What happens to property tax when you buy in Siskiyou 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 $1,973/yr (on the $309,500 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $309,500 | $1,973/yr | +$0/yr |
| $386,875 | $2,466/yr | +$493/yr |
| $464,250 | $2,960/yr | +$987/yr |
Effective rate: 0.64% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Siskiyou County compares before reassessment
Siskiyou County ranks 50 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.64% effective rate is 0.06 percentage points below the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $309,500 median home value ranks 56 of 58 and is $171,600 below the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Santa Cruz County: 0.64% effective rate; $1,027,500 median home value
- Humboldt County: 0.64% effective rate; $446,900 median home value
- Glenn County: 0.64% effective rate; $352,400 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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