Utah · County property tax · ACS 2024
Summit County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Summit County pays $3,701 a year, an effective rate of 0.35%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,701
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.35%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- +86%
- vs U.S. average
- #27 of 29
- rank in UT
The verdict
Homeowners in Summit County pay a median $3,701 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.35%, more affordable than 96% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,701
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.35%
- Effective rate on median home
- #138 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +86%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($1,067,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Utah. Population: 42,970. Owner-occupied homes: 12,621.
The median annual property tax in Summit County is $3,701, which is 47% higher than the Utah state average and 86% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.35% on a median home value of $1,067,700. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Summit County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Summit County's 0.35% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 96% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Summit County pay a median annual property tax of $3,701, far above the national median and well above the Utah state median. On a $1,067,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.35% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Utah counties by effective rate
Summit County ranks #27 of 29 counties in Utah by effective rate (7% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Summit County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $138,114 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Summit 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
Summit County's effective rate fell 12.8% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 57.4%, leaving the median bill 37.3% higher at $3,701. That rate move is larger than the one in 53% 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 37% from $2,696 to $3,701. 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: 7,597 of 12,621 owner-occupied homes (60.2%) 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.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 2.7% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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 Summit County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Summit County homeowners, 7,597 of 12,621 owner-occupied homes (60.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 2.4% (306)
- $800 to $1,499 10.1% (1,281)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.8% (1,107)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.7% (2,106)
- $3,000 or more 60.2% (7,597)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
224 homes here (1.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Utah handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Summit County, mortgaged homeowners actually pay 12% less than those without a mortgage, a mild inversion from the national norm worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Summit County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Summit County's effective rate is higher than 7% of the 29 counties in Utah - ranking #27 of 29.
Where Summit County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.35% Among the most affordable more affordable than 96% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A low rate, a bigger bill
Summit County taxes property at 0.35%, roughly 33% below the Utah average, and still bills a median $3,701, about 47% above the state figure. Because the effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, that combination means local home values run well ahead of the state norm: a gentler rate applied to a larger base.
Summit County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Summit County | Utah Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Summit County is QUIET · HEAVY on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Utah counties.
Summit County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,701 +6.7% | 0.35% |
| 2023 | $3,469 +14.1% | 0.35% |
| 2022 | $3,040 +7.7% | 0.34% |
| 2021 | $2,823 +4.7% | 0.38% |
| 2020 | $2,696 | 0.40% |
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.
Summit County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Summit County's effective rate
On effective rate, Summit County sits nearest Trousdale County (TN), McMinn County (TN), DeKalb County (TN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Randolph County (AR), Cobb County (GA), Kidder County (ND).
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
Summit County: only 20% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 5,060 of 24,970 returns from Summit County reported real estate taxes, averaging $9,985 - 61% of those reporters sat in the $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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Summit County rate FAQs
- How does Summit County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Summit County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.35% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Summit County, Utah?
- The median annual property tax in Summit County is $3,701, an effective rate of 0.35% on a $1,067,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Summit County?
- Summit County, Utah scores C (58/100) 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 A+ (0.35%). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Summit County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Summit County jumped 37.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,696 to $3,701, 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 Summit County?
- Property taxes in Summit County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $138,114 median household income.
What to do with Summit County's QUIET rate
Summit County's $3,701 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Summit County ranks #27 of 29 Utah counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Utah overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Summit 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: 0.35%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,701/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Summit County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Summit County (QUIET · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET HEAVY
Rock County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,703/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.60% vs Summit County 0.35%.
Orleans County, VT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,692/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 1.65% vs Summit County 0.35%.
Oneida County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,690/yr (near-tied bill ABS $11); rate 2.02% vs Summit County 0.35%.
Poquoson city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,690/yr (near-tied bill ABS $11); rate 0.92% vs Summit County 0.35%.
Utah county set
State ACS overview for every published Utah county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Summit 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 Summit County (QUIET · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.