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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Lowest Property Taxes in Washington

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.

Washington ranked

#County Effective rateMedian homeAnnual tax
1 San Juan County 0.569%$726,500$4,131
2 Lincoln County 0.595%$272,300$1,621
3 Wahkiakum County 0.605%$344,500$2,084
4 Garfield County 0.610%$214,200$1,306
5 Klickitat County 0.618%$388,700$2,401
6 Ferry County 0.653%$274,500$1,792
7 Stevens County 0.655%$308,000$2,016
8 Pend Oreille County 0.665%$307,800$2,048
9 Island County 0.703%$535,300$3,765
10 Kittitas County 0.708%$459,900$3,255
11 Chelan County 0.711%$454,900$3,235
12 Lewis County 0.712%$341,500$2,433
13 Whatcom County 0.712%$536,100$3,819
14 Skamania County 0.715%$472,600$3,380
15 Jefferson County 0.726%$495,100$3,596
16 Clallam County 0.742%$385,600$2,860
17 Mason County 0.751%$377,400$2,833
18 Franklin County 0.763%$345,700$2,638
19 Okanogan County 0.772%$284,200$2,194
20 Douglas County 0.786%$402,900$3,168
21 Benton County 0.788%$369,400$2,910
22 Snohomish County 0.794%$644,600$5,121
23 Whitman County 0.794%$323,300$2,566
24 Kitsap County 0.797%$505,700$4,030
25 Asotin County 0.800%$286,200$2,289
26 Cowlitz County 0.813%$367,400$2,988
27 Yakima County 0.818%$281,100$2,299
28 Pacific County 0.821%$274,000$2,250
29 Grant County 0.823%$275,700$2,268
30 Skagit County 0.824%$486,200$4,008
31 Clark County 0.836%$487,900$4,080
32 King County 0.836%$811,200$6,785
33 Adams County 0.837%$251,300$2,104
34 Spokane County 0.863%$370,500$3,196
35 Columbia County 0.865%$256,100$2,215
36 Grays Harbor County 0.873%$279,500$2,441
37 Thurston County 0.895%$451,500$4,043
38 Walla Walla County 0.901%$375,600$3,386
39 Pierce County 0.940%$484,400$4,555

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 Washington

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