What happens to property tax when you buy in Marin 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 $10,001/yr (on the $1,507,300 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $1,507,300 | $10,001/yr | +$0/yr |
| $1,884,125 | $12,501/yr | +$2,500/yr |
| $2,260,950 | $15,001/yr | +$5,000/yr |
Effective rate: 0.66% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Marin County compares before reassessment
Marin County ranks 43 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.66% effective rate is 0.04 percentage points below the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $1,507,300 median home value ranks 2 of 58 and is $1,026,200 above the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Tuolumne County: 0.66% effective rate; $433,200 median home value
- Orange County: 0.66% effective rate; $962,600 median home value
- Santa Clara County: 0.67% effective rate; $1,490,600 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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