South Carolina · County property tax · ACS 2024
Williamsburg County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Williamsburg County pays $687 a year, an effective rate of 0.66%, far below the U.S. average.
- $687
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.66%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -66%
- vs U.S. average
- #7 of 46
- rank in SC
The verdict
Homeowners in Williamsburg County pay a median $687 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.66%, more affordable than 64% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $687
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.66%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1116 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -66%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($104,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for South Carolina. Population: 30,282. Owner-occupied homes: 9,387.
The median annual property tax in Williamsburg County is $687, which is 45% lower than the South Carolina state average and 66% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.66% on a median home value of $104,500. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Williamsburg County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Williamsburg County pay a median annual property tax of $687, far below the national median and well below the South Carolina state median. On a $104,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.66% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among South Carolina counties by effective rate
Williamsburg County ranks #7 of 46 counties in South Carolina by effective rate (85% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Williamsburg County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $46,213 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Williamsburg County's 0.66% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 64%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County rose 41.4%, from $73,900 to $104,500. The effective rate fell 19.8% over the same span, a steeper move than in 82% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 13.4%, to $687. 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $606 to $687, a gain of 13%. 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: 5,017 of 9,387 owner-occupied homes (53.4%) 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 1.5% 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.
What Williamsburg County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Williamsburg County homeowners, 5,017 of 9,387 owner-occupied homes (53.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 53.4% (5,017)
- $800 to $1,499 24.9% (2,336)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.0% (566)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.2% (489)
- $3,000 or more 3.5% (325)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
654 homes here (7.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how South Carolina handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Williamsburg County pay a substantially higher bill, 52% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Williamsburg County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Williamsburg County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Williamsburg County's median bill is 45% below the South Carolina median and 66% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Williamsburg County taxes property at 0.66%, about 38% above the South Carolina average, yet its median bill of $687 lands roughly 45% 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.
Williamsburg County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Williamsburg County | South Carolina Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-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.
Williamsburg County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · South Carolina counties.
Williamsburg County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $687 +9.0% | 0.66% |
| 2023 | $630 +1.6% | 0.66% |
| 2022 | $620 +1.3% | 0.71% |
| 2021 | $612 +1.0% | 0.80% |
| 2020 | $606 | 0.82% |
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 County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Williamsburg County's median bill
On effective rate, Williamsburg County sits nearest Pottawatomie County (OK), Okmulgee County (OK), Kay County (OK).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Halifax County (VA), Cecil County (MD), Stonewall 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
Williamsburg County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 380 of 12,680 returns from Williamsburg County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,171 - 26% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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 County bill FAQs
- How does Williamsburg County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Williamsburg County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.66% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Williamsburg County?
- Property taxes in Williamsburg County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $46,213 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Williamsburg County?
- Williamsburg County, South Carolina scores B (74/100) 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 bill size at A+ ($687/yr). 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 Williamsburg County, South Carolina?
- The median annual property tax in Williamsburg County is $687, an effective rate of 0.66% on a $104,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Williamsburg County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Williamsburg County climbed 13.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $606 to $687, 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 Williamsburg County's LIGHT bill
Williamsburg County's $687 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 Williamsburg County's $46,213 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Williamsburg 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: 0.66%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $687/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Williamsburg County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Williamsburg County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Jackson County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Williamsburg County at $687/yr; rate 0.62% vs Williamsburg County 0.66%.
Luna County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Williamsburg County at $687/yr; rate 0.54% vs Williamsburg County 0.66%.
Bledsoe County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $688/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.36% vs Williamsburg County 0.66%.
Cherokee County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $688/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.38% vs Williamsburg County 0.66%.
Dunklin County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Williamsburg County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.70% vs 0.66%).
South Carolina county set
State ACS overview for every published South Carolina county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Williamsburg County stamps QUIET · 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 Williamsburg County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.