California · County property tax · ACS 2024
Trinity County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Trinity County pays $1,888 a year, an effective rate of 0.58%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,888
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.58%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -5%
- vs U.S. average
- #58 of 58
- rank in CA
The verdict
Homeowners in Trinity County pay a median $1,888 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.58%, more affordable than 74% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,888
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.58%
- Effective rate on median home
- #816 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -5%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($325,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for California. Population: 15,860. Owner-occupied homes: 4,006.
The median annual property tax in Trinity County is $1,888, which is 63% lower than the California state average and 5% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.58% on a median home value of $325,800. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Trinity County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Trinity County's 0.58% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 74%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the California median
Homeowners in Trinity County pay a median annual property tax of $1,888, modestly below the national median and far below the California state median. On a $325,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.58% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among California counties by effective rate
Trinity County ranks #58 of 58 counties in California by effective rate (0% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Trinity County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $53,002 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Trinity 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 held while the market moved
Trinity County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 0.0% down, against a median home value that rose 14.0%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 14.0%, from $1,656 to $1,888.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,656 to $1,888, a gain of 14%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 921 of 4,006 owner-occupied homes (23.0%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 3.6% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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.
Trinity County is an outlier inside California
Across the 58 California counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.70%. Trinity County is at 0.58%, which sits 2.0 standard deviations below that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Trinity County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Trinity County homeowners, 921 of 4,006 owner-occupied homes (23.0%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.9% (556)
- $800 to $1,499 23.0% (921)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.8% (473)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.8% (915)
- $3,000 or more 20.6% (824)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
317 homes here (7.9%) 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 Trinity County pay a substantially higher bill, 53% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Trinity County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Trinity County's effective rate is higher than 0% of the 58 counties in California - ranking #58 of 58.
Where Trinity County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.58% Among the most affordable more affordable than 74% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below California on both measures
Trinity County's effective rate runs 17% under the California median and its bill 63% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,888 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the California norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Trinity County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Trinity 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 Heavy income burden | 3.6% | - | - |
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.
Trinity County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · California counties.
Trinity County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,888 +6.5% | 0.58% |
| 2023 | $1,772 -1.2% | 0.54% |
| 2022 | $1,793 +2.3% | 0.55% |
| 2021 | $1,753 +5.9% | 0.58% |
| 2020 | $1,656 | 0.58% |
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.
Trinity County: tax-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Trinity County's effective rate
On effective rate, Trinity County sits nearest Kiowa County (CO), District of Columbia (DC), Bay County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Coles County (IL), Meade County (KY), Wilbarger 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
Trinity County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 260 of 4,600 returns from Trinity County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,108 - 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.
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Trinity County rate FAQs
- How does Trinity County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Trinity County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.58% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Trinity County?
- Trinity 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 (0.58%). 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 Trinity County, California?
- The median annual property tax in Trinity County is $1,888, an effective rate of 0.58% on a $325,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Trinity County?
- Property taxes in Trinity County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $53,002 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Trinity County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Trinity County climbed 14.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,656 to $1,888, 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 Trinity County's QUIET rate
Inside California, Trinity County's $1,888 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. California overview →
Trinity County ranks #58 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 Trinity 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: 0.58%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,888/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Trinity County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Trinity County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Polk County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Trinity County at $1,888/yr; rate 0.99% vs Trinity County 0.58%.
Montgomery County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,887/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.68% vs Trinity County 0.58%.
Pawnee County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,887/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 2.03% vs Trinity County 0.58%.
Sanders County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,889/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Trinity County 0.58%.
California county set
State ACS overview for every published California county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Trinity 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 Trinity County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.