What happens to property tax when you buy in Sutter 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 $3,268/yr (on the $433,500 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $433,500 | $3,268/yr | +$0/yr |
| $541,875 | $4,085/yr | +$817/yr |
| $650,250 | $4,902/yr | +$1,634/yr |
Effective rate: 0.75% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Sutter County compares before reassessment
Sutter County ranks 11 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 $433,500 median home value ranks 34 of 58 and is $47,600 below the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Nevada County: 0.75% effective rate; $621,800 median home value
- Solano County: 0.75% effective rate; $617,700 median home value
- Kings County: 0.75% effective rate; $324,300 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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