Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Treutlen County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Treutlen County pays $708 a year, an effective rate of 0.71%, far below the U.S. average.
- $708
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.71%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -64%
- vs U.S. average
- #127 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Treutlen County pay a median $708 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.71%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $708
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.71%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1302 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -64%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($100,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 6,376. Owner-occupied homes: 1,477.
The median annual property tax in Treutlen County is $708, which is 70% lower than the Georgia state average and 64% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.71% on a median home value of $100,100. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Treutlen County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Treutlen County pay a median annual property tax of $708, far below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $100,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.71% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Treutlen County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $55,518 median household income.
Decision signal 3
High among Georgia counties by effective rate
Treutlen County ranks #127 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (20% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Treutlen County's 0.71% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Treutlen 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Treutlen County rose 39.2%, from $71,900 to $100,100. The effective rate fell 34.6% over the same span, a steeper move than in 99% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 9.0%, to $708. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $778 in 2020 to $708 in 2024, a fall of 9%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 709 of 1,477 owner-occupied homes (48.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.3% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Treutlen County fell from $778 to $708, a change of -9.0%. 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 Treutlen County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Treutlen County homeowners, 709 of 1,477 owner-occupied homes (48.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 48.0% (709)
- $800 to $1,499 19.0% (281)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.1% (76)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.6% (186)
- $3,000 or more 3.9% (57)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
168 homes here (11.4%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Georgia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Treutlen County, mortgaged homeowners pay 30% less than those without a mortgage, a striking inversion from the national norm that's worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Treutlen County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Treutlen County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Treutlen County's median bill is 70% below the Georgia median and 64% below the U.S. median.
Same rate as Georgia, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 8% of the Georgia median, yet the median bill runs 70% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $708 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Treutlen County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Treutlen County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Treutlen County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Treutlen County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $708 -24.7% | 0.71% |
| 2023 | $940 -9.4% | 0.96% |
| 2022 | $1,037 +20.9% | 1.05% |
| 2021 | $858 +10.3% | 1.13% |
| 2020 | $778 | 1.08% |
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.
Treutlen County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Treutlen County's median bill
On effective rate, Treutlen County sits nearest Suwannee County (FL), Nassau County (FL), New Castle County (DE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Culberson County (TX), Real County (TX), Yell County (AR).
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
Treutlen County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 2,440 returns from Treutlen County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,756 - 56% 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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Treutlen County bill FAQs
- How does Treutlen County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Treutlen County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.71% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Treutlen County?
- Property taxes in Treutlen County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $55,518 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Treutlen County?
- Treutlen County, Georgia scores A- (83/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-238). 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 Treutlen County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Treutlen County is $708, an effective rate of 0.71% on a $100,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Treutlen County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Treutlen County declined 9.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $778 to $708, 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 Treutlen County's LIGHT bill
Treutlen County's $708 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.3% of Treutlen County's $55,518 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Treutlen County's LIGHT 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: 0.71%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $708/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Treutlen County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Treutlen County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Pulaski County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Treutlen County at $708/yr; rate 0.45% vs Treutlen County 0.71%.
Attala County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $707/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Treutlen County 0.71%.
Jay County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $707/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Treutlen County 0.71%.
Johnson County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $709/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Treutlen County 0.71%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Treutlen County stamps UNDER · 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 Treutlen County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.