What happens to property tax when you buy in Solano 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 $4,621/yr (on the $617,700 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $617,700 | $4,621/yr | +$0/yr |
| $772,125 | $5,776/yr | +$1,155/yr |
| $926,550 | $6,932/yr | +$2,311/yr |
Effective rate: 0.75% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Solano County compares before reassessment
Solano County ranks 12 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.75% effective rate is 0.05 percentage points above the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $617,700 median home value ranks 23 of 58 and is $136,600 above the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Kings County: 0.75% effective rate; $324,300 median home value
- San Joaquin County: 0.75% effective rate; $530,700 median home value
- Yuba County: 0.74% effective rate; $412,300 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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