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Property tax in Georgia

Overview

Across 158 Georgia counties, the average effective property-tax rate is about 0.87% (range 0.333%–1.5269%). Confidence: Medium (county-level ACS estimates).

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.

The 2022 NAIC HO-3 state average is $1,655/yr. County insurance pages adjust this historical baseline for home value and FEMA risk; confidence is Low.

Counties

CountyEffective rateTypical tax (median home)Insurance budget
Appling County0.94%$721/yr$829/yr
Atkinson County0.7911%$625/yr$545/yr
Bacon County1.1282%$1,144/yr$745/yr
Baker County0.8561%$1,023/yr$778/yr
Baldwin County0.7015%$1,276/yr$1,747/yr
Banks County0.598%$1,663/yr$1,867/yr
Barrow County0.7828%$2,307/yr$2,730/yr
Bartow County0.7003%$2,024/yr$3,114/yr
Ben Hill County1.0736%$1,210/yr$869/yr
Berrien County0.8587%$1,130/yr$1,156/yr
Bibb County1.0321%$1,801/yr$2,058/yr
Bleckley County0.9512%$1,423/yr$1,157/yr
Brantley County1.1898%$1,185/yr$714/yr
Brooks County1.1372%$1,583/yr$1,252/yr
Bryan County0.78%$2,677/yr$3,734/yr
Bulloch County0.7546%$1,679/yr$2,571/yr
Burke County0.6761%$1,025/yr$1,308/yr
Butts County0.8213%$1,976/yr$1,765/yr
Calhoun County1.1148%$903/yr$605/yr
Camden County0.8818%$2,305/yr$2,601/yr
Candler County1.081%$1,721/yr$1,059/yr
Carroll County0.6139%$1,566/yr$2,850/yr
Catoosa County0.6501%$1,566/yr$2,584/yr
Charlton County0.7619%$1,088/yr$1,116/yr
Chatham County0.8394%$2,541/yr$4,009/yr
Chattahoochee County0.8335%$856/yr$608/yr
Chattooga County0.8841%$1,022/yr$1,149/yr
Cherokee County0.686%$2,985/yr$4,244/yr
Clarke County0.8732%$2,610/yr$3,259/yr
Clay County0.9926%$937/yr$605/yr
Clayton County0.8695%$1,933/yr$2,762/yr
Clinch County1.3045%$1,101/yr$634/yr
Cobb County0.668%$2,720/yr$4,485/yr
Coffee County0.7572%$976/yr$1,333/yr
Colquitt County0.8353%$1,014/yr$1,357/yr
Columbia County0.8238%$2,515/yr$3,561/yr
Cook County0.7752%$1,221/yr$1,329/yr
Coweta County0.734%$2,624/yr$3,724/yr
Crawford County0.8659%$1,421/yr$995/yr
Crisp County1.077%$1,510/yr$1,371/yr
Dade County0.5708%$1,133/yr$1,650/yr
Dawson County0.5975%$2,430/yr$2,565/yr
Decatur County0.9534%$1,514/yr$1,840/yr
DeKalb County0.9251%$3,310/yr$4,482/yr
Dodge County0.8721%$1,030/yr$1,086/yr
Dooly County1.2737%$1,368/yr$742/yr
Dougherty County1.3251%$1,781/yr$1,629/yr
Douglas County0.745%$2,212/yr$3,209/yr
Early County0.8233%$1,081/yr$1,194/yr
Echols County0.9081%$1,127/yr$720/yr
Effingham County0.904%$2,495/yr$2,843/yr
Elbert County0.9141%$1,298/yr$1,154/yr
Emanuel County0.9335%$884/yr$836/yr
Evans County1.0166%$1,405/yr$1,029/yr
Fannin County0.333%$1,021/yr$3,097/yr
Fayette County0.7527%$3,285/yr$3,608/yr
Floyd County0.8476%$1,847/yr$2,628/yr
Forsyth County0.7304%$4,020/yr$4,267/yr
Franklin County0.7196%$1,288/yr$1,486/yr
Fulton County0.879%$4,033/yr$4,523/yr
Gilmer County0.3532%$1,109/yr$3,452/yr
Glascock County1.0283%$1,273/yr$722/yr
Glynn County0.5669%$1,708/yr$3,673/yr
Gordon County0.6895%$1,537/yr$2,435/yr
Grady County0.9094%$1,386/yr$1,498/yr
Greene County0.6142%$2,425/yr$2,972/yr
Gwinnett County0.9496%$3,617/yr$4,513/yr
Habersham County0.5888%$1,403/yr$2,085/yr
Hall County0.7337%$2,571/yr$4,217/yr
Hancock County1.0914%$967/yr$591/yr
Haralson County0.8013%$1,823/yr$1,793/yr
Harris County0.8514%$2,578/yr$2,228/yr
Hart County0.5621%$1,209/yr$1,824/yr
Heard County0.5616%$1,049/yr$1,260/yr
Henry County0.8732%$2,741/yr$3,722/yr
Houston County0.8348%$1,835/yr$2,456/yr
Irwin County1.072%$1,132/yr$719/yr
Jackson County0.8696%$3,000/yr$3,096/yr
Jasper County0.8048%$1,959/yr$1,553/yr
Jeff Davis County0.9239%$1,093/yr$938/yr
Jefferson County0.9573%$1,009/yr$816/yr
Jenkins County0.8579%$797/yr$612/yr
Johnson County0.9368%$889/yr$614/yr
Jones County0.9656%$1,878/yr$1,365/yr
Lamar County0.861%$1,864/yr$1,377/yr
Lanier County0.9951%$1,615/yr$1,020/yr
Laurens County0.6608%$1,021/yr$1,490/yr
Lee County0.9707%$2,250/yr$1,859/yr
Liberty County1.0357%$2,087/yr$2,447/yr
Lincoln County0.9904%$1,643/yr$1,026/yr
Long County0.8717%$1,903/yr$1,392/yr
Lowndes County0.8117%$1,750/yr$2,445/yr
Lumpkin County0.646%$1,989/yr$2,836/yr
Macon County0.9805%$954/yr$800/yr
Madison County0.7633%$1,677/yr$1,754/yr
Marion County0.7073%$1,090/yr$967/yr
McDuffie County0.8173%$1,391/yr$1,307/yr
McIntosh County0.8002%$1,462/yr$1,987/yr
Meriwether County0.856%$1,445/yr$1,222/yr
Miller County1.2863%$1,595/yr$913/yr
Mitchell County1.3226%$1,402/yr$1,124/yr
Monroe County0.6954%$1,886/yr$1,952/yr
Montgomery County1.0424%$1,204/yr$735/yr
Morgan County0.7084%$2,425/yr$2,482/yr
Murray County0.6779%$1,225/yr$1,755/yr
Muscogee County0.8561%$1,660/yr$2,332/yr
Newton County0.886%$2,348/yr$2,558/yr
Oconee County0.698%$3,222/yr$2,501/yr
Oglethorpe County0.7483%$1,733/yr$1,479/yr
Paulding County0.8026%$2,619/yr$3,634/yr
Peach County1.0188%$2,117/yr$1,556/yr
Pickens County0.5981%$1,990/yr$2,806/yr
Pierce County0.8258%$1,266/yr$1,150/yr
Pike County0.873%$2,668/yr$1,950/yr
Polk County0.7532%$1,413/yr$2,004/yr
Pulaski County0.9283%$1,463/yr$1,128/yr
Putnam County0.6811%$1,698/yr$2,457/yr
Rabun County0.5593%$1,651/yr$2,728/yr
Randolph County1.0687%$964/yr$639/yr
Richmond County0.8448%$1,508/yr$2,227/yr
Rockdale County0.7081%$2,074/yr$2,951/yr
Schley County0.8951%$1,288/yr$836/yr
Screven County1.222%$1,519/yr$1,135/yr
Seminole County1.219%$1,486/yr$978/yr
Spalding County0.9366%$2,142/yr$2,036/yr
Stephens County0.8123%$1,424/yr$1,460/yr
Stewart County1.5269%$994/yr$535/yr
Sumter County1.2496%$1,502/yr$1,184/yr
Talbot County1.158%$1,356/yr$700/yr
Taliaferro County1.3091%$902/yr$501/yr
Tattnall County0.9%$1,260/yr$1,542/yr
Taylor County0.9555%$838/yr$574/yr
Telfair County1.12%$1,269/yr$858/yr
Terrell County1.0363%$1,227/yr$833/yr
Thomas County0.7824%$1,539/yr$2,130/yr
Tift County0.859%$1,419/yr$1,663/yr
Toombs County0.9015%$1,235/yr$1,238/yr
Towns County0.3429%$1,084/yr$2,783/yr
Treutlen County0.7073%$708/yr$593/yr
Troup County0.9319%$2,024/yr$2,251/yr
Turner County1.0545%$1,026/yr$685/yr
Twiggs County0.7251%$807/yr$714/yr
Union County0.5241%$1,611/yr$3,010/yr
Upson County0.8494%$1,433/yr$1,194/yr
Walker County0.7504%$1,479/yr$2,226/yr
Walton County0.7549%$2,563/yr$3,389/yr
Ware County0.9562%$1,047/yr$1,046/yr
Warren County1.0879%$730/yr$532/yr
Washington County1.0018%$1,127/yr$854/yr
Wayne County0.777%$1,265/yr$1,496/yr
Webster County1.1199%$925/yr$513/yr
Wheeler County0.6281%$554/yr$552/yr
White County0.6454%$1,800/yr$2,587/yr
Whitfield County0.6381%$1,391/yr$2,621/yr
Wilcox County0.9075%$795/yr$593/yr
Wilkes County1.053%$1,292/yr$829/yr
Wilkinson County0.898%$775/yr$528/yr
Worth County1.1296%$1,185/yr$898/yr

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