What happens to property tax when you buy in Ventura 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 $5,574/yr (on the $822,700 county-median home).
Estimated bill by your purchase price
| Purchase price | Estimated annual tax | vs typical bill |
|---|---|---|
| $822,700 | $5,574/yr | +$0/yr |
| $1,028,375 | $6,967/yr | +$1,393/yr |
| $1,234,050 | $8,361/yr | +$2,787/yr |
Effective rate: 0.68% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.
How Ventura County compares before reassessment
Ventura County ranks 39 of 58 published California counties by effective property-tax rate.
The county's 0.68% effective rate is 0.02 percentage points below the California published-county average of 0.7%.
The $822,700 median home value ranks 13 of 58 and is $341,600 above the California county median of $481,100.
Similar-rate counties
- San Diego County: 0.68% effective rate; $854,700 median home value
- Los Angeles County: 0.68% effective rate; $834,200 median home value
- Merced County: 0.67% effective rate; $391,800 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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