Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sumter County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sumter County pays $1,502 a year, an effective rate of 1.25%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,502
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.25%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -25%
- vs U.S. average
- #8 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Sumter County pay a median $1,502 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.25%, more affordable than 21% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,502
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.25%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2467 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 ($120,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 29,061. Owner-occupied homes: 6,220.
The median annual property tax in Sumter County is $1,502, which is 36% lower than the Georgia state average and 25% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.25% on a median home value of $120,200. Property taxes represent 3.5% of the median household income in this county.
Sumter County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sumter County's 1.25% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 21%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Georgia counties by effective rate
Sumter County ranks #8 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (95% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Sumter County pay a median annual property tax of $1,502, well below the national median and well below the Georgia state median. On a $120,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.25% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Sumter County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $42,653 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Sumter 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 9.7% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 61% of U.S. counties. With the median home value fell 1.5%, the median bill fell 11.1% to $1,502: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,689 in 2020 to $1,502 in 2024, a fall of 11%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 2,074 of 6,220 owner-occupied homes (33.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 3.5% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Sumter County fell from $1,689 to $1,502, a change of -11.1%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Sumter County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sumter County homeowners, 2,074 of 6,220 owner-occupied homes (33.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 14.7% (916)
- $800 to $1,499 33.3% (2,074)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.4% (709)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.1% (1,002)
- $3,000 or more 20.7% (1,286)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
233 homes here (3.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Sumter County pay a substantially higher bill, 36% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Sumter County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Sumter County's effective rate is higher than 95% of the 158 counties in Georgia - ranking #8 of 158.
Where Sumter County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.25% more affordable than 21% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Sumter County taxes property at 1.25%, about 62% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $1,502 lands roughly 36% 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.
Sumter County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sumter County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.5% | - | - |
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.
Sumter County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Sumter County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,502 -7.1% | 1.25% |
| 2023 | $1,616 +0.2% | 1.32% |
| 2022 | $1,613 -4.9% | 1.24% |
| 2021 | $1,697 +0.5% | 1.45% |
| 2020 | $1,689 | 1.38% |
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.
Sumter County: tax-to-income at 3.5%
Counties near Sumter County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sumter County sits nearest Howard County (IA), Thomas County (NE), Clermont County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Griggs County (ND), Lee County (AR), Childress County (TX).
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
Sumter County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 520 of 11,540 returns from Sumter County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,608 - 27% 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.
Other Counties in Georgia
Sumter County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Sumter County?
- Sumter County, Georgia scores F (33/100) 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 bill size at C ($1,502/yr). 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 Sumter County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Sumter County is $1,502, an effective rate of 1.25% on a $120,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Sumter County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sumter County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.25% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Sumter County?
- Property taxes in Sumter County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $42,653 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Sumter County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sumter County declined 11.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,689 to $1,502, 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 to do with Sumter County's PAR rate
Sumter County's $1,502 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 →
Sumter County ranks #8 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 Sumter 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: 1.25%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,502/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sumter County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sumter County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Onslow County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sumter County at $1,502/yr; rate 0.64% vs Sumter County 1.25%.
Clarion County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,503/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.97% vs Sumter County 1.25%.
LaPorte County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,503/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.77% vs Sumter County 1.25%.
Chase County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,500/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.37% vs Sumter County 1.25%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sumter 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 Sumter County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.