Property tax in Yolo County, California

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

The bill comes from the Yolo County Tax Collector (Department of Financial Services). The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Yolo County Assessor (Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Elections Department), 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.

The Assessor sets the value, the Auditor-Controller prepares the bill, and the Tax Collector mails it and takes the payment; call the Tax Collector at (530) 666-8625 with payment questions. Secured bills are mailed in October. Paying online by credit or debit card adds a 2.34% convenience fee; e-check is free, and you can also pay by phone, by mail or in person. Unsecured bills (for property such as boats and business equipment) are separate: they are mailed by July 31 and are delinquent if unpaid by 5 p.m. on August 31.

When are property taxes due in Yolo County?

For the 2026-27 bill, Yolo County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due November 1, 2026 and the last February 1, 2027. A first installment not paid by December 10, 2026 gets a 10% penalty. A second installment not paid by April 12, 2027 gets a 10% penalty plus a $10 cost. Taxes still unpaid after June 30 are charged an additional $15 cost and a redemption penalty of 1.5% a month until paid in full.

From Yolo 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 Yolo County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Yolo County's average effective rate of 0.77% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Yolo 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 Yolo County compare in California?

Among California's 58 counties, Yolo County has the 9th highest effective property-tax rate: 8 rank higher and 49 rank lower. That is on the higher side for California. Nationally, it ranks 1662nd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every California county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Yolo County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Yolo County's 41,637 owner-occupied homes, 67.8% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 79.4% pay at least $2,000, and 5.3% pay under $800. Another 4.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $5,322 and owners without one pay $3,854. 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 Yolo County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $4,749 is about 3.6% of the median income of Yolo County homeowner households, $132,361 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 54.3% of Yolo 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 Yolo County?

Yes. The median bill went from $3,630 in 2015-2019 to $4,749 in 2020-2024, a 30.8% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 46.1%, from $424,900 to $620,700. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

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 Yolo County

Yolo County borders 6 counties.

How is a home assessed in Yolo County?

California sets the assessment rules and Yolo County applies them. How California assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Yolo County?

Yes. California's Homeowners' Exemption takes $7,000 off the assessed value of an owner-occupied home. File form BOE-266 with the county assessor by February 15 for the full exemption. That is the California rule, and it applies in Yolo County. California's exemptions and relief programs in full.

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

How to appeal your Yolo County property assessment

In Yolo County you appeal to the Yolo County Assessment Appeals Board (applications filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors). The deadline: For the regular annual assessment, file between July 2 and November 30; for 2026 the window is Thursday, July 2, 2026 to Monday, November 30, 2026. For a supplemental, escape or roll change assessment, file within 60 days of the date on the notice. Each application carries a $45 nonrefundable filing fee, which can be waived for people who cannot afford it. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

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

California rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the California 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 Yolo County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

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

• California income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what California actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Yolo County

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