What happens to property tax when you buy in Alpine County, California?
Why your bill can jump at purchase
California uses an acquisition-value basis (California Proposition 13 (BOE)): your assessed value is set at purchase and grows under an annual cap of 2%.
Current owners here pay a typical bill of about $4,530/yr (on the $590,200 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $590,200 | $4,530/yr | +$0/yr |
| $737,750 | $5,662/yr | +$1,132/yr |
| $885,300 | $6,795/yr | +$2,265/yr |
Effective rate: 0.77% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Alpine County compares before reassessment
Alpine County ranks 8 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.77% effective rate is 0.07 percentage points above the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $590,200 median home value ranks 24 of 58 and is $109,100 above the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Yolo County: 0.77% effective rate; $620,700 median home value
- Imperial County: 0.77% effective rate; $309,600 median home value
- Alameda County: 0.78% effective rate; $1,090,100 median home value
Source, method & confidence
Data as of 2024-12-31 (data version 2024.1).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year, table B25103; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year, table B25077; California State Board of Equalization, Proposition 13.
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