What happens to property tax when you buy in Inyo 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 $2,576/yr (on the $348,700 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $348,700 | $2,576/yr | +$0/yr |
| $435,875 | $3,220/yr | +$644/yr |
| $523,050 | $3,864/yr | +$1,288/yr |
Effective rate: 0.74% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Inyo County compares before reassessment
Inyo County ranks 16 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 $348,700 median home value ranks 46 of 58 and is $132,400 below the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Fresno County: 0.74% effective rate; $388,800 median home value
- Sacramento County: 0.73% effective rate; $534,200 median home value
- Yuba County: 0.74% effective rate; $412,300 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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