Highest & Lowest Property Tax States

2020 Property Tax Rates

✓ Lowest Rates	⨯ Highest Rates
Hawaii (0.37%)	New Jersey (2.2%)
Alabama (0.44%)	Illinois (2.18%)
West Virginia (0.51%)	Texas (2.15%)
Colorado (0.54%)	Vermont (1.97%)
Utah (0.54%)	Connecticut (1.92%)
Tennessee (0.59%)	New Hampshire (1.86%)
Nevada (0.6%)	New York (1.68%)
Idaho (0.61%)	Pennsylvania (1.64%)
Arizona (0.62%)	Ohio (1.62%)
Wyoming (0.63%)	Nebraska (1.53%)

2020 Property Tax Amount

✓ Lowest Amount	⨯ Highest Amount
Alabama ($841)	New jersey ($9,196)
West Virginia ($849)	Connecticut ($7,395)
Arkansas ($1,147)	New York ($6,628)
Tennessee ($1,202)	New Hampshire ($6,596)
Mississippi ($1,241)	Massachusetts ($6,514)

Interactive Map With County Level Tax Data

In 2020 sixteen counties had an average property tax of more than $10,000. The 5 highest were:

• Rockland County, New York @ $13,931
• Marin County, California @ $13,257
• Essex County, New Jersey @ $12,698
• Nassau County, New York @ $12,386
• Bergen County, New Jersey @ $12,348

Across the states many individidual counties have widely varying rates when compared across the blended average rate for the state. This map allows you to drill down to see effective local rates.

2019 Property Taxes Paid as a Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Value

State	Effective Tax Rate	Rank
United States	1.03%
Alabama	0.37%	49
Alaska	0.98%	21
Arizona	0.60%	39
Arkansas	0.61%	38
California	0.70%	34
Colorado	0.52%	46
Connecticut	1.73%	5
Delaware	0.59%	41
Florida	0.86%	26
Georgia	0.87%	25
Hawaii	0.31%	50
Idaho	0.65%	35
Illinois	1.97%	2
Indiana	0.81%	30
Iowa	1.43%	10
Kansas	1.28%	15
Kentucky	0.78%	31
Louisiana	0.51%	48
Maine	1.20%	16
Maryland	1.01%	20
Massachusetts	1.08%	18
Michigan	1.31%	13
Minnesota	1.05%	19
Mississippi	0.63%	37
Missouri	0.96%	22
Montana	0.74%	33
Nebraska	1.54%	7
Nevada	0.56%	42
New Hampshire	1.89%	3
New Jersey	2.13%	1
New Mexico	0.59%	40
New York	1.30%	14
North Carolina	0.78%	32
North Dakota	0.88%	24
Ohio	1.52%	9
Oklahoma	0.83%	29
Oregon	0.91%	23
Pennsylvania	1.43%	11
Rhode Island	1.37%	12
South Carolina	0.53%	44
South Dakota	1.14%	17
Tennessee	0.63%	36
Texas	1.60%	6
Utah	0.56%	43
Vermont	1.76%	4
Virginia	0.84%	28
Washington	0.84%	27
West Virginia	0.53%	45
Wisconsin	1.53%	8
Wyoming	0.51%	47
District of Columbia	0.58%	42

Note: The figures in this table are mean effective property tax rates on owner-occupied housing (total real taxes paid/total home value). As a result, the data exclude property taxes paid by businesses, renters, and others. D.C.’s rank does not affect states’ ranks, but the figure in parentheses indicates where it would rank if included.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, "2019 American Community Survey"; Tax Foundation calculations.

2018 State & Local Property Taxes Per Capita

State	Collections per Capita	Rank
United States	$1,675
Alabama	$598	50
Alaska	$2,195	10
Arizona	$1,125	34
Arkansas	$776	48
California	$1,680	18
Colorado	$1,616	23
Connecticut	$3,107	3
Delaware	$931	43
Florida	$1,377	29
Georgia	$1,205	33
Hawaii	$1,358	30
Idaho	$1,022	40
Illinois	$2,277	8
Indiana	$1,033	39
Iowa	$1,702	15
Kansas	$1,605	24
Kentucky	$845	45
Louisiana	$894	44
Maine	$2,249	9
Maryland	$1,693	17
Massachusetts	$2,565	6
Michigan	$1,465	28
Minnesota	$1,649	21
Mississippi	$1,061	37
Missouri	$1,073	35
Montana	$1,711	14
Nebraska	$2,010	12
Nevada	$1,044	38
New Hampshire	$3,362	2
New Jersey	$3,378	1
New Mexico	$832	46
New York	$3,025	4
North Carolina	$993	41
North Dakota	$1,649	20
Ohio	$1,356	31
Oklahoma	$771	49
Oregon	$1,557	27
Pennsylvania	$1,584	26
Rhode Island	$2,431	7
South Carolina	$1,211	32
South Dakota	$1,586	25
Tennessee	$799	47
Texas	$1,973	13
Utah	$1,070	36
Vermont	$2,738	5
Virginia	$1,699	16
Washington	$1,645	22
West Virginia	$950	42
Wisconsin	$1,680	19
Wyoming	$2,012	11
District of Columbia	$3,740	1

Note: D.C.’s rank does not affect states’ ranks, but the figure in parentheses indicates where it would rank if included. See Table 43 for people per household by state.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances"; Tax Foundation calculations.

Calendar Year 2016 Property Taxes

States with the lowest property tax rate are ranked lowest whereas states with the highest rates are ranked highest. The following tables are sortable. Click on any column header to sort by that column. Statewide data is estimated by multiplying the number of single family homes by the average property tax rate & the the average home price.

Rank (Rate)	State	Tax Rate	Avg Home Price	Avg Property Tax	Highest Metro Area	Highest Metro Tax	Single-Family Homes	Prop Taxes	Real Estate Value
1	Hawaii	0.32%	$784,583	$2,489	Honolulu	$2,853	263,544	$655,859,737	$206,772,142,152
2	Alabama	0.48%	$161,853	$776	Birmingham-Hoover	$1,229	1,416,458	$1,099,560,543	$229,257,976,674
3	Colorado	0.52%	$394,604	$2,046	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood	$2,452	1,474,840	$3,017,021,019	$581,977,763,360
4	Tennessee	0.54%	$181,331	$981	Chattanooga	$1,076	2,462,587	$2,414,870,997	$446,543,363,297
5	Delaware	0.56%	$271,585	$1,526			268,144	$409,301,861	$72,823,888,240
6	West Virginia	0.57%	$271,585	$802	Huntington-Ashland	$893	503,299	$403,808,142	$136,688,458,915
7	South Carolina	0.63%	$204,349	$1,294	Charleston	$2,062	1,461,713	$1,891,139,228	$298,699,589,837
8	District of Columbia	0.64%	$772,008	$4,915	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria	$4,963	48,752	$239,609,457	$37,636,934,016
9	Nevada	0.64%	$293,432	$1,873	Las Vegas	$1,774	701,103	$1,313,426,630	$205,726,055,496
10	Utah	0.65%	$300,245	$1,948	Ogden-Clearfield	$1,831	671,168	$1,307,378,832	$201,514,836,160
11	Arkansas	0.67%	$150,742	$1,006	Little Rock	$1,349	966,864	$972,976,892	$145,747,013,088
12	Arizona	0.68%	$282,423	$1,918	Tucson	$2,437	1,731,919	$3,321,478,730	$489,133,759,737
13	Louisiana	0.71%	$183,591	$1,302	New Orleans	$1,864	1,303,899	$1,698,204,632	$239,384,121,309
14	Kentucky	0.74%	$165,285	$1,217	Louisville	$1,655	1,352,969	$1,646,371,009	$223,625,481,165
15	Wyoming	0.76%	$222,449	$1,691			152,852	$258,423,896	$34,001,774,548
16	California	0.77%	$619,491	$4,783	Bakersfield	$2,399	7,451,864	$35,642,959,906	$4,616,362,681,224
17	North Carolina	0.78%	$217,560	$1,706	Durham-Chapel Hill	$2,927	2,955,186	$5,041,987,758	$642,930,266,160
18	Montana	0.80%	$242,342	$1,950			218,757	$426,566,206	$53,014,008,894
19	Georgia	0.86%	$204,399	$1,757	Atlanta	$2,079	2,989,257	$5,251,647,262	$611,001,141,543
20	Mississippi	0.86%	$143,357	$1,236	Jackson	$1,424	826,867	$1,021,799,579	$118,537,172,519
21	Washington	0.88%	$406,602	$3,592	Seattle	$4,767	1,847,717	$6,636,087,773	$751,285,427,634
22	Oklahoma	0.89%	$142,683	$1,272	Oklahoma City	$1,650	1,196,564	$1,521,917,123	$170,729,341,212
23	Indiana	0.94%	$143,016	$1,351	Indianapolis	$1,720	1,938,580	$2,618,310,864	$277,247,957,280
24	Alaska	0.96%	$336,088	$3,225	Huntington-Ashland	$893	148,221	$478,053,738	$49,815,299,448
25	New Mexico	0.97%	$227,540	$2,214	Albuquerque	$2,202	572,602	$1,267,491,253	$130,289,859,080
26	Virginia	0.99%	$321,992	$3,181	Virginia Beach	$2,521	2,311,374	$7,352,471,265	$744,243,937,008
27	Oregon	1.02%	$342,488	$3,495	Portland	$4,146	964,852	$3,372,374,666	$330,450,231,776
28	Idaho	1.02%	$236,120	$2,415	Boise City	$2,213	470,126	$1,135,221,302	$111,006,151,120
29	Florida	1.05%	$278,629	$2,936	Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island	$5,035	5,043,659	$14,808,112,731	$1,405,309,663,511
30	Maryland	1.05%	$326,151	$3,437	Baltimore	$3,278	1,685,294	$5,793,093,142	$549,660,323,394
31	Minnesota	1.06%	$260,373	$2,752	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington	$3,507	1,568,498	$4,316,053,505	$408,394,529,754
32	Missouri	1.11%	$173,044	$1,923	St. Louis	$2,530	1,889,825	$3,633,221,145	$327,022,877,300
33	North Dakota	1.11%	$227,882	$2,539	Fargo	$2,696	165,946	$421,387,935	$37,816,106,372
34	Massachusetts	1.21%	$455,642	$5,513	Boston	$6,624	1,426,203	$7,862,552,338	$649,837,987,326
35	South Dakota	1.38%	$195,438	$2,701	Sioux Falls	$2,753	206,322	$557,236,832	$40,323,159,036
36	Iowa	1.43%	$158,691	$2,270	Des Moines	$3,561	1,100,452	$2,498,309,539	$174,631,828,332
37	Maine	1.43%	$274,961	$3,937	Portland	$4,448	214,542	$844,568,960	$58,990,682,862
38	Kansas	1.47%	$172,654	$2,532	Wichita	$2,153	867,569	$2,196,871,236	$149,789,258,126
39	Nebraska	1.50%	$174,731	$2,614	Omaha	$3,089	567,796	$1,484,030,705	$99,211,562,876
40	Michigan	1.52%	$165,584	$2,524	Ann Arbor	$4,456	3,617,172	$9,128,770,495	$598,945,808,448
41	Wisconsin	1.61%	$199,072	$3,196	Madison	$4,871	1,644,878	$5,256,720,608	$327,449,153,216
42	Rhode Island	1.64%	$316,486	$5,195	Providence-Warwick	$4,800	243,941	$1,267,347,836	$77,203,911,326
43	Ohio	1.68%	$155,415	$2,616	Columbus	$3,636	3,377,526	$8,836,073,431	$524,918,203,290
44	New York	1.88%	$372,854	$7,013	New York	$9,384	3,170,812	$22,236,206,289	$1,182,249,937,448
45	Pennsylvania	1.89%	$206,280	$3,900	Philadelphia	$5,324	3,388,941	$13,215,670,426	$699,070,749,480
46	Connecticut	2.00%	$348,513	$6,963	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk	$10,400	833,532	$5,804,256,783	$290,496,737,916
47	Vermont	2.02%	$255,242	$5,150	Burlington	$5,604	246,689	$1,270,380,094	$62,965,393,738
48	New Hampshire	2.03%	$292,452	$5,935	Claremont-Lebanon	$5,668	321,532	$1,908,139,330	$94,032,676,464
49	Texas	2.06%	$226,553	$4,660	Austin	$7,012	6,610,286	$30,802,480,121	$1,497,580,124,158
50	Illinois	2.13%	$227,242	$4,845	Chicago	$5,812	3,203,168	$15,517,823,616	$727,894,302,656
51	New Jersey	2.31%	$367,036	$8,477	Trenton	$8,103	2,452,282	$20,788,294,213	$900,075,776,152
	United States	1.24%	$279,715	$3,313	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk	$10,400	82,370,722	$272,863,921,610	$23,040,317,386,073

Source: ATTOM Data Solutions via USA Today

Calendar Year 2015 Property Taxes

Property taxes paid as a percentage of owner-occupied housing value. HTML table is sorted alphabetically by state, but column headers can be clicked on to sort by other columns. The final 5 columns show what percent of the state's tax base is driven by each component.

Rank	State	Abreviation	Effective Propert Tax Rate	Property Tax Rev	General Sales	Individual Income	Corporate Income	Other Taxes
	United States	US	1.08%	31.3%	23.3%	22.9%	3.7%	18.9%
2	Alabama	AL	0.38%	17.4%	29.7%	22.7%	2.8%	27.4%
29	Alaska	AK	0.97%	34.9%	3.9%	0.0%	7.3%	53.8%
14	Arizona	AZ	0.66%	29.5%	39.6%	15.4%	2.6%	13.0%
10	Arkansas	AR	0.59%	18.0%	37.5%	23.4%	3.6%	17.6%
16	California	CA	0.72%	25.4%	22.9%	32.2%	4.2%	15.3%
7	Colorado	CO	0.55%	31.3%	25.8%	24.2%	3.1%	15.7%
46	Connecticut	CT	1.65%	38.3%	15.3%	29.8%	2.4%	14.2%
8	Delaware	DE	0.56%	18.8%	0.0%	26.6%	6.9%	47.7%
28	Florida	FL	0.93%	35.7%	35.3%	0.0%	3.1%	26.0%
26	Georgia	GA	0.89%	32.2%	26.0%	26.3%	2.8%	12.7%
1	Hawaii	HI	0.28%	17.2%	37.6%	21.5%	1.6%	22.2%
18	Idaho	ID	0.75%	28.7%	26.0%	25.3%	3.6%	16.4%
49	Illinois	IL	1.97%	36.5%	14.2%	23.5%	6.3%	19.5%
24	Indiana	IN	0.84%	25.9%	28.3%	24.4%	3.5%	17.8%
40	Iowa	IO	1.43%	34.5%	21.5%	24.1%	2.8%	17.1%
37	Kansas	KS	1.29%	32.8%	30.7%	19.8%	2.6%	14.1%
20	Kentucky	KY	0.78%	20.4%	19.7%	31.3%	5.1%	23.4%
3	Louisiana	LA	0.48%	21.6%	38.3%	15.2%	2.7%	22.2%
36	Maine	ME	1.24%	39.9%	18.7%	22.1%	2.9%	16.4%
32	Maryland	MD	1.00%	26.6%	12.5%	37.4%	2.9%	20.5%
34	Massachusetts	MA	1.13%	36.3%	13.6%	32.6%	5.4%	12.1%
39	Michigan	MI	1.43%	35.4%	23.3%	22.3%	2.4%	16.7%
33	Minnesota	MN	1.08%	25.0%	18.3%	31.3%	4.3%	21.1%
11	Mississippi	MS	0.61%	26.2%	31.5%	15.9%	5.0%	21.4%
31	Missouri	MO	0.98%	27.6%	26.4%	27.0%	2.0%	16.9%
19	Montana	MT	0.75%	38.2%	0.0%	27.1%	3.8%	31.0%
44	Nebraska	NE	1.59%	36.0%	23.0%	23.1%	3.3%	14.5%
15	Nevada	NV	0.68%	24.6%	38.1%	0.0%	0.0%	37.3%
50	New Hampshire	NH	1.99%	66.1%	0.0%	1.6%	9.4%	22.8%
51	New Jersey	NJ	2.13%	47.5%	15.4%	20.8%	4.1%	12.2%
13	New Mexico	NM	0.66%	18.4%	36.8%	15.7%	2.5%	26.6%
38	New York	NY	1.38%	30.7%	16.5%	32.1%	6.9%	13.7%
21	North Carolina	NC	0.82%	26.3%	22.7%	28.9%	3.8%	18.4%
25	North Dakota	ND	0.88%	11.5%	21.1%	6.9%	3.5%	57.1%
43	Ohio	OH	1.57%	28.6%	25.0%	26.7%	0.6%	19.1%
22	Oklahoma	OK	0.83%	17.5%	33.3%	21.4%	2.9%	24.9%
30	Oregon	OR	0.98%	32.9%	0.0%	40.8%	3.4%	22.8%
41	Pennsylvania	PA	1.46%	29.8%	16.9%	25.9%	4.6%	22.7%
42	Rhode Island	RI	1.51%	44.6%	16.8%	20.0%	2.2%	16.4%
6	South Carolina	SC	0.55%	33.5%	24.1%	22.0%	2.1%	18.2%
35	South Dakota	SD	1.19%	35.3%	40.4%	0.0%	0.8%	23.4%
17	Tennessee	TN	0.72%	26.8%	40.9%	1.2%	5.8%	25.3%
45	Texas	TX	1.63%	40.4%	36.0%	0.0%	0.0%	23.6%
12	Utah	UT	0.64%	27.7%	24.3%	28.0%	3.0%	17.0%
47	Vermont	VT	1.71%	42.2%	10.5%	19.4%	3.0%	24.8%
23	Virginia	VA	0.83%	34.7%	13.7%	31.1%	2.1%	18.4%
27	Washington	WA	0.93%	29.9%	45.4%	0.0%	0.0%	24.6%
9	Washington D.C.	DC	0.57%	32.5%	17.8%	26.3%	6.5%	16.9%
4	West Virginia	WV	0.53%	21.5%	16.7%	24.2%	2.8%	34.8%
48	Wisconsin	WI	1.72%	36.2%	18.9%	25.7%	3.7%	15.5%
5	Wyoming	WY	0.54%	35.5%	27.4%	0.0%	0.0%	37.1%

Source: Tax Foundation

Note: The figures in the effective property tax column are mean effective property tax rates on owner-occupied housing (total real taxes paid/total home value). As a result, the data exclude property taxes paid by businesses, renters, and others. The "Other Taxes" column include excise taxes (such as those on alcohol, tobacco, motor vehicles, utilities, and licenses), severance taxes, stock transfer taxes, estate and gift taxes, and other miscellaneous taxes.

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