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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Lowest Property Tax Bills in Alabama

The smallest annual property tax bills in the country in dollar terms. Low home values do most of the work here, so a low bill is not the same thing as a low rate.

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Alabama ranked

#County Annual taxMedian homeEffective rate
1 Choctaw County $199$111,8000.178%
2 Lamar County $245$112,7000.217%
3 Bibb County $271$132,6000.204%
4 Sumter County $297$84,1000.353%
5 Coosa County $303$111,8000.271%
6 Marion County $308$104,3000.295%
7 Bullock County $309$79,4000.389%
8 Wilcox County $309$84,2000.367%
9 Perry County $325$87,7000.371%
10 Clay County $326$144,7000.225%
11 Conecuh County $328$101,3000.324%
12 Lowndes County $329$80,6000.408%
13 Butler County $342$99,7000.343%
14 Crenshaw County $347$108,4000.320%
15 Fayette County $347$121,2000.286%
16 Pickens County $356$123,3000.289%
17 Walker County $357$131,1000.272%
18 Washington County $357$152,8000.234%
19 Covington County $358$142,5000.251%
20 Monroe County $362$114,9000.315%
21 Winston County $363$110,5000.329%
22 Geneva County $382$120,2000.318%
23 Clarke County $388$126,4000.307%
24 Marengo County $397$103,4000.384%
25 Pike County $403$149,0000.270%
26 Hale County $406$126,3000.321%
27 Randolph County $412$184,0000.224%
28 Dallas County $413$97,4000.424%
29 Barbour County $415$109,9000.378%
30 Cleburne County $417$144,2000.289%
31 Greene County $422$86,4000.488%
32 Dale County $426$129,1000.330%
33 Franklin County $432$128,0000.338%
34 Jackson County $449$145,8000.308%
35 Tallapoosa County $450$144,8000.311%
36 Cullman County $457$180,5000.253%
37 DeKalb County $458$135,5000.338%
38 Lawrence County $459$150,7000.305%
39 Macon County $468$95,7000.489%
40 Chilton County $478$142,3000.336%
41 Escambia County $485$122,7000.395%
42 Chambers County $496$129,7000.382%
43 Henry County $506$147,8000.342%
44 Blount County $508$169,7000.299%
45 Talladega County $509$137,9000.369%
46 Houston County $534$178,0000.300%
47 Elmore County $563$213,6000.264%
48 Autauga County $564$197,9000.285%
49 Etowah County $585$160,6000.364%
50 Montgomery County $598$160,1000.374%
51 Colbert County $604$161,6000.374%
52 Calhoun County $610$149,5000.408%
53 Coffee County $615$180,3000.341%
54 Russell County $631$152,3000.414%
55 Cherokee County $643$165,9000.388%
56 St. Clair County $666$218,5000.305%
57 Morgan County $674$193,0000.349%
58 Lauderdale County $697$185,8000.375%
59 Marshall County $699$183,4000.381%
60 Tuscaloosa County $754$233,7000.323%
61 Limestone County $782$255,1000.307%
62 Mobile County $849$176,6000.481%
63 Baldwin County $881$287,0000.307%
64 Madison County $1,081$267,8000.404%
65 Lee County $1,183$238,7000.496%
66 Jefferson County $1,340$224,9000.596%
67 Shelby County $1,343$298,7000.450%

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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