What happens to property tax when you buy in San Benito 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 $6,441/yr (on the $793,400 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $793,400 | $6,441/yr | +$0/yr |
| $991,750 | $8,051/yr | +$1,610/yr |
| $1,190,100 | $9,661/yr | +$3,220/yr |
Effective rate: 0.81% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How San Benito County compares before reassessment
San Benito County ranks 4 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.81% effective rate is 0.11 percentage points above the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $793,400 median home value ranks 15 of 58 and is $312,300 above the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Contra Costa County: 0.83% effective rate; $866,800 median home value
- Riverside County: 0.78% effective rate; $557,300 median home value
- Placer County: 0.84% effective rate; $688,100 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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