U.S. Property Tax Statistics
A national snapshot of what American homeowners pay in property tax, computed live from U.S. Census data. Each figure below is aggregated directly from the county-level records, not estimated.
- 3,152
- U.S. counties covered
- $1,993
- median property-tax bill (2024)
- 0.92%
- average effective rate
- 51
- states & DC
The national picture
The typical U.S. homeowner pays about $1,993 in property tax a year, an effective rate of roughly 0.92% of home value, but the burden ranges enormously by state, from 2.11% in New Jersey down to 0.27% in Hawaii.
- $1,993
- Median annual property-tax bill (2024)
- 0.92%
- Average effective rate of home value
- 2.11%
- Highest: New Jersey
- 0.27%
- Lowest: Hawaii
Effective rate is annual property tax divided by median home value ($227,791 nationally). Aggregated from U.S. Census ACS five-year estimates.
Highest property-tax states
Effective rate (annual property tax as a share of home value) for the ten states where homeowners pay the most, 2024. A higher rate does not always mean a bigger bill: low-value, high-rate states can cost less than high-value, low-rate ones.
Cite this page
These statistics are free to quote and link with attribution. Suggested citation:
PlainPropertyTax, "U.S. Property Tax Statistics," based on U.S. Census ACS data (2024). https://plainpropertytax.com/statistics/
Source data is in the public domain. Property-tax and home-value figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Reading these numbers
A national average hides a wide gap between states and between counties within a state.
- The typical bill is about $1,993, but it scales with local home values and rates, so two homeowners with the same house can pay very different amounts. Look up a county
- Effective rate, not the bill alone, is the fairest cross-state comparison, since it adjusts for how expensive homes are. State rankings
- New Jersey sit near the high end and Hawaii near the bottom; your own county can differ from its state average. Browse states
Figures are five-year Census ACS estimates and are refreshed when new ACS data is released. They describe typical (median) households, not any individual property's assessment, and are not tax advice.
