Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Property Tax Bills in Georgia
Ranked by dollars actually paid rather than by rate. This list looks very different from the rate ranking: expensive coastal counties appear here on the strength of their home values alone, even where the percentage is unremarkable.
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Georgia ranked
| # | County | Annual tax | Median home | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton County | $3,847 | $431,200 | 0.892% |
| 2 | Forsyth County | $3,747 | $493,800 | 0.759% |
| 3 | Gwinnett County | $3,381 | $345,700 | 0.978% |
| 4 | Fayette County | $3,168 | $405,600 | 0.781% |
| 5 | Oconee County | $3,056 | $425,100 | 0.719% |
| 6 | DeKalb County | $3,046 | $331,400 | 0.919% |
| 7 | Jackson County | $2,761 | $312,700 | 0.883% |
| 8 | Cherokee County | $2,734 | $389,800 | 0.701% |
| 9 | Cobb County | $2,560 | $373,700 | 0.685% |
| 10 | Henry County | $2,559 | $277,400 | 0.922% |
| 11 | Bryan County | $2,501 | $317,100 | 0.789% |
| 12 | Coweta County | $2,482 | $321,900 | 0.771% |
| 13 | Harris County | $2,470 | $278,700 | 0.886% |
| 14 | Chatham County | $2,463 | $273,300 | 0.901% |
| 15 | Pike County | $2,456 | $265,700 | 0.924% |
| 16 | Clarke County | $2,444 | $271,900 | 0.899% |
| 17 | Paulding County | $2,444 | $289,000 | 0.846% |
| 18 | Columbia County | $2,431 | $287,400 | 0.846% |
| 19 | Walton County | $2,431 | $300,500 | 0.809% |
| 20 | Morgan County | $2,399 | $323,100 | 0.742% |
| 21 | Hall County | $2,382 | $313,600 | 0.760% |
| 22 | Effingham County | $2,344 | $245,300 | 0.956% |
| 23 | Greene County | $2,343 | $342,200 | 0.685% |
| 24 | Lee County | $2,273 | $226,900 | 1.002% |
| 25 | Dawson County | $2,224 | $351,900 | 0.632% |
| 26 | Camden County | $2,197 | $233,900 | 0.939% |
| 27 | Newton County | $2,133 | $233,300 | 0.914% |
| 28 | Barrow County | $2,124 | $255,200 | 0.832% |
| 29 | Peach County | $2,092 | $186,100 | 1.124% |
| 30 | Douglas County | $2,079 | $262,200 | 0.793% |
| 31 | Long County | $1,959 | $196,500 | 0.997% |
| 32 | Jasper County | $1,956 | $219,700 | 0.890% |
| 33 | Pickens County | $1,914 | $289,600 | 0.661% |
| 34 | Lamar County | $1,910 | $201,400 | 0.948% |
| 35 | Lumpkin County | $1,908 | $277,200 | 0.688% |
| 36 | Bartow County | $1,901 | $262,200 | 0.725% |
| 37 | Liberty County | $1,897 | $180,200 | 1.053% |
| 38 | Spalding County | $1,897 | $196,600 | 0.965% |
| 39 | Butts County | $1,886 | $227,800 | 0.828% |
| 40 | Rockdale County | $1,843 | $256,600 | 0.718% |
| 41 | Bibb County | $1,826 | $165,800 | 1.101% |
| 42 | Troup County | $1,826 | $187,800 | 0.972% |
| 43 | Dougherty County | $1,800 | $129,200 | 1.393% |
| 44 | Haralson County | $1,787 | $210,400 | 0.849% |
| 45 | Houston County | $1,759 | $205,600 | 0.856% |
| 46 | Clayton County | $1,737 | $194,500 | 0.893% |
| 47 | White County | $1,732 | $262,200 | 0.661% |
| 48 | Glynn County | $1,712 | $268,300 | 0.638% |
| 49 | Jones County | $1,673 | $174,600 | 0.958% |
| 50 | Monroe County | $1,669 | $243,200 | 0.686% |
| 51 | Lowndes County | $1,643 | $197,900 | 0.830% |
| 52 | Miller County | $1,640 | $118,300 | 1.386% |
| 53 | Lanier County | $1,639 | $161,100 | 1.017% |
| 54 | Sumter County | $1,616 | $122,300 | 1.321% |
| 55 | Madison County | $1,608 | $198,800 | 0.809% |
| 56 | Putnam County | $1,604 | $222,000 | 0.723% |
| 57 | Oglethorpe County | $1,597 | $198,700 | 0.804% |
| 58 | Banks County | $1,586 | $251,700 | 0.630% |
| 59 | Floyd County | $1,560 | $194,100 | 0.804% |
| 60 | Thomas County | $1,528 | $185,300 | 0.825% |
| 61 | Muscogee County | $1,526 | $182,300 | 0.837% |
| 62 | Brooks County | $1,513 | $118,100 | 1.281% |
| 63 | Bulloch County | $1,491 | $191,600 | 0.778% |
| 64 | Catoosa County | $1,475 | $214,200 | 0.689% |
| 65 | Rabun County | $1,463 | $272,600 | 0.537% |
| 66 | Gordon County | $1,450 | $205,600 | 0.705% |
| 67 | Lincoln County | $1,445 | $163,600 | 0.883% |
| 68 | Screven County | $1,444 | $122,300 | 1.181% |
| 69 | Evans County | $1,442 | $139,700 | 1.032% |
| 70 | Richmond County | $1,440 | $163,300 | 0.882% |
| 71 | Meriwether County | $1,439 | $154,600 | 0.931% |
| 72 | Bleckley County | $1,438 | $132,900 | 1.082% |
| 73 | Carroll County | $1,420 | $227,500 | 0.624% |
| 74 | Candler County | $1,412 | $135,600 | 1.041% |
| 75 | Crisp County | $1,396 | $120,800 | 1.156% |
| 76 | Stephens County | $1,396 | $168,200 | 0.830% |
| 77 | Talbot County | $1,384 | $127,200 | 1.088% |
| 78 | Union County | $1,376 | $272,600 | 0.505% |
| 79 | Seminole County | $1,361 | $111,600 | 1.220% |
| 80 | Schley County | $1,356 | $152,900 | 0.887% |
| 81 | Decatur County | $1,353 | $146,200 | 0.925% |
| 82 | Walker County | $1,353 | $173,900 | 0.778% |
| 83 | Mitchell County | $1,347 | $105,500 | 1.277% |
| 84 | Tift County | $1,339 | $143,100 | 0.936% |
| 85 | Whitfield County | $1,339 | $198,900 | 0.673% |
| 86 | Grady County | $1,337 | $136,500 | 0.979% |
| 87 | Habersham County | $1,330 | $212,000 | 0.627% |
| 88 | Upson County | $1,325 | $149,500 | 0.886% |
| 89 | McDuffie County | $1,317 | $155,100 | 0.849% |
| 90 | Pulaski County | $1,316 | $144,300 | 0.912% |
| 91 | McIntosh County | $1,310 | $173,900 | 0.753% |
| 92 | Polk County | $1,307 | $163,500 | 0.799% |
| 93 | Washington County | $1,268 | $115,600 | 1.097% |
| 94 | Tattnall County | $1,246 | $122,400 | 1.018% |
| 95 | Franklin County | $1,231 | $160,600 | 0.767% |
| 96 | Toombs County | $1,223 | $127,100 | 0.962% |
| 97 | Baldwin County | $1,222 | $164,700 | 0.742% |
| 98 | Terrell County | $1,222 | $111,500 | 1.096% |
| 99 | Worth County | $1,221 | $112,400 | 1.086% |
| 100 | Crawford County | $1,219 | $144,800 | 0.842% |
| 101 | Ben Hill County | $1,216 | $114,600 | 1.061% |
| 102 | Glascock County | $1,214 | $122,800 | 0.989% |
| 103 | Pierce County | $1,209 | $132,100 | 0.915% |
| 104 | Clinch County | $1,205 | $86,300 | 1.396% |
| 105 | Dooly County | $1,198 | $96,400 | 1.243% |
| 106 | Wilkes County | $1,194 | $105,000 | 1.137% |
| 107 | Wayne County | $1,193 | $149,800 | 0.796% |
| 108 | Telfair County | $1,181 | $108,200 | 1.091% |
| 109 | Irwin County | $1,174 | $105,300 | 1.115% |
| 110 | Montgomery County | $1,140 | $118,200 | 0.964% |
| 111 | Berrien County | $1,139 | $115,200 | 0.989% |
| 112 | Towns County | $1,139 | $311,900 | 0.365% |
| 113 | Elbert County | $1,126 | $114,600 | 0.983% |
| 114 | Hart County | $1,113 | $206,500 | 0.539% |
| 115 | Murray County | $1,111 | $173,300 | 0.641% |
| 116 | Echols County | $1,110 | $112,600 | 0.986% |
| 117 | Charlton County | $1,081 | $119,000 | 0.908% |
| 118 | Turner County | $1,077 | $95,200 | 1.131% |
| 119 | Ware County | $1,077 | $106,500 | 1.011% |
| 120 | Gilmer County | $1,070 | $278,900 | 0.384% |
| 121 | Early County | $1,069 | $130,100 | 0.822% |
| 122 | Bacon County | $1,064 | $104,100 | 1.022% |
| 123 | Laurens County | $1,057 | $137,400 | 0.769% |
| 124 | Colquitt County | $1,051 | $121,400 | 0.866% |
| 125 | Baker County | $1,042 | $120,100 | 0.868% |
| 126 | Dade County | $1,039 | $166,600 | 0.624% |
| 127 | Dodge County | $1,037 | $108,700 | 0.954% |
| 128 | Heard County | $1,030 | $161,000 | 0.640% |
| 129 | Brantley County | $1,028 | $91,800 | 1.120% |
| 130 | Jeff Davis County | $1,016 | $109,300 | 0.930% |
| 131 | Coffee County | $1,014 | $125,700 | 0.807% |
| 132 | Macon County | $1,011 | $87,000 | 1.162% |
| 133 | Cook County | $1,009 | $123,000 | 0.820% |
| 134 | Chattahoochee County | $988 | $99,800 | 0.990% |
| 135 | Burke County | $978 | $107,800 | 0.907% |
| 136 | Clay County | $966 | $92,500 | 1.044% |
| 137 | Fannin County | $959 | $274,600 | 0.349% |
| 138 | Calhoun County | $947 | $82,200 | 1.152% |
| 139 | Treutlen County | $940 | $98,400 | 0.955% |
| 140 | Webster County | $935 | $92,200 | 1.014% |
| 141 | Jefferson County | $923 | $93,100 | 0.991% |
| 142 | Taliaferro County | $917 | $73,100 | 1.254% |
| 143 | Stewart County | $907 | $53,000 | 1.711% |
| 144 | Hancock County | $869 | $87,400 | 0.994% |
| 145 | Quitman County | $869 | $103,000 | 0.844% |
| 146 | Emanuel County | $860 | $88,200 | 0.975% |
| 147 | Marion County | $860 | $122,100 | 0.704% |
| 148 | Twiggs County | $859 | $104,500 | 0.822% |
| 149 | Chattooga County | $844 | $98,700 | 0.855% |
| 150 | Johnson County | $837 | $91,200 | 0.918% |
| 151 | Warren County | $804 | $78,000 | 1.031% |
| 152 | Wilkinson County | $801 | $90,800 | 0.882% |
| 153 | Randolph County | $800 | $90,900 | 0.880% |
| 154 | Jenkins County | $777 | $81,100 | 0.958% |
| 155 | Wilcox County | $753 | $71,200 | 1.058% |
| 156 | Taylor County | $744 | $82,900 | 0.897% |
| 157 | Appling County | $689 | $81,400 | 0.846% |
| 158 | Atkinson County | $674 | $76,300 | 0.883% |
| 159 | Wheeler County | $562 | $74,600 | 0.753% |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
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