Property tax by state
Ranked by effective rate, highest first. The national median is 0.98%. Open a state for its county pages. We publish a state's counties once its assessment rules, exemptions and appeal deadlines are verified against the state revenue department, so county coverage grows each week.
| State | Rank | Effective rate | Median annual bill | Median home value | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 1 | 2.23% | $9,541 | $427,600 | 21 |
| Illinois | 2 | 2.07% | $5,189 | $250,500 | 51 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 1.92% | $6,575 | $343,200 | soon |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 1.77% | $6,505 | $367,200 | soon |
| Vermont | 5 | 1.71% | $4,956 | $290,500 | soon |
| New York | 6 | 1.60% | $6,450 | $403,000 | 59 |
| Texas | 7 | 1.58% | $4,111 | $260,400 | 100 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 1.51% | $3,746 | $247,400 | soon |
| Nebraska | 9 | 1.50% | $3,350 | $223,800 | soon |
| Iowa | 10 | 1.43% | $2,795 | $195,900 | soon |
| Ohio | 11 | 1.36% | $2,712 | $199,200 | soon |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 1.35% | $3,241 | $240,500 | soon |
| Rhode Island | 13 | 1.32% | $4,854 | $368,800 | soon |
| Kansas | 14 | 1.30% | $2,643 | $203,400 | soon |
| Michigan | 15 | 1.28% | $2,795 | $217,600 | soon |
| Alaska | 16 | 1.14% | $3,785 | $333,300 | soon |
| Massachusetts | 17 | 1.11% | $5,813 | $525,800 | soon |
| Maine | 18 | 1.10% | $2,926 | $266,400 | soon |
| South Dakota | 19 | 1.09% | $2,590 | $236,800 | soon |
| Minnesota | 20 | 1.04% | $3,184 | $305,500 | soon |
| Maryland | 21 | 1.00% | $3,989 | $397,700 | soon |
| North Dakota | 22 | 0.99% | $2,392 | $241,100 | soon |
| Missouri | 23 | 0.88% | $1,887 | $215,600 | soon |
| Washington | 24 | 0.84% | $4,361 | $519,800 | soon |
| Oregon | 25 | 0.83% | $3,767 | $454,200 | soon |
| Oklahoma | 26 | 0.82% | $1,520 | $185,900 | soon |
| Georgia | 27 | 0.81% | $2,214 | $272,900 | 76 |
| Florida | 28 | 0.79% | $2,555 | $325,000 | 53 |
| Kentucky | 29 | 0.77% | $1,472 | $192,300 | soon |
| Montana | 30 | 0.75% | $2,535 | $338,100 | soon |
| Indiana | 31 | 0.74% | $1,496 | $201,600 | soon |
| Mississippi | 32 | 0.74% | $1,189 | $161,400 | soon |
| Virginia | 33 | 0.74% | $2,686 | $360,700 | soon |
| New Mexico | 34 | 0.72% | $1,669 | $232,200 | soon |
| California | 35 | 0.71% | $4,926 | $695,400 | 49 |
| North Carolina | 36 | 0.70% | $1,815 | $259,400 | soon |
| District of Columbia | 37 | 0.58% | $4,180 | $724,600 | soon |
| Wyoming | 38 | 0.58% | $1,659 | $285,100 | soon |
| Arkansas | 39 | 0.57% | $1,003 | $175,300 | soon |
| Louisiana | 40 | 0.55% | $1,146 | $208,700 | soon |
| Tennessee | 41 | 0.55% | $1,400 | $256,800 | soon |
| West Virginia | 42 | 0.54% | $835 | $155,600 | soon |
| Delaware | 43 | 0.53% | $1,731 | $326,800 | soon |
| Idaho | 44 | 0.53% | $2,006 | $376,000 | soon |
| Utah | 45 | 0.53% | $2,412 | $455,000 | soon |
| Arizona | 46 | 0.52% | $1,858 | $358,900 | soon |
| South Carolina | 47 | 0.51% | $1,199 | $236,700 | soon |
| Colorado | 48 | 0.49% | $2,448 | $502,200 | soon |
| Nevada | 49 | 0.49% | $1,970 | $406,100 | soon |
| Alabama | 50 | 0.38% | $738 | $195,100 | soon |
| Hawaii | 51 | 0.27% | $2,183 | $808,200 | soon |