State guides
Property tax rates in every state
Property taxes range from about 0.3% of home value per year to over 2.2% depending on where you live — a difference of thousands of dollars a year on the same house. Pick your state for the local picture, or scan the full comparison below.
Rates are approximate statewide effective averages on owner-occupied homes; your county and city set the actual bill. National average: about 0.99%.
| # | State | Effective rate | On a median home |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | 2.23% | $12,265/yr |
| 2 | Illinois | 2.08% | $5,616/yr |
| 3 | New Hampshire | 1.93% | $9,264/yr |
| 4 | Vermont | 1.83% | $7,320/yr |
| 5 | Connecticut | 1.79% | $7,697/yr |
| 6 | Texas | 1.68% | $5,040/yr |
| 7 | New York | 1.64% | $7,872/yr |
| 8 | Nebraska | 1.63% | $4,727/yr |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 1.61% | $4,991/yr |
| 10 | Ohio | 1.59% | $3,816/yr |
| 11 | Iowa | 1.52% | $3,496/yr |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | 1.49% | $4,023/yr |
| 13 | Rhode Island | 1.40% | $6,720/yr |
| 14 | Michigan | 1.38% | $3,450/yr |
| 15 | Kansas | 1.34% | $3,216/yr |
| 16 | Maine | 1.24% | $4,960/yr |
| 17 | South Dakota | 1.17% | $3,627/yr |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 1.14% | $7,410/yr |
| 19 | Minnesota | 1.11% | $3,885/yr |
| 20 | Alaska | 1.07% | $3,852/yr |
| 21 | Maryland | 1.05% | $4,515/yr |
| 22 | North Dakota | 0.98% | $2,646/yr |
| 23 | Oregon | 0.93% | $4,650/yr |
| 24 | Missouri | 0.91% | $2,366/yr |
| 25 | Georgia | 0.90% | $2,970/yr |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 0.89% | $1,869/yr |
| 27 | Washington | 0.87% | $5,220/yr |
| 28 | Indiana | 0.84% | $2,100/yr |
| 29 | Kentucky | 0.83% | $1,826/yr |
| 30 | Virginia | 0.82% | $3,280/yr |
| 31 | Florida | 0.80% | $3,200/yr |
| 32 | California | 0.75% | $5,925/yr |
| 33 | Mississippi | 0.75% | $1,425/yr |
| 34 | Montana | 0.74% | $3,478/yr |
| 35 | North Carolina | 0.73% | $2,409/yr |
| 36 | New Mexico | 0.67% | $2,077/yr |
| 37 | Arkansas | 0.62% | $1,364/yr |
| 38 | Delaware | 0.58% | $2,262/yr |
| 39 | Tennessee | 0.58% | $1,856/yr |
| 40 | Utah | 0.57% | $2,964/yr |
| 41 | Washington, D.C. | 0.57% | $3,648/yr |
| 42 | Arizona | 0.56% | $2,408/yr |
| 43 | Idaho | 0.56% | $2,576/yr |
| 44 | Louisiana | 0.56% | $1,176/yr |
| 45 | South Carolina | 0.56% | $1,680/yr |
| 46 | Wyoming | 0.56% | $1,960/yr |
| 47 | Nevada | 0.55% | $2,420/yr |
| 48 | West Virginia | 0.55% | $935/yr |
| 49 | Colorado | 0.51% | $2,805/yr |
| 50 | Alabama | 0.40% | $920/yr |
| 51 | Hawaii | 0.29% | $2,465/yr |