Release-change ranking · ACS 2020–2024
Counties with the fastest property-tax increases
Sterling County, Texas has the largest published percentage increase among counties with a 2020 median of at least $500: +132.1%, from $816 to $1,894. This is a comparison of ACS releases, not a causal explanation of a tax bill.
- +132.1%
- #1 published increase
- +23.5%
- average across 2,930 eligible counties
- $500
- 2020 comparison floor
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s ACS 5-Year Estimates, this is a mechanical ranking of the percentage difference between two published county estimates. The $500 starting-value floor keeps the comparison stable; it does not remove any county from the downloadable paired-release dataset. See the methodology for source fields and limitations.
| # | County | 2020 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sterling County Texas | $816 | $1,894 | +132.1% |
| 2 | Lincoln County Colorado | $509 | $1,092 | +114.5% |
| 3 | Duval County Texas | $567 | $1,148 | +102.5% |
| 4 | San Miguel County Colorado | $971 | $1,900 | +95.7% |
| 5 | Dimmit County Texas | $674 | $1,223 | +81.5% |
| 6 | Teton County Wyoming | $4,015 | $7,267 | +81.0% |
| 7 | Pitkin County Colorado | $2,316 | $4,074 | +75.9% |
| 8 | Jasper County South Carolina | $1,065 | $1,852 | +73.9% |
| 9 | Pecos County Texas | $985 | $1,707 | +73.3% |
| 10 | Garfield County Nebraska | $1,383 | $2,383 | +72.3% |
| 11 | Montgomery County Mississippi | $737 | $1,269 | +72.2% |
| 12 | Mora County New Mexico | $517 | $885 | +71.2% |
| 13 | Jim Hogg County Texas | $736 | $1,258 | +70.9% |
| 14 | Stewart County Georgia | $584 | $994 | +70.2% |
| 15 | Benton County Indiana | $686 | $1,165 | +69.8% |
| 16 | Lynn County Texas | $1,538 | $2,604 | +69.3% |
| 17 | Montgomery County Indiana | $669 | $1,116 | +66.8% |
| 18 | Live Oak County Texas | $915 | $1,525 | +66.7% |
| 19 | Screven County Georgia | $913 | $1,519 | +66.4% |
| 20 | Nome Census Area Alaska | $1,968 | $3,264 | +65.9% |
| 21 | Grand County Colorado | $1,252 | $2,071 | +65.4% |
| 22 | Texas County Oklahoma | $686 | $1,131 | +64.9% |
| 23 | Custer County Idaho | $675 | $1,112 | +64.7% |
| 24 | Blanco County Texas | $2,738 | $4,510 | +64.7% |
| 25 | De Baca County New Mexico | $680 | $1,118 | +64.4% |
| 26 | Chowan County North Carolina | $1,024 | $1,677 | +63.8% |
| 27 | Brooks County Texas | $647 | $1,060 | +63.8% |
| 28 | Ouachita Parish Louisiana | $644 | $1,054 | +63.7% |
| 29 | Valley County Montana | $1,426 | $2,333 | +63.6% |
| 30 | San Juan County Colorado | $835 | $1,364 | +63.4% |
| 31 | Dade County Georgia | $694 | $1,133 | +63.3% |
| 32 | Union County New Mexico | $527 | $859 | +63.0% |
| 33 | Telfair County Georgia | $779 | $1,269 | +62.9% |
| 34 | Jones County South Dakota | $806 | $1,313 | +62.9% |
| 35 | Schleicher County Texas | $941 | $1,532 | +62.8% |
| 36 | La Salle County Texas | $882 | $1,434 | +62.6% |
| 37 | Zavala County Texas | $935 | $1,512 | +61.7% |
| 38 | Plaquemines Parish Louisiana | $886 | $1,427 | +61.1% |
| 39 | Yazoo County Mississippi | $743 | $1,197 | +61.1% |
| 40 | Rockdale County Georgia | $1,290 | $2,074 | +60.8% |
| 41 | Owyhee County Idaho | $901 | $1,432 | +58.9% |
| 42 | Hendry County Florida | $1,106 | $1,756 | +58.8% |
| 43 | Terry County Texas | $1,121 | $1,779 | +58.7% |
| 44 | Watonwan County Minnesota | $1,072 | $1,700 | +58.6% |
| 45 | Haskell County Texas | $719 | $1,140 | +58.6% |
| 46 | Gray County Kansas | $1,944 | $3,071 | +58.0% |
| 47 | Big Stone County Minnesota | $932 | $1,473 | +58.0% |
| 48 | Nelson County North Dakota | $663 | $1,044 | +57.5% |
| 49 | Mono County California | $2,657 | $4,177 | +57.2% |
| 50 | Menard County Texas | $1,344 | $2,111 | +57.1% |
How to read this ranking
A large change in a published median estimate can coexist with a lower current effective rate than another county. Open a county profile for its five-year series and current context, or inspect all paired records in the county release-comparison dataset.
Frequently asked questions
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Why exclude counties below $500 in the starting release?
Are these current property tax bills?
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. Mechanical sort by percentage change in the same county-level ACS median property-tax estimate between 2020 and 2024; not a policy, assessment, exemption, or individual-bill finding. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-09.