Washington · County property tax · ACS 2024
Skamania County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Skamania County pays $3,532 a year, an effective rate of 0.67%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,532
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.67%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +77%
- vs U.S. average
- #31 of 39
- rank in WA
The verdict
Homeowners in Skamania County pay a median $3,532 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.67%, more affordable than 63% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,532
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.67%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1158 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +77%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($529,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Washington. Population: 12,402. Owner-occupied homes: 4,016.
The median annual property tax in Skamania County is $3,532, which is 22% lower than the Washington state average and 77% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.67% on a median home value of $529,500. Property taxes represent 3.8% of the median household income in this county.
Why Skamania County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Skamania County pay a median annual property tax of $3,532, far above the national median and notably lower than the Washington state median. On a $529,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.67% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Washington counties by effective rate
Skamania County ranks #31 of 39 counties in Washington by effective rate (21% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Skamania County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $93,265 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Skamania County's 0.67% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 63%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.5%, from $3,380 to $3,532. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Skamania 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 42% from $2,495 to $3,532. 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: 2,341 of 4,016 owner-occupied homes (58.3%) 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.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 3.8% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Skamania County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Skamania County homeowners, 2,341 of 4,016 owner-occupied homes (58.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 5.3% (212)
- $800 to $1,499 6.7% (270)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.4% (137)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.7% (830)
- $3,000 or more 58.3% (2,341)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
226 homes here (5.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Washington handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Skamania County, mortgaged homeowners pay 15% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Skamania County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Skamania County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Skamania County's median bill is 22% below the Washington median and 77% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Skamania County moved from $2,495 in the 2020 release to $3,532 in 2024, a change of about 42%. 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.
Skamania County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Skamania County | Washington Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.8% | - | - |
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.
Is Skamania County's $3,532 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Skamania County's $3,532 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $353/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Washington.
Skamania County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,532 +4.5% | 0.67% |
| 2023 | $3,380 +3.6% | 0.72% |
| 2022 | $3,263 +16.8% | 0.74% |
| 2021 | $2,793 +11.9% | 0.76% |
| 2020 | $2,495 | 0.74% |
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.
Skamania County: tax-to-income at 3.8%
Counties near Skamania County's median bill
On effective rate, Skamania County sits nearest Waynesboro city (VA), Lake County (TN), Richland County (SC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Ohio County (IN), Hamilton County (NY), Douglas County (GA).
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
Skamania County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 460 of 5,560 returns from Skamania County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,198 - 35% 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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Skamania County bill FAQs
- How does Skamania County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Skamania County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.67% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Skamania County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Skamania County is recorded at $3,532 in the 2024 5-year release against $2,495 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 4,016 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 Skamania County, Washington?
- The median annual property tax in Skamania County is $3,532, an effective rate of 0.67% on a $529,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Skamania County?
- Skamania County, Washington scores F (31/100) 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+ (0.67%). 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 Skamania County?
- Property taxes in Skamania County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $93,265 median household income.
What to do with Skamania County's HEAVY bill
Skamania County's $3,532 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Skamania County ranks #31 of 39 Washington counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Washington overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Skamania County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.67%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,532/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Skamania County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Skamania County (QUIET · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET HEAVY
Saunders County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,531/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.30% vs Skamania County 0.67%.
Lane County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,536/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.82% vs Skamania County 0.67%.
Tazewell County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,536/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 2.11% vs Skamania County 0.67%.
San Bernardino County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,538/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 0.70% vs Skamania County 0.67%.
Washington county set
State ACS overview for every published Washington county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Skamania County stamps QUIET · HEAVY - 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 Skamania County (QUIET · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.