What happens to property tax when you buy in Tuolumne 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 $2,864/yr (on the $433,200 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $433,200 | $2,864/yr | +$0/yr |
| $541,500 | $3,580/yr | +$716/yr |
| $649,800 | $4,296/yr | +$1,432/yr |
Effective rate: 0.66% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Tuolumne County compares before reassessment
Tuolumne County ranks 44 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.66% effective rate is 0.04 percentage points below the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $433,200 median home value ranks 35 of 58 and is $47,900 below the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- Marin County: 0.66% effective rate; $1,507,300 median home value
- Orange County: 0.66% effective rate; $962,600 median home value
- Mono County: 0.65% effective rate; $639,400 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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