What happens to property tax when you buy in Monterey 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 $4,910/yr (on the $781,000 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $781,000 | $4,910/yr | +$0/yr |
| $976,250 | $6,138/yr | +$1,228/yr |
| $1,171,500 | $7,365/yr | +$2,455/yr |
Effective rate: 0.63% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Monterey County compares before reassessment
Monterey County ranks 52 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.63% effective rate is 0.07 percentage points below the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $781,000 median home value ranks 17 of 58 and is $299,900 above the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Tehama County: 0.62% effective rate; $339,600 median home value
- Santa Cruz County: 0.64% effective rate; $1,027,500 median home value
- Siskiyou County: 0.64% effective rate; $309,500 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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