Georgia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wilcox County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wilcox County pays $795 a year, an effective rate of 0.91%, far below the U.S. average.
- $795
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.91%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -60%
- vs U.S. average
- #59 of 158
- rank in GA
The verdict
Homeowners in Wilcox County pay a median $795 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.91%, more affordable than 42% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $795
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.91%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1821 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -60%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($87,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Georgia. Population: 8,798. Owner-occupied homes: 1,952.
The median annual property tax in Wilcox County is $795, which is 66% lower than the Georgia state average and 60% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.91% on a median home value of $87,600. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Wilcox County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Wilcox County pay a median annual property tax of $795, far below the national median and far below the Georgia state median. On a $87,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.91% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Wilcox County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $54,138 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Georgia counties by effective rate
Wilcox County ranks #59 of 158 counties in Georgia by effective rate (63% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wilcox County's 0.91% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 42%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 5.6%, from $753 to $795. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wilcox 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 29% from $615 to $795. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 913 of 1,952 owner-occupied homes (46.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 1.5% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Wilcox County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wilcox County homeowners, 913 of 1,952 owner-occupied homes (46.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 46.8% (913)
- $800 to $1,499 19.3% (377)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.5% (186)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.6% (206)
- $3,000 or more 6.7% (131)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
139 homes here (7.1%) 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 Wilcox County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+146%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Wilcox County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Wilcox County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Wilcox County's median bill is 66% below the Georgia median and 60% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Wilcox County taxes property at 0.91%, about 18% above the Georgia average, yet its median bill of $795 lands roughly 66% 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.
Wilcox County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wilcox County | Georgia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Wilcox County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Georgia counties.
Wilcox County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $795 +5.6% | 0.91% |
| 2023 | $753 +23.8% | 1.06% |
| 2022 | $608 +6.3% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | $572 -7.0% | 0.90% |
| 2020 | $615 | 0.99% |
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.
Wilcox County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Wilcox County's median bill
On effective rate, Wilcox County sits nearest Marion County (IN), Carroll County (MD), Kent County (MD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Scott County (IN), Duplin County (NC), Polk County (NC).
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
Wilcox County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 2,790 returns from Wilcox County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,038 - 63% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Wilcox County bill FAQs
- How does Wilcox County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wilcox County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.91% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wilcox County?
- Property taxes in Wilcox County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $54,138 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Wilcox County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wilcox County is recorded at $795 in the 2024 5-year release against $615 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,952 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the average property tax in Wilcox County, Georgia?
- The median annual property tax in Wilcox County is $795, an effective rate of 0.91% on a $87,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Wilcox County?
- Wilcox County, Georgia scores C+ (62/100) 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 housing pressure at A+ (1.62×). 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 to do with Wilcox County's LIGHT bill
Wilcox County's $795 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 1.5% of Wilcox County's $54,138 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Wilcox 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: 0.91%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $795/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wilcox County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wilcox County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Sullivan County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wilcox County at $795/yr; rate 0.69% vs Wilcox County 0.91%.
Tuscaloosa County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wilcox County at $795/yr; rate 0.32% vs Wilcox County 0.91%.
Henderson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $794/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Wilcox County 0.91%.
Okmulgee County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $796/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.66% vs Wilcox County 0.91%.
Georgia county set
State ACS overview for every published Georgia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Wilcox 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 Wilcox County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.