Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Property Taxes in Alabama
The counties where property tax takes the smallest share of a home's value. Several are in states with no income tax offset, and a handful are in Alaska boroughs where there is effectively no municipal levy at all.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Alabama ranked
| # | County | Effective rate | Median home | Annual tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choctaw County | 0.178% | $111,800 | $199 |
| 2 | Bibb County | 0.204% | $132,600 | $271 |
| 3 | Lamar County | 0.217% | $112,700 | $245 |
| 4 | Randolph County | 0.224% | $184,000 | $412 |
| 5 | Clay County | 0.225% | $144,700 | $326 |
| 6 | Washington County | 0.234% | $152,800 | $357 |
| 7 | Covington County | 0.251% | $142,500 | $358 |
| 8 | Cullman County | 0.253% | $180,500 | $457 |
| 9 | Elmore County | 0.264% | $213,600 | $563 |
| 10 | Pike County | 0.270% | $149,000 | $403 |
| 11 | Coosa County | 0.271% | $111,800 | $303 |
| 12 | Walker County | 0.272% | $131,100 | $357 |
| 13 | Autauga County | 0.285% | $197,900 | $564 |
| 14 | Fayette County | 0.286% | $121,200 | $347 |
| 15 | Cleburne County | 0.289% | $144,200 | $417 |
| 16 | Pickens County | 0.289% | $123,300 | $356 |
| 17 | Marion County | 0.295% | $104,300 | $308 |
| 18 | Blount County | 0.299% | $169,700 | $508 |
| 19 | Houston County | 0.300% | $178,000 | $534 |
| 20 | Lawrence County | 0.305% | $150,700 | $459 |
| 21 | St. Clair County | 0.305% | $218,500 | $666 |
| 22 | Baldwin County | 0.307% | $287,000 | $881 |
| 23 | Clarke County | 0.307% | $126,400 | $388 |
| 24 | Limestone County | 0.307% | $255,100 | $782 |
| 25 | Jackson County | 0.308% | $145,800 | $449 |
| 26 | Tallapoosa County | 0.311% | $144,800 | $450 |
| 27 | Monroe County | 0.315% | $114,900 | $362 |
| 28 | Geneva County | 0.318% | $120,200 | $382 |
| 29 | Crenshaw County | 0.320% | $108,400 | $347 |
| 30 | Hale County | 0.321% | $126,300 | $406 |
| 31 | Tuscaloosa County | 0.323% | $233,700 | $754 |
| 32 | Conecuh County | 0.324% | $101,300 | $328 |
| 33 | Winston County | 0.329% | $110,500 | $363 |
| 34 | Dale County | 0.330% | $129,100 | $426 |
| 35 | Chilton County | 0.336% | $142,300 | $478 |
| 36 | DeKalb County | 0.338% | $135,500 | $458 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 0.338% | $128,000 | $432 |
| 38 | Coffee County | 0.341% | $180,300 | $615 |
| 39 | Henry County | 0.342% | $147,800 | $506 |
| 40 | Butler County | 0.343% | $99,700 | $342 |
| 41 | Morgan County | 0.349% | $193,000 | $674 |
| 42 | Sumter County | 0.353% | $84,100 | $297 |
| 43 | Etowah County | 0.364% | $160,600 | $585 |
| 44 | Wilcox County | 0.367% | $84,200 | $309 |
| 45 | Talladega County | 0.369% | $137,900 | $509 |
| 46 | Perry County | 0.371% | $87,700 | $325 |
| 47 | Colbert County | 0.374% | $161,600 | $604 |
| 48 | Montgomery County | 0.374% | $160,100 | $598 |
| 49 | Lauderdale County | 0.375% | $185,800 | $697 |
| 50 | Barbour County | 0.378% | $109,900 | $415 |
| 51 | Marshall County | 0.381% | $183,400 | $699 |
| 52 | Chambers County | 0.382% | $129,700 | $496 |
| 53 | Marengo County | 0.384% | $103,400 | $397 |
| 54 | Cherokee County | 0.388% | $165,900 | $643 |
| 55 | Bullock County | 0.389% | $79,400 | $309 |
| 56 | Escambia County | 0.395% | $122,700 | $485 |
| 57 | Madison County | 0.404% | $267,800 | $1,081 |
| 58 | Calhoun County | 0.408% | $149,500 | $610 |
| 59 | Lowndes County | 0.408% | $80,600 | $329 |
| 60 | Russell County | 0.414% | $152,300 | $631 |
| 61 | Dallas County | 0.424% | $97,400 | $413 |
| 62 | Shelby County | 0.450% | $298,700 | $1,343 |
| 63 | Mobile County | 0.481% | $176,600 | $849 |
| 64 | Greene County | 0.488% | $86,400 | $422 |
| 65 | Macon County | 0.489% | $95,700 | $468 |
| 66 | Lee County | 0.496% | $238,700 | $1,183 |
| 67 | Jefferson County | 0.596% | $224,900 | $1,340 |
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.
Nationwide
Lowest Property Taxes across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alabama