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| Property tax burdens by state | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State | Median tax | Rank | Median value | Tax as % of home value | Rank | Median owner income | Tax as % of Income | Rank |
Alabama | $302 | 49 | $97,500 | 0.31% | 48 | $45,927 | 0.66% | 49 |
Alaska | $2,241 | 12 | $197,100 | 1.14% | 17 | $71,644 | 3.13% | 18 |
Arizona | $1,133 | 32 | $185,400 | 0.61% | 37 | $53,950 | 2.10% | 31 |
Arkansas | $459 | 46 | $87,400 | 0.53% | 42 | $43,785 | 1.05% | 46 |
California | $2,278 | 10 | $477,700 | 0.48% | 45 | $71,855 | 3.17% | 17 |
Colorado | $1,297 | 30 | $223,300 | 0.58% | 38 | $63,806 | 2.03% | 32 |
Connecticut | $3,865 | 3 | $271,500 | 1.42% | 10 | $77,247 | 5.00% | 4 |
Delaware | $806 | 39 | $203,800 | 0.40% | 47 | $63,361 | 1.27% | 45 |
Florida | $1,495 | 22 | $189,500 | 0.79% | 28 | $50,601 | 2.95% | 19 |
Georgia | $1,050 | 35 | $147,500 | 0.71% | 32 | $57,841 | 1.82% | 37 |
Hawaii | $924 | 38 | $453,600 | 0.20% | 49 | $72,275 | 1.28% | 44 |
Idaho | $1,226 | 31 | $134,900 | 0.91% | 24 | $49,712 | 2.47% | 28 |
Illinois | $2,904 | 7 | $183,900 | 1.58% | 7 | $62,061 | 4.68% | 6 |
Indiana | $1,079 | 34 | $114,400 | 0.94% | 23 | $53,459 | 2.02% | 33 |
Iowa | $1,355 | 26 | $106,600 | 1.27% | 12 | $52,237 | 2.59% | 26 |
Kansas | $1,337 | 27 | $107,800 | 1.24% | 13 | $53,667 | 2.49% | 27 |
Kentucky | $693 | 43 | $103,900 | 0.67% | 36 | $46,390 | 1.49% | 40 |
Louisiana | $175 | 50 | $101,700 | 0.17% | 50 | $46,933 | 0.37% | 50 |
Maine | $1,742 | 19 | $155,300 | 1.12% | 18 | $51,692 | 3.37% | 15 |
Maryland | $2,159 | 13 | $280,200 | 0.77% | 29 | $77,349 | 2.79% | 21 |
Massachusetts | $2,974 | 6 | $361,500 | 0.82% | 25 | $75,213 | 3.95% | 9 |
Michigan | $1,846 | 18 | $149,300 | 1.24% | 14 | $56,029 | 3.29% | 16 |
Minnesota | $1,618 | 20 | $198,800 | 0.81% | 27 | $62,118 | 2.60% | 25 |
Mississippi | $416 | 47 | $82,700 | 0.50% | 44 | $40,656 | 1.02% | 47 |
Missouri | $1,012 | 36 | $123,100 | 0.82% | 26 | $51,678 | 1.96% | 35 |
Montana | $1,309 | 29 | $131,600 | 0.99% | 20 | $46,973 | 2.79% | 23 |
Nebraska | $1,889 | 17 | $113,200 | 1.67% | 3 | $54,344 | 3.48% | 13 |
Nevada | $1,445 | 23 | $283,400 | 0.51% | 43 | $60,890 | 2.37% | 29 |
New Hampshire | $3,920 | 2 | $240,100 | 1.63% | 5 | $66,840 | 5.86% | 2 |
New Jersey | $5,352 | 1 | $333,900 | 1.60% | 6 | $79,234 | 6.75% | 1 |
New Mexico | $707 | 42 | $125,500 | 0.56% | 40 | $45,435 | 1.56% | 39 |
New York | $3,076 | 4 | $258,900 | 1.19% | 16 | $67,029 | 4.59% | 7 |
North Carolina | $966 | 37 | $127,600 | 0.76% | 30 | $50,656 | 1.91% | 36 |
North Dakota | $1,326 | 28 | $88,600 | 1.50% | 8 | $50,233 | 2.64% | 24 |
Ohio | $1,598 | 21 | $129,600 | 1.23% | 15 | $54,522 | 2.93% | 20 |
Oklahoma | $635 | 45 | $89,100 | 0.71% | 31 | $46,215 | 1.37% | 42 |
Oregon | $1,910 | 16 | $201,200 | 0.95% | 22 | $55,588 | 3.44% | 14 |
Pennsylvania | $1,937 | 14 | $131,900 | 1.47% | 9 | $54,282 | 3.57% | 10 |
Rhode Island | $3,071 | 5 | $281,300 | 1.09% | 19 | $68,935 | 4.45% | 8 |
South Carolina | $642 | 44 | $113,100 | 0.57% | 39 | $48,210 | 1.33% | 43 |
South Dakota | $1,404 | 25 | $101,700 | 1.38% | 11 | $50,317 | 2.79% | 22 |
Tennessee | $794 | 40 | $114,000 | 0.70% | 33 | $48,689 | 1.63% | 38 |
Texas | $1,926 | 15 | $106,000 | 1.82% | 2 | $54,610 | 3.53% | 12 |
Utah | $1,130 | 33 | $167,200 | 0.68% | 34 | $57,529 | 1.96% | 34 |
Vermont | $2,835 | 8 | $173,400 | 1.63% | 4 | $55,892 | 5.07% | 3 |
Virginia | $1,418 | 24 | $212,300 | 0.67% | 35 | $66,473 | 2.13% | 30 |
Washington | $2,250 | 11 | $227,700 | 0.99% | 21 | $63,331 | 3.55% | 11 |
West Virginia | $389 | 48 | $84,400 | 0.46% | 46 | $40,088 | 0.97% | 48 |
Wisconsin | $2,777 | 9 | $152,600 | 1.82% | 1 | $57,975 | 4.79% | 5 |
Wyoming | $737 | 41 | $135,000 | 0.55% | 41 | $52,829 | 1.40% | 41 |
District of Columbia | $1,444 | $384,400 | 0.38% | $77,820 | 1.86% | |||
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Property Taxes
Taxes on land and the buildings on it are the biggest source of revenue for local governments. They are not imposed by states but by the tens of thousands of cities, townships, counties, school districts and other assessing jurisdictions.
The state's role is to specify the maximum rate on the market value of the property, or a percentage of it, as the legal standard for the local assessors to follow. The local assessor determines the value to be taxed. You can't escape property taxes in any state. But you can find significantly low rates in certain parts of the country.
Most states give residents over a certain age a break on their property taxes. With some taxes, you'll need a relatively low income to qualify. Forty states provide either property tax credits or homestead exemptions that limit the value of assessed property subject to tax.
There may be other tax breaks available, depending on where you live. All 50 states offer some type of property tax relief program, such as freezes that will lock in the assessed value of your property once you reach a certain age, or deferral of taxes until the homeowner moves or dies. They ultimately have to be paid. In addition, counties and municipalities often have their own property tax relief plans.
Retirees with low incomes and high housing costs may face property tax bills that are higher than they can manage. Some states target property tax relief to those homeowners bearing the greatest burden. Property tax reform that takes into account a homeowner's ability to pay, such as a so-called "property tax circuit breaker," can better protect low-income homeowners from rising property taxes that accompany rising property values. Targeted property tax relief avoids sharp reductions in funding for locally provided public services and inequities based solely on date of purchase.
* A property tax circuit breaker prevents property taxes from "overloading" a taxpayer. Under a typical circuit breaker, the state sets a maximum percentage of income that an eligible family can be expected to pay in property taxes. If property taxes exceed this limit, the state then provides a rebate or credit to the taxpayer.
* Currently, of the 31 states and the District of Columbia with circuit breakers for homeowners, only six and the District of Columbia permit all households to participate in the program without regard to age.
Other property tax relief strategies that may be used to target property tax relief include homestead exemptions which exempt a certain amount of a home's value from taxation, credits to rebate a certain percentage of taxes paid, and deferral programs to allow low-income elderly homeowners to defer payment of property taxes until property is sold.
Property Taxes by County
New data released by the Census Bureau shows that over a three-year period (2005 - 2007) taxes paid by homeowners in New York and New Jersey counties were the highest while several Louisiana parishes paid the least. This information is based on the data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey which now includes three-year averages for places where the population is greater than 20,000.
The data below has been organized and presented by the Washington, D.C. - based Tax Foundation. The top five most expensive counties to live in based on the average median real estate taxes paid over the last three years are Westchester County NY ($7,908), Nassau County NY ($7,726), Hunterdon County NJ, ($7,708), Bergen County NJ ($7,370), and Somerset County NJ ($7,201). The five least expensive counties were in Louisiana: Vernon Parish ($115), Allen Parish ($116), Franklin Parish ($117), Richland Parish ($118) and Assumption Parish ($123).
Looking at average median real estate taxes paid from 2005 - 2007 as a percentage of median home value, the following New York counties are the top five: Orleans (3.05%), Niagara (2.90%), Allegany (2.87%), Montgomery (2.86%), and Monroe (2.84%). The counties with the lowest taxes as a percentage of median home value are in Louisiana: St. John the Baptist Parish (0.122%), Ascension Parish (0.134%), Tangipahoe Parish (0.139%), West Baton Rouge Parish (0.145%), and St. James Parish (0.145%).
图表链接 Property Tax on Owner-Occupied Housing, by County, Ranked by Property Taxes as a Percentage of Home Value*, 2005-2007 Average
