What happens to property tax when you buy in San Bernardino 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 $3,538/yr (on the $505,000 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $505,000 | $3,538/yr | +$0/yr |
| $631,250 | $4,423/yr | +$885/yr |
| $757,500 | $5,307/yr | +$1,769/yr |
Effective rate: 0.7% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How San Bernardino County compares before reassessment
San Bernardino County ranks 28 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.7% effective rate is 0 percentage points above the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $505,000 median home value ranks 29 of 58 and is $23,900 above the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Madera County: 0.7% effective rate; $393,200 median home value
- El Dorado County: 0.7% effective rate; $679,900 median home value
- Tulare County: 0.7% effective rate; $330,100 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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