Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wythe County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wythe County pays $900 a year, an effective rate of 0.53%, far below the U.S. average.
- $900
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.53%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -55%
- vs U.S. average
- #98 of 133
- rank in VA
The verdict
Homeowners in Wythe County pay a median $900 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.53%, more affordable than 80% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $900
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.53%
- Effective rate on median home
- #619 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -55%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($171,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Virginia. Population: 28,188. Owner-occupied homes: 9,646.
The median annual property tax in Wythe County is $900, which is 68% lower than the Virginia state average and 55% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.53% on a median home value of $171,200. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Wythe County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wythe County's 0.53% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 80%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Wythe County pay a median annual property tax of $900, far below the national median and far below the Virginia state median. On a $171,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.53% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Wythe County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $57,745 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Virginia counties by effective rate
Wythe County ranks #98 of 133 counties in Virginia by effective rate (26% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wythe 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 held while the market moved
Wythe County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.1% down, against a median home value that rose 31.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 28.9%, from $698 to $900.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 29% from $698 to $900. 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: 4,107 of 9,646 owner-occupied homes (42.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.6% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Wythe County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wythe County homeowners, 4,107 of 9,646 owner-occupied homes (42.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 42.6% (4,107)
- $800 to $1,499 33.9% (3,274)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.5% (912)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.7% (550)
- $3,000 or more 5.5% (530)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
273 homes here (2.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Wythe County, mortgaged homeowners pay 14% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Wythe County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wythe County's effective rate is higher than 26% of the 133 counties in Virginia - ranking #98 of 133.
Where Wythe County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.53% Among the most affordable more affordable than 80% 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 Wythe County moved from $698 in the 2020 release to $900 in 2024, a change of about 29%. 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.
Wythe County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wythe County | Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Wythe County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Virginia counties.
Wythe County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $900 +5.8% | 0.53% |
| 2023 | $851 +12.4% | 0.49% |
| 2022 | $757 +7.2% | 0.48% |
| 2021 | $706 +1.1% | 0.53% |
| 2020 | $698 | 0.54% |
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.
Wythe County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Wythe County's effective rate
On effective rate, Wythe County sits nearest Davis County (UT), Roane County (TN), Perry County (TN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Starke County (IN), Brown County (KS), Dickinson County (IA).
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
Wythe County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 200 of 12,700 returns from Wythe County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,500 - 35% 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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Wythe County rate FAQs
- How does Wythe County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wythe County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.53% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Wythe County?
- Wythe County, Virginia scores B+ (77/100) 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 income room at A- (1.6%). 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 Wythe County, Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Wythe County is $900, an effective rate of 0.53% on a $171,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wythe County?
- Property taxes in Wythe County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $57,745 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Wythe County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wythe County jumped 28.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $698 to $900, 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 Wythe County's QUIET rate
Wythe County's $900 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 1.6% of Wythe County's $57,745 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Wythe County'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: 0.53%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $900/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wythe County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wythe County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Colleton County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wythe County at $900/yr; rate 0.55% vs Wythe County 0.53%.
Limestone County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wythe County at $900/yr; rate 0.32% vs Wythe County 0.53%.
Randolph County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wythe County at $900/yr; rate 0.79% vs Wythe County 0.53%.
Grainger County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $901/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Wythe County 0.53%.
Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Wythe 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 Wythe County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.