Property tax guides
How property tax works, where it is highest and lowest, and how to pay less.
Typical effective property tax rate, yearly bill and median home value for all 50 states and DC, from the latest Census survey.
Why the rate on your bill is not the rate you really pay, and how to work out your own effective property tax rate in two minutes.
New Jersey owners pay a typical $9,590 a year. Here is where that money goes, which counties pay the most, and what relief exists.
Texas has no state income tax, so property tax does the heavy lifting. Typical bills for Harris, Dallas, Travis and other big counties, plus exemptions and protests.
The tax the seller paid is often not the tax you will pay. How reassessment, lost exemptions and escrow work in your first year as an owner.
When an appeal is worth it, what evidence wins, and the deadlines that trip most homeowners up.
Hawaii, Alabama, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado have the lowest effective rates. What a typical owner pays there, and what makes up the difference.
The typical US bill equals about 4% of household income. In parts of New Jersey and New York it is over 10%. The counties where tax weighs heaviest.