Arizona · County property tax · ACS 2024
Yavapai County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Yavapai County pays $1,750 a year, an effective rate of 0.41%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,750
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.41%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -12%
- vs U.S. average
- #14 of 15
- rank in AZ
The verdict
Homeowners in Yavapai County pay a median $1,750 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.41%, more affordable than 92% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,750
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.41%
- Effective rate on median home
- #246 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -12%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($425,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arizona. Population: 245,480. Owner-occupied homes: 83,441.
The median annual property tax in Yavapai County is $1,750, which is 7% lower than the Arizona state average and 12% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.41% on a median home value of $425,200. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Yavapai County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Yavapai County's 0.41% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 92% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
High among Arizona counties by effective rate
Yavapai County ranks #14 of 15 counties in Arizona by effective rate (7% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Yavapai County pay a median annual property tax of $1,750, notably lower than the national median and modestly below the Arizona state median. On a $425,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.41% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Yavapai County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $69,613 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County rose 55.6%, from $273,300 to $425,200. The effective rate fell 23.1% over the same span, a steeper move than in 90% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 19.7%, to $1,750. 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 $1,462 to $1,750, a gain of 20%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 18,780 of 83,441 owner-occupied homes (22.5%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 2.5% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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 Yavapai County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Yavapai County homeowners, 18,780 of 83,441 owner-occupied homes (22.5%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 17.5% (14,621)
- $800 to $1,499 22.5% (18,780)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.0% (12,522)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.5% (18,765)
- $3,000 or more 17.6% (14,647)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
4,106 homes here (4.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Arizona handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Yavapai County pay about the same bill, a 0% gap.
Yavapai County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Yavapai County's effective rate is higher than 7% of the 15 counties in Arizona - ranking #14 of 15.
Where Yavapai County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.41% Among the most affordable more affordable than 92% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.41%, Yavapai County sits in the lowest 8% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $1,750, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Yavapai County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Yavapai County | Arizona Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.5% | - | - |
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.
Yavapai County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arizona counties.
Yavapai County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,750 +0.9% | 0.41% |
| 2023 | $1,734 +3.8% | 0.44% |
| 2022 | $1,671 +9.4% | 0.47% |
| 2021 | $1,528 +4.5% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | $1,462 | 0.53% |
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.
Yavapai County: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Yavapai County's effective rate
On effective rate, Yavapai County sits nearest Montgomery County (AL), Dallas County (AL), Bullock County (AL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Polk County (AR), Wise County (VA), Fentress 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
Yavapai County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 9,410 of 121,890 returns from Yavapai County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,708 - 33% 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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Yavapai County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Yavapai County?
- Yavapai County, Arizona scores C+ (63/100) 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 rate relief at A+ (0.41%). 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 Yavapai County, Arizona?
- The median annual property tax in Yavapai County is $1,750, an effective rate of 0.41% on a $425,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Yavapai County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Yavapai County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.41% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Yavapai County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Yavapai County climbed 19.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,462 to $1,750, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Yavapai County?
- Property taxes in Yavapai County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $69,613 median household income.
What to do with Yavapai County's QUIET rate
At Yavapai County's 0.41% effective rate, a $425,200 home implies about $1,750/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Yavapai County ranks #14 of 15 Arizona counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Arizona overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Yavapai 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: 0.41%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,750/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Yavapai County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Yavapai County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Defiance County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Yavapai County at $1,750/yr; rate 1.07% vs Yavapai County 0.41%.
Lowndes County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Yavapai County at $1,750/yr; rate 0.81% vs Yavapai County 0.41%.
Huron County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,751/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.05% vs Yavapai County 0.41%.
Louisa County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,751/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.17% vs Yavapai County 0.41%.
Arizona county set
State ACS overview for every published Arizona county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Yavapai County 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 Yavapai County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.