Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Property Taxes in Georgia
Effective property tax rate is median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value, the standard published measure. It is the fairest way to compare counties, because a low rate on an expensive house can still mean a very large bill.
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Georgia ranked
| # | County | Effective rate | Median home | Annual tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart County | 1.711% | $53,000 | $907 |
| 2 | Clinch County | 1.396% | $86,300 | $1,205 |
| 3 | Dougherty County | 1.393% | $129,200 | $1,800 |
| 4 | Miller County | 1.386% | $118,300 | $1,640 |
| 5 | Sumter County | 1.321% | $122,300 | $1,616 |
| 6 | Brooks County | 1.281% | $118,100 | $1,513 |
| 7 | Mitchell County | 1.277% | $105,500 | $1,347 |
| 8 | Taliaferro County | 1.254% | $73,100 | $917 |
| 9 | Dooly County | 1.243% | $96,400 | $1,198 |
| 10 | Seminole County | 1.220% | $111,600 | $1,361 |
| 11 | Screven County | 1.181% | $122,300 | $1,444 |
| 12 | Macon County | 1.162% | $87,000 | $1,011 |
| 13 | Crisp County | 1.156% | $120,800 | $1,396 |
| 14 | Calhoun County | 1.152% | $82,200 | $947 |
| 15 | Wilkes County | 1.137% | $105,000 | $1,194 |
| 16 | Turner County | 1.131% | $95,200 | $1,077 |
| 17 | Peach County | 1.124% | $186,100 | $2,092 |
| 18 | Brantley County | 1.120% | $91,800 | $1,028 |
| 19 | Irwin County | 1.115% | $105,300 | $1,174 |
| 20 | Bibb County | 1.101% | $165,800 | $1,826 |
| 21 | Washington County | 1.097% | $115,600 | $1,268 |
| 22 | Terrell County | 1.096% | $111,500 | $1,222 |
| 23 | Telfair County | 1.091% | $108,200 | $1,181 |
| 24 | Talbot County | 1.088% | $127,200 | $1,384 |
| 25 | Worth County | 1.086% | $112,400 | $1,221 |
| 26 | Bleckley County | 1.082% | $132,900 | $1,438 |
| 27 | Ben Hill County | 1.061% | $114,600 | $1,216 |
| 28 | Wilcox County | 1.058% | $71,200 | $753 |
| 29 | Liberty County | 1.053% | $180,200 | $1,897 |
| 30 | Clay County | 1.044% | $92,500 | $966 |
| 31 | Candler County | 1.041% | $135,600 | $1,412 |
| 32 | Evans County | 1.032% | $139,700 | $1,442 |
| 33 | Warren County | 1.031% | $78,000 | $804 |
| 34 | Bacon County | 1.022% | $104,100 | $1,064 |
| 35 | Tattnall County | 1.018% | $122,400 | $1,246 |
| 36 | Lanier County | 1.017% | $161,100 | $1,639 |
| 37 | Webster County | 1.014% | $92,200 | $935 |
| 38 | Ware County | 1.011% | $106,500 | $1,077 |
| 39 | Lee County | 1.002% | $226,900 | $2,273 |
| 40 | Long County | 0.997% | $196,500 | $1,959 |
| 41 | Hancock County | 0.994% | $87,400 | $869 |
| 42 | Jefferson County | 0.991% | $93,100 | $923 |
| 43 | Chattahoochee County | 0.990% | $99,800 | $988 |
| 44 | Berrien County | 0.989% | $115,200 | $1,139 |
| 45 | Glascock County | 0.989% | $122,800 | $1,214 |
| 46 | Echols County | 0.986% | $112,600 | $1,110 |
| 47 | Elbert County | 0.983% | $114,600 | $1,126 |
| 48 | Grady County | 0.979% | $136,500 | $1,337 |
| 49 | Gwinnett County | 0.978% | $345,700 | $3,381 |
| 50 | Emanuel County | 0.975% | $88,200 | $860 |
| 51 | Troup County | 0.972% | $187,800 | $1,826 |
| 52 | Spalding County | 0.965% | $196,600 | $1,897 |
| 53 | Montgomery County | 0.964% | $118,200 | $1,140 |
| 54 | Toombs County | 0.962% | $127,100 | $1,223 |
| 55 | Jenkins County | 0.958% | $81,100 | $777 |
| 56 | Jones County | 0.958% | $174,600 | $1,673 |
| 57 | Effingham County | 0.956% | $245,300 | $2,344 |
| 58 | Treutlen County | 0.955% | $98,400 | $940 |
| 59 | Dodge County | 0.954% | $108,700 | $1,037 |
| 60 | Lamar County | 0.948% | $201,400 | $1,910 |
| 61 | Camden County | 0.939% | $233,900 | $2,197 |
| 62 | Tift County | 0.936% | $143,100 | $1,339 |
| 63 | Meriwether County | 0.931% | $154,600 | $1,439 |
| 64 | Jeff Davis County | 0.930% | $109,300 | $1,016 |
| 65 | Decatur County | 0.925% | $146,200 | $1,353 |
| 66 | Pike County | 0.924% | $265,700 | $2,456 |
| 67 | Henry County | 0.922% | $277,400 | $2,559 |
| 68 | DeKalb County | 0.919% | $331,400 | $3,046 |
| 69 | Johnson County | 0.918% | $91,200 | $837 |
| 70 | Pierce County | 0.915% | $132,100 | $1,209 |
| 71 | Newton County | 0.914% | $233,300 | $2,133 |
| 72 | Pulaski County | 0.912% | $144,300 | $1,316 |
| 73 | Charlton County | 0.908% | $119,000 | $1,081 |
| 74 | Burke County | 0.907% | $107,800 | $978 |
| 75 | Chatham County | 0.901% | $273,300 | $2,463 |
| 76 | Clarke County | 0.899% | $271,900 | $2,444 |
| 77 | Taylor County | 0.897% | $82,900 | $744 |
| 78 | Clayton County | 0.893% | $194,500 | $1,737 |
| 79 | Fulton County | 0.892% | $431,200 | $3,847 |
| 80 | Jasper County | 0.890% | $219,700 | $1,956 |
| 81 | Schley County | 0.887% | $152,900 | $1,356 |
| 82 | Harris County | 0.886% | $278,700 | $2,470 |
| 83 | Upson County | 0.886% | $149,500 | $1,325 |
| 84 | Atkinson County | 0.883% | $76,300 | $674 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 0.883% | $312,700 | $2,761 |
| 86 | Lincoln County | 0.883% | $163,600 | $1,445 |
| 87 | Richmond County | 0.882% | $163,300 | $1,440 |
| 88 | Wilkinson County | 0.882% | $90,800 | $801 |
| 89 | Randolph County | 0.880% | $90,900 | $800 |
| 90 | Baker County | 0.868% | $120,100 | $1,042 |
| 91 | Colquitt County | 0.866% | $121,400 | $1,051 |
| 92 | Houston County | 0.856% | $205,600 | $1,759 |
| 93 | Chattooga County | 0.855% | $98,700 | $844 |
| 94 | Haralson County | 0.849% | $210,400 | $1,787 |
| 95 | McDuffie County | 0.849% | $155,100 | $1,317 |
| 96 | Appling County | 0.846% | $81,400 | $689 |
| 97 | Columbia County | 0.846% | $287,400 | $2,431 |
| 98 | Paulding County | 0.846% | $289,000 | $2,444 |
| 99 | Quitman County | 0.844% | $103,000 | $869 |
| 100 | Crawford County | 0.842% | $144,800 | $1,219 |
| 101 | Muscogee County | 0.837% | $182,300 | $1,526 |
| 102 | Barrow County | 0.832% | $255,200 | $2,124 |
| 103 | Lowndes County | 0.830% | $197,900 | $1,643 |
| 104 | Stephens County | 0.830% | $168,200 | $1,396 |
| 105 | Butts County | 0.828% | $227,800 | $1,886 |
| 106 | Thomas County | 0.825% | $185,300 | $1,528 |
| 107 | Early County | 0.822% | $130,100 | $1,069 |
| 108 | Twiggs County | 0.822% | $104,500 | $859 |
| 109 | Cook County | 0.820% | $123,000 | $1,009 |
| 110 | Madison County | 0.809% | $198,800 | $1,608 |
| 111 | Walton County | 0.809% | $300,500 | $2,431 |
| 112 | Coffee County | 0.807% | $125,700 | $1,014 |
| 113 | Floyd County | 0.804% | $194,100 | $1,560 |
| 114 | Oglethorpe County | 0.804% | $198,700 | $1,597 |
| 115 | Polk County | 0.799% | $163,500 | $1,307 |
| 116 | Wayne County | 0.796% | $149,800 | $1,193 |
| 117 | Douglas County | 0.793% | $262,200 | $2,079 |
| 118 | Bryan County | 0.789% | $317,100 | $2,501 |
| 119 | Fayette County | 0.781% | $405,600 | $3,168 |
| 120 | Bulloch County | 0.778% | $191,600 | $1,491 |
| 121 | Walker County | 0.778% | $173,900 | $1,353 |
| 122 | Coweta County | 0.771% | $321,900 | $2,482 |
| 123 | Laurens County | 0.769% | $137,400 | $1,057 |
| 124 | Franklin County | 0.767% | $160,600 | $1,231 |
| 125 | Hall County | 0.760% | $313,600 | $2,382 |
| 126 | Forsyth County | 0.759% | $493,800 | $3,747 |
| 127 | McIntosh County | 0.753% | $173,900 | $1,310 |
| 128 | Wheeler County | 0.753% | $74,600 | $562 |
| 129 | Baldwin County | 0.742% | $164,700 | $1,222 |
| 130 | Morgan County | 0.742% | $323,100 | $2,399 |
| 131 | Bartow County | 0.725% | $262,200 | $1,901 |
| 132 | Putnam County | 0.723% | $222,000 | $1,604 |
| 133 | Oconee County | 0.719% | $425,100 | $3,056 |
| 134 | Rockdale County | 0.718% | $256,600 | $1,843 |
| 135 | Gordon County | 0.705% | $205,600 | $1,450 |
| 136 | Marion County | 0.704% | $122,100 | $860 |
| 137 | Cherokee County | 0.701% | $389,800 | $2,734 |
| 138 | Catoosa County | 0.689% | $214,200 | $1,475 |
| 139 | Lumpkin County | 0.688% | $277,200 | $1,908 |
| 140 | Monroe County | 0.686% | $243,200 | $1,669 |
| 141 | Cobb County | 0.685% | $373,700 | $2,560 |
| 142 | Greene County | 0.685% | $342,200 | $2,343 |
| 143 | Whitfield County | 0.673% | $198,900 | $1,339 |
| 144 | Pickens County | 0.661% | $289,600 | $1,914 |
| 145 | White County | 0.661% | $262,200 | $1,732 |
| 146 | Murray County | 0.641% | $173,300 | $1,111 |
| 147 | Heard County | 0.640% | $161,000 | $1,030 |
| 148 | Glynn County | 0.638% | $268,300 | $1,712 |
| 149 | Dawson County | 0.632% | $351,900 | $2,224 |
| 150 | Banks County | 0.630% | $251,700 | $1,586 |
| 151 | Habersham County | 0.627% | $212,000 | $1,330 |
| 152 | Carroll County | 0.624% | $227,500 | $1,420 |
| 153 | Dade County | 0.624% | $166,600 | $1,039 |
| 154 | Hart County | 0.539% | $206,500 | $1,113 |
| 155 | Rabun County | 0.537% | $272,600 | $1,463 |
| 156 | Union County | 0.505% | $272,600 | $1,376 |
| 157 | Gilmer County | 0.384% | $278,900 | $1,070 |
| 158 | Towns County | 0.365% | $311,900 | $1,139 |
| 159 | Fannin County | 0.349% | $274,600 | $959 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 6.76%. 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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