Effective property tax rate
The middle property tax bill as a percentage of the middle home value. This is the usual 'effective rate': what a typical owner pays each year per dollar of home value. The middle county is 0.82%, ranging from under 0.2% in rural Alaska and Louisiana to over 3% in southern New Jersey and upstate New York. It is the one tax rate here that really varies from county to county, not only from state to state. Even so, much of the gap follows state lines: New Jersey and New York counties sit near 2.2%, and Hawaii and Alabama counties near 0.3%, almost whichever county you pick.
Reported for3,124areas, in 52 states
Link to density0.03not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.77Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
Typerate% of home value
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
Census ACS 5-year · ACS table B25103_001, divided by median home value
The middle tax bill divided by the middle home value. This is the usual published way to measure it. But it is not the same as the middle household's own rate. It cannot be built up from smaller areas, since neither middle value can. The Census caps the tax bill at $10,001. Where bills hit that cap, the rate shows too low, so the most expensive counties look lower than they are.
Combining areas: it cannot be combined, so it is shown only where its publisher works it out.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 50 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate and Share of suicides by firearmWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Share of suicides by firearm tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share of suicides by firearm by US county | -0.42 | -0.35 |
| Effective property tax rate and Firearm share of suicides, standardisedWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Firearm share of suicides, standardised tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Firearm share of suicides, standardised by US county | -0.42 | -0.35 |
| Effective property tax rate and Returns claiming charitable contributionsWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Returns claiming charitable contributions tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Returns claiming charitable contributions by US county | -0.09 | -0.33 |
| Effective property tax rate and Firearm fatalitiesWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Firearm fatalities tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Firearm fatalities by US county | -0.40 | -0.32 |
| Effective property tax rate and Safety scoreWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Safety score tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Safety score by US county | +0.39 | +0.32 |
| Effective property tax rate and Arrivals per 100 people stayingWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Arrivals per 100 people staying tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Arrivals per 100 people staying by US county | -0.27 | -0.31 |
| Effective property tax rate and Firearm suicide rateWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Firearm suicide rate tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Firearm suicide rate by US county | -0.39 | -0.31 |
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate and Share White, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | +0.05 | +0.04 |
| Effective property tax rate and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Effective property tax rate is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | -0.18 | -0.14 |
| Effective property tax rate and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | -0.01 | +0.02 |
| Effective property tax rate and Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | +0.05 | -0.04 |
| Effective property tax rate and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | +0.03 | +0.08 |
Highest and lowest
Of 3,124 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Menominee County, WI — 3.64
- Camden County, NJ — 3.08
- Salem County, NJ — 3.03
- Orleans County, NY — 3
- Allegany County, NY — 2.94
Lowest
- East Feliciana Parish, LA — 0.153
- Maui County, HI — 0.168
- San Lorenzo Municipio, PR — 0.199
- Avoyelles Parish, LA — 0.203
- Bibb County, AL — 0.204
The middle area reports 0.826. The middle half of counties falls between 0.587 and 1.2 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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