Property tax in Walker County, Alabama

Who sends the property tax bill in Walker County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Walker County Revenue Commissioner. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Walker County Revenue Commissioner, Appraisal Division, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

One office, the Revenue Commissioner, both values property and collects the tax, at the Walker County Courthouse on 3rd Avenue in Jasper. Taxes are paid a year in arrears: the bill due October 1 is based on ownership as of October 1 of the year before, so a bill may still be in the prior owner's name. The county lists city millage for Jasper, Carbon Hill, Cordova, Dora, Sumiton and the other towns alongside the county rate. Card payments in person, online or by phone carry a fee of 2.5% or 30 cents, whichever is greater, charged by the payment vendor; the office cannot take electronic checks.

When are property taxes due in Walker County?

For the Tax Year 2026 (payable October 1 through December 31, 2026) bill, Walker County has one due date: December 31, 2026. Taxes are due October 1 and payable with no late fees through December 31, which falls on a Thursday in 2026. Online payment opens October 1, 2026, and card payments by phone are taken after October 10. The county says taxes must be paid or postmarked by December 31, and under Alabama law a payment sent by U.S. mail counts as paid on the date of its U.S. Postal Service postmark. Taxes become delinquent January 1, when penalties and interest of 1% a month start. February 15 is the last day to pay by personal or business check; after that, pay by cash, certified check, money order or card. Delinquent properties are advertised on the county's website in March and April, and the tax lien sale is held the first Monday in May, which is May 3 in 2027.

From Walker County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Walker County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Walker County's average effective rate of 0.26% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Walker County at a glance

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Walker County compare in Alabama?

Among Alabama's 67 counties, Walker County has the 61st highest effective property-tax rate: 60 rank higher and 6 rank lower. That places it among the least taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 3109th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Alabama county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Walker County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Walker County's 19,330 owner-occupied homes, 1% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 2.8% pay at least $2,000, and 62.2% pay under $800. Another 22.8% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $415 and owners without one pay $263. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Walker County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $356 is about 0.5% of the median income of Walker County homeowner households, $66,394 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 76.1% of Walker County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Walker County?

Yes. The median bill went from $276 in 2015-2019 to $356 in 2020-2024, a 29% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 30.3%, from $104,300 to $135,900.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Walker County

Walker County borders 7 counties.

How is a home assessed in Walker County?

Alabama assesses homes at 10% of market value in every county, Walker County included. How Alabama assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Walker County?

Yes. Alabama exempts $4,000 of assessed value from the state portion of the tax and $2,000 from county tax (not school taxes). Apply with the county tax assessing official between October 1 and December 31. That is the Alabama rule, and it applies in Walker County. Alabama's exemptions and relief programs in full.

Walker County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Alabama ones (checked September 23, 2026).

How to appeal your Walker County property assessment

In Walker County you appeal to the Walker County Board of Equalization. The deadline: The county says you have 30 days from the date of a written notice of a change in value to file an appeal with the Board of Equalization, which matches Alabama law's 30 calendar days from the date of the Board's mailed notice. If no notice is mailed to you, Alabama law allows 30 calendar days from the date the second of two weekly newspaper notices is published announcing that the year's values have been set. The Appraisal Department may review the value first, and if you still disagree a hearing before the Board is scheduled. A Board decision can be appealed to Circuit Court within 30 calendar days of the date of the notice the Board mails you with its decision. To keep a Circuit Court appeal alive, you must pay the taxes due at the prior year's assessment before they become delinquent, or post a bond for double the tax. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

How Alabama's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Alabama rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Alabama page.

Work out your own numbers

• How much house can I afford?

  Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Walker County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

  Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.

• Alabama income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what Alabama actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Walker County

  The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.