Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Williamsburg city Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Williamsburg city pays $2,518 a year, an effective rate of 0.59%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,518
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.59%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +26%
- vs U.S. average
- #73 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Williamsburg city pay a median $2,518 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.59%, more affordable than 73% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,518
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.59%
- Effective rate on median home
- #846 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 ($428,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 15,798. Owner-occupied homes: 2,673.
The median annual property tax in Williamsburg city is $2,518, which is 10% lower than the Virginia state average and 26% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.59% on a median home value of $428,100. Property taxes represent 3.3% of the median household income in this county.
Williamsburg city's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Williamsburg city's 0.59% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 73%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Williamsburg city pay a median annual property tax of $2,518, well above the national median and notably lower than the Virginia state median. On a $428,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.59% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 11.2%, from $2,265 to $2,518. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Williamsburg city run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $75,604 median household income.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Williamsburg city ranks #73 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (45% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Williamsburg city 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 28% from $1,965 to $2,518. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 983 of 2,673 owner-occupied homes (36.8%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 3.3% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Williamsburg city Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Williamsburg city homeowners, 983 of 2,673 owner-occupied homes (36.8%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 10.4% (278)
- $800 to $1,499 11.6% (311)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.0% (373)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.9% (586)
- $3,000 or more 36.8% (983)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
142 homes here (5.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Williamsburg city, mortgaged homeowners actually pay 23% less than those without a mortgage, a mild inversion from the national norm worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Williamsburg city's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Williamsburg city's effective rate is higher than 45% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #73 of 133.
Where Williamsburg city sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.59% Among the most affordable more affordable than 73% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Williamsburg city moved from $1,965 in the 2020 release to $2,518 in 2024, a change of about 28%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Williamsburg city vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Williamsburg city | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.3% | - | - |
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.
Williamsburg city is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Williamsburg city rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,518 +11.2% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | $2,265 -3.9% | 0.58% |
| 2022 | $2,357 +14.9% | 0.61% |
| 2021 | $2,051 +4.4% | 0.62% |
| 2020 | $1,965 | 0.59% |
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.
Williamsburg city: tax-to-income at 3.3%
Counties near Williamsburg city's effective rate
On effective rate, Williamsburg city sits nearest Lauderdale County (TN), Crockett County (TN), Jackson County (OK).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Garfield County (OK), Kings County (NY), Adams County (MS).
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
Williamsburg city: only 9% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 570 of 6,230 returns from Williamsburg city reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,211 - 37% 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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Williamsburg city rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Williamsburg city, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Williamsburg city is $2,518, an effective rate of 0.59% on a $428,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Williamsburg city?
- Williamsburg city, Virginia scores D (48/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-645). 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 Williamsburg city property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Williamsburg city run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.59% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Williamsburg city?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Williamsburg city is recorded at $2,518 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,965 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 2,673 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Williamsburg city?
- Property taxes in Williamsburg city run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $75,604 median household income.
What to do with Williamsburg city's QUIET rate
Williamsburg city's $2,518 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Williamsburg city ranks #73 of 133 Virginia counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Virginia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Williamsburg city'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: 0.59%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,518/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Williamsburg city
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Williamsburg city (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Box Butte County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,516/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.51% vs Williamsburg city 0.59%.
Columbia County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,515/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.82% vs Williamsburg city 0.59%.
Wichita County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,522/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.64% vs Williamsburg city 0.59%.
Grays Harbor County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,512/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 0.80% vs Williamsburg city 0.59%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Williamsburg city 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 Williamsburg city (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.