Vermont · County property tax · ACS 2024
Windsor County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Windsor County pays $5,458 a year, an effective rate of 1.84%, far above the U.S. average.
- $5,458
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.84%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- +174%
- vs U.S. average
- #1 of 14
- rank in VT
The verdict
Homeowners in Windsor County pay a median $5,458 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.84%, more affordable than 4% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $5,458
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.84%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3007 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +174%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($296,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Vermont. Population: 57,990. Owner-occupied homes: 18,930.
The median annual property tax in Windsor County is $5,458, which is 8% higher than the Vermont state average and 174% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.84% on a median home value of $296,400. Property taxes represent 7.0% of the median household income in this county.
Why Windsor County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Windsor County pay a median annual property tax of $5,458, far above the national median and modestly above the Vermont state median. On a $296,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.84% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Windsor County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 7.0% of the $77,594 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Low among Vermont counties by effective rate
Windsor County ranks #1 of 14 counties in Vermont by effective rate (93% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate is a national headwind
Windsor County's 1.84% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 96% pay more.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Windsor 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
Windsor County's effective rate fell 13.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 35.0%, leaving the median bill 16.9% higher at $5,458. That rate move is larger than the one in 56% 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 $4,668 to $5,458, a gain of 17%. 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: 15,381 of 18,930 owner-occupied homes (81.3%) 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 are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 7.0% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Windsor County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Windsor County homeowners, 15,381 of 18,930 owner-occupied homes (81.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 2.9% (550)
- $800 to $1,499 4.9% (927)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.0% (371)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.8% (1,477)
- $3,000 or more 81.3% (15,381)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
224 homes here (1.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Vermont handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Windsor County, mortgaged homeowners pay 16% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Windsor County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Windsor County's SPIKE ACS 2024 figure.
Windsor County's median bill is 8% above the Vermont median and 174% above the U.S. median.
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.84%, Windsor County sits in the top 4% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. That is the rate, not the bill: a high rate on a modest home can still produce a smaller cheque than a low rate on an expensive one, which is why the $5,458 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Windsor County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Windsor County | Vermont Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 7.0% | - | - |
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.
Is Windsor County's $5,458 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Windsor County's $5,458 ACS median (SPIKE), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $546/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Vermont.
Windsor County bill trail · SPIKE
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,458 +3.3% | 1.84% |
| 2023 | $5,282 +4.6% | 1.98% |
| 2022 | $5,050 +5.5% | 2.02% |
| 2021 | $4,785 +2.5% | 2.11% |
| 2020 | $4,668 | 2.13% |
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.
Windsor County: tax takes 7.0% of income
Counties near Windsor County's median bill
On effective rate, Windsor County sits nearest Delaware County (PA), Jackson County (IL), Merrimack County (NH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lebanon County (PA), Martin County (NC), Lauderdale County (TN).
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
Windsor County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,660 of 30,700 returns from Windsor County reported real estate taxes, averaging $11,255 - 34% 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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Windsor County bill FAQs
- How does Windsor County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Windsor County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.84% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Windsor County?
- Property taxes in Windsor County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 7.0% of the $77,594 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Windsor County, Vermont?
- The median annual property tax in Windsor County is $5,458, an effective rate of 1.84% on a $296,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Windsor County?
- Windsor County, Vermont scores F (5/100) 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 F (3.82×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Windsor County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Windsor County climbed 16.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $4,668 to $5,458, 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 Windsor County's SPIKE bill
Windsor County's $5,458 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is elevated here: about 7.0% of Windsor County's $77,594 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Windsor County's SPIKE 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: 1.84%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $5,458/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Windsor County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Windsor County (PEAK · SPIKE), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK SPIKE
Bronx County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,447/yr (near-tied bill ABS $11); rate 1.03% vs Windsor County 1.84%.
Sarpy County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,473/yr (near-tied bill ABS $15); rate 1.74% vs Windsor County 1.84%.
Worcester County, MA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,438/yr (near-tied bill ABS $20); rate 1.28% vs Windsor County 1.84%.
Grundy County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $5,420/yr (near-tied bill ABS $38); rate 1.99% vs Windsor County 1.84%.
Vermont county set
State ACS overview for every published Vermont county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Windsor County stamps PEAK · SPIKE - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Windsor County (PEAK · SPIKE) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.