% |
| 2020 | $1,563 | 0.73% |
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.
Siskiyou County: tax-to-income at 3.3%
Counties near Siskiyou County's effective rate
On effective rate, Siskiyou County sits nearest La Paz County (AZ), Baker County (FL), Wakulla County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are St. Joseph County (MI), Nemaha County (KS), Knox County (IN).
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
Siskiyou County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 990 of 19,090 returns from Siskiyou County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,403 - 33% 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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Siskiyou County rate FAQs
- How does Siskiyou County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Siskiyou County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.64% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Siskiyou County?
- Siskiyou County, California scores F (38/100) 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 B- (0.64%). 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 Siskiyou County, California?
- The median annual property tax in Siskiyou County is $1,973, an effective rate of 0.64% on a $309,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Siskiyou County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Siskiyou County jumped 26.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,563 to $1,973, 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 Siskiyou County?
- Property taxes in Siskiyou County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $59,095 median household income.
What to do with Siskiyou County's QUIET rate
Inside California, Siskiyou County's $1,973 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. California overview →
Siskiyou County ranks #51 of 58 California counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. California overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Siskiyou 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: 0.64%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,973/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Siskiyou County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Siskiyou County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Crawford County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Siskiyou County at $1,973/yr; rate 1.28% vs Siskiyou County 0.64%.
Langlade County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,972/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.25% vs Siskiyou County 0.64%.
Wapello County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,974/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.58% vs Siskiyou County 0.64%.
Brown County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,976/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.03% vs Siskiyou County 0.64%.
California county set
State ACS overview for every published California county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Siskiyou County stamps QUIET · 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 Siskiyou County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.