Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Winchester city Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Winchester city pays $2,591 a year, an effective rate of 0.76%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,591
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.76%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +30%
- vs U.S. average
- #36 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Winchester city pay a median $2,591 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.76%, more affordable than 54% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,591
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.76%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1446 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +30%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($343,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 27,913. Owner-occupied homes: 5,011.
The median annual property tax in Winchester city is $2,591, which is 7% lower than the Virginia state average and 30% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.76% on a median home value of $343,000. Property taxes represent 4.1% of the median household income in this county.
Winchester city's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Winchester city's 0.76% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 54%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Winchester city pay a median annual property tax of $2,591, well above the national median and modestly below the Virginia state median. On a $343,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.76% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Winchester city ranks #36 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Winchester city run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.1% of the $63,974 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Winchester 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Winchester city's effective rate fell 12.7% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 38.4%, leaving the median bill 20.8% higher at $2,591. 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 $2,144 to $2,591, a gain of 21%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 1,865 of 5,011 owner-occupied homes (37.2%) 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.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 4.1% 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 Winchester city Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Winchester city homeowners, 1,865 of 5,011 owner-occupied homes (37.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.1% (405)
- $800 to $1,499 10.9% (545)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.1% (654)
- $2,000 to $2,999 28.6% (1,435)
- $3,000 or more 37.2% (1,865)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
107 homes here (2.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Winchester city pay about the same bill, a 3% gap.
Winchester city's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Winchester city's effective rate is higher than 73% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #36 of 133.
Where Winchester city sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.76% more affordable than 54% 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 Virginia median on both measures
Rate and bill both land within 10% of the Virginia medians here, which makes Winchester city 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 $2,591 median bill and the state median tell substantially the same story.
Winchester city vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Winchester city | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 4.1% | - | - |
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.
Winchester city is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Winchester city rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,591 +3.4% | 0.76% |
| 2023 | $2,505 +4.8% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | $2,391 +5.9% | 0.80% |
| 2021 | $2,258 +5.3% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | $2,144 | 0.87% |
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.
Winchester city: tax takes 4.1% of income
Counties near Winchester city's effective rate
On effective rate, Winchester city sits nearest Winkler County (TX), McLean County (ND), Gates County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Seward County (KS), Floyd County (TX), Yellow Medicine County (MN).
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
Winchester city: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 860 of 14,220 returns from Winchester city reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,335 - 36% 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.
Other Counties in Virginia
Winchester city rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Winchester city?
- Winchester city, Virginia scores F (37/100) 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- (+$80). 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 Winchester city, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Winchester city is $2,591, an effective rate of 0.76% on a $343,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Winchester city property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Winchester city run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.76% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Winchester city?
- Property taxes in Winchester city run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.1% of the $63,974 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Winchester city?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Winchester city jumped 20.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,144 to $2,591, 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 Winchester city's UNDER rate
Winchester city's $2,591 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Winchester city ranks #36 of 133 Virginia counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Virginia overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Winchester city'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: 0.76%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,591/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Winchester city
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Winchester city (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Jefferson County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Winchester city at $2,591/yr; rate 0.69% vs Winchester city 0.76%.
Banner County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,592/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.26% vs Winchester city 0.76%.
Ford County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,587/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 2.12% vs Winchester city 0.76%.
Cabarrus County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,586/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.73% vs Winchester city 0.76%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Winchester city stamps UNDER · 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 Winchester city (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.