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Release comparison · county level

Where county property-tax estimates changed fastest

Across 3,121 counties with paired ACS estimates, the published median annual property-tax figure changed +23.6% on average between the 2020 and 2024 five-year releases. This report keeps the two values visible so a change can be checked rather than inferred from a current ranking.

What this comparison measures

Each row compares the same county-level median annual property-tax measure in two Census ACS five-year estimate vintages. It shows the difference between published estimates, not the cause of a household's bill: local assessment practice, exemptions, policy, and home-value changes can all matter.

The highlighted percentage charts exclude counties whose 2020 published median was below $500, because a small starting value can make a percentage ranking unstable. County profiles retain their complete five-year history.

Data coverage: 3,121 counties with a reported value in both vintages. Data as of .

Need the complete paired records? Download the county release-comparison dataset as CSV or JSON.

Browse the full rankings for fastest published increases and largest published declines.

Largest published median-tax increases, 2020–2024

Percentage change among counties with a 2020 published median of at least $500; all entries use the same paired ACS measure.

Value

Change in the published county median between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases, among counties whose 2020 median was at least $500. Sterling County, TX leads at +132.1%. This is movement in an estimate between two releases, not a measured change in any household's bill.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates

Largest published median-tax declines, 2020–2024

Percentage decline among counties with a 2020 published median of at least $500. A decline is a change in the ACS estimate, not a finding about local tax policy.

Value

Bars show the size of each decline, largest first: McMullen County, TX at -67.7%, Borden County, TX -41.2% and Castro County, TX -34.0%. Only counties whose estimate actually fell appear here.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates

County release-comparison rankings

Open a county profile for its five-year series, current rate, and state context. These tables rank the change in the published median annual figure, not an official tax-rate increase or a recommendation.

Largest increases

#County20202024Change
1Sterling CountyTexas · 310 homes$816$1,894+132.1%
2Lincoln CountyColorado · 1,414 homes$509$1,092+114.5%
3Duval CountyTexas · 2,149 homes$567$1,148+102.5%
4San Miguel CountyColorado · 2,899 homes$971$1,900+95.7%
5Dimmit CountyTexas · 1,995 homes$674$1,223+81.5%
6Teton CountyWyoming · 5,735 homes$4,015$7,267+81.0%
7Pitkin CountyColorado · 5,790 homes$2,316$4,074+75.9%
8Jasper CountySouth Carolina · 10,122 homes$1,065$1,852+73.9%
9Pecos CountyTexas · 3,769 homes$985$1,707+73.3%
10Garfield CountyNebraska · 533 homes$1,383$2,383+72.3%
11Montgomery CountyMississippi · 3,135 homes$737$1,269+72.2%
12Mora CountyNew Mexico · 1,707 homes$517$885+71.2%

Read with care: every county on this list moved by more than 50%, or by more than 25% on fewer than 5,000 owner-occupied homes, between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases. County pages treat a move that size as likely survey movement rather than a confirmed tax event, so the number of owner-occupied homes behind each estimate is shown under each county name (for example, 760 homes).

Largest declines

#County20202024Change
1McMullen CountyTexas · 162 homes Read with care $1,240$400-67.7%
2Borden CountyTexas · 161 homes Read with care $782$460-41.2%
3Castro CountyTexas · 1,534 homes Read with care $1,328$876-34.0%
4Kent CountyTexas · 244 homes Read with care $1,154$835-27.6%
5Hoonah-Angoon Census AreaAlaska · 665 homes Read with care $1,531$1,136-25.8%
6Garfield CountyMontana · 312 homes$1,367$1,052-23.0%
7Wibaux CountyMontana · 334 homes$777$598-23.0%
8Wichita CountyKansas · 643 homes$2,175$1,728-20.6%
9Smith CountyMississippi · 4,889 homes$585$469-19.8%
10Edwards CountyTexas · 355 homes$883$742-16.0%
11Carroll CountyMississippi · 3,563 homes$682$577-15.4%
12Hooker CountyNebraska · 181 homes$1,149$979-14.8%

Read with care: 5 of these 12 counties moved by more than 50%, or by more than 25% on fewer than 5,000 owner-occupied homes, between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases. County pages treat a move that size as likely survey movement rather than a confirmed tax event, so the number of owner-occupied homes behind each estimate is shown under each county name (for example, 760 homes), and the affected rows are marked.

How to use the release comparison

A county can show a large change in its published median estimate while still having a lower current effective rate than another county. Use this report to inspect the paired releases, then use the county profile for the current rate, home-value context, and the complete historical series.

ACS five-year estimates smooth several survey years and arrive with a publication lag. They are a comparable public-data benchmark, not a substitute for a current assessment notice, tax bill, or county assessor record.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median property-tax data (2020 and 2024 vintages).

Read the methodology for source fields, limitations, and update cadence.