Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Vanderburgh County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Vanderburgh County pays $1,474 a year, an effective rate of 0.80%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,474
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.80%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Vanderburgh County pay a median $1,474 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.80%, more affordable than 50% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,474
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.80%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1567 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($184,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 180,117. Owner-occupied homes: 50,903.
The median annual property tax in Vanderburgh County is $1,474, which is 9% lower than the Indiana state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.80% on a median home value of $184,000. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Vanderburgh County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Vanderburgh County's 0.80% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 50%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Indiana counties by effective rate
Vanderburgh County ranks #11 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (88% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Vanderburgh County pay a median annual property tax of $1,474, well below the national median and modestly below the Indiana state median. On a $184,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.80% 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 Vanderburgh County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $61,648 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Vanderburgh 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
Vanderburgh County's effective rate fell 12.6% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 35.2%, leaving the median bill 18.1% higher at $1,474. That rate move is larger than the one in 52% 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,248 to $1,474, a gain of 18%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 12,539 of 50,903 owner-occupied homes (24.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.4% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Vanderburgh County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Vanderburgh County homeowners, 12,539 of 50,903 owner-occupied homes (24.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.6% (12,539)
- $800 to $1,499 24.1% (12,265)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.6% (7,407)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.7% (8,995)
- $3,000 or more 14.5% (7,405)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,292 homes here (4.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Vanderburgh County pay about the same bill, within a 1% gap either way.
Vanderburgh County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Vanderburgh County's effective rate is higher than 88% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #11 of 92.
Where Vanderburgh County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.80% more affordable than 50% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Close to the Indiana median on both measures
Rate and bill both land within 10% of the Indiana medians here, which makes Vanderburgh County a reasonable stand-in for the state when comparing against counties elsewhere. It also means the county-level figure adds little beyond the state figure for this particular comparison; the $1,474 median bill and the state median tell substantially the same story.
Vanderburgh County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Vanderburgh County | Indiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
Vanderburgh County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Vanderburgh County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,474 +3.8% | 0.80% |
| 2023 | $1,420 +1.9% | 0.82% |
| 2022 | $1,393 +9.1% | 0.86% |
| 2021 | $1,277 +2.3% | 0.90% |
| 2020 | $1,248 | 0.92% |
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.
Vanderburgh County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Vanderburgh County's effective rate
On effective rate, Vanderburgh County sits nearest Paulding County (GA), McIntosh County (GA), Jasper County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Poweshiek County (IA), Mahoning County (OH), Highland County (OH).
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
Vanderburgh County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,540 of 86,930 returns from Vanderburgh County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,926 - 37% 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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Vanderburgh County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Vanderburgh County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Vanderburgh County is $1,474, an effective rate of 0.80% on a $184,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Vanderburgh County?
- Vanderburgh County, Indiana scores C (58/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-11). 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.
- How does Vanderburgh County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Vanderburgh County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.80% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Vanderburgh County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Vanderburgh County climbed 18.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,248 to $1,474, 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 Vanderburgh County?
- Property taxes in Vanderburgh County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $61,648 median household income.
What to do with Vanderburgh County's UNDER rate
Vanderburgh County's $1,474 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 →
Vanderburgh County ranks #11 of 92 Indiana counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Indiana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Vanderburgh County's UNDER 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: 0.80%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,474/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Vanderburgh County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Vanderburgh County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Palo Alto County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vanderburgh County at $1,474/yr; rate 1.20% vs Vanderburgh County 0.80%.
Tippecanoe County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vanderburgh County at $1,474/yr; rate 0.62% vs Vanderburgh County 0.80%.
Big Stone County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,473/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.87% vs Vanderburgh County 0.80%.
Coshocton County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,473/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.95% vs Vanderburgh County 0.80%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.