What happens to property tax when you buy in Fresno 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 $2,861/yr (on the $388,800 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $388,800 | $2,861/yr | +$0/yr |
| $486,000 | $3,576/yr | +$715/yr |
| $583,200 | $4,292/yr | +$1,431/yr |
Effective rate: 0.74% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Fresno County compares before reassessment
Fresno County ranks 17 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.74% effective rate is 0.04 percentage points above the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $388,800 median home value ranks 41 of 58 and is $92,300 below the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Sacramento County: 0.73% effective rate; $534,200 median home value
- Inyo County: 0.74% effective rate; $348,700 median home value
- Lake County: 0.73% effective rate; $324,300 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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