What happens to property tax when you buy in Tehama 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 $2,118/yr (on the $339,600 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $339,600 | $2,118/yr | +$0/yr |
| $424,500 | $2,648/yr | +$530/yr |
| $509,400 | $3,177/yr | +$1,059/yr |
Effective rate: 0.62% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Tehama County compares before reassessment
Tehama County ranks 53 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.62% effective rate is 0.08 percentage points below the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $339,600 median home value ranks 48 of 58 and is $141,500 below the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Monterey County: 0.63% effective rate; $781,000 median home value
- Colusa County: 0.62% effective rate; $393,400 median home value
- Del Norte County: 0.61% effective rate; $342,000 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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