Georgia property tax by county
Across Georgia's 159 counties, the typical (median) effective property-tax rate is 0.89% of a home's value. Rates vary widely by county, from 0.35% in Fannin County to 1.71% in Stewart County. The full ranking is below; each county links to its own page. Figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Property tax rate by county in Georgia
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart County | 1.71% | $907 | $53,000 |
| Clinch County | 1.4% | $1,205 | $86,300 |
| Dougherty County | 1.39% | $1,800 | $129,200 |
| Miller County | 1.39% | $1,640 | $118,300 |
| Sumter County | 1.32% | $1,616 | $122,300 |
| Brooks County | 1.28% | $1,513 | $118,100 |
| Mitchell County | 1.28% | $1,347 | $105,500 |
| Taliaferro County | 1.25% | $917 | $73,100 |
| Dooly County | 1.24% | $1,198 | $96,400 |
| Seminole County | 1.22% | $1,361 | $111,600 |
| Screven County | 1.18% | $1,444 | $122,300 |
| Crisp County | 1.16% | $1,396 | $120,800 |
| Macon County | 1.16% | $1,011 | $87,000 |
| Calhoun County | 1.15% | $947 | $82,200 |
| Wilkes County | 1.14% | $1,194 | $105,000 |
| Turner County | 1.13% | $1,077 | $95,200 |
| Brantley County | 1.12% | $1,028 | $91,800 |
| Peach County | 1.12% | $2,092 | $186,100 |
| Irwin County | 1.11% | $1,174 | $105,300 |
| Bibb County | 1.1% | $1,826 | $165,800 |
| Terrell County | 1.1% | $1,222 | $111,500 |
| Washington County | 1.1% | $1,268 | $115,600 |
| Talbot County | 1.09% | $1,384 | $127,200 |
| Telfair County | 1.09% | $1,181 | $108,200 |
| Worth County | 1.09% | $1,221 | $112,400 |
| Bleckley County | 1.08% | $1,438 | $132,900 |
| Ben Hill County | 1.06% | $1,216 | $114,600 |
| Wilcox County | 1.06% | $753 | $71,200 |
| Liberty County | 1.05% | $1,897 | $180,200 |
| Candler County | 1.04% | $1,412 | $135,600 |
| Clay County | 1.04% | $966 | $92,500 |
| Evans County | 1.03% | $1,442 | $139,700 |
| Warren County | 1.03% | $804 | $78,000 |
| Bacon County | 1.02% | $1,064 | $104,100 |
| Lanier County | 1.02% | $1,639 | $161,100 |
| Tattnall County | 1.02% | $1,246 | $122,400 |
| Ware County | 1.01% | $1,077 | $106,500 |
| Webster County | 1.01% | $935 | $92,200 |
| Lee County | 1% | $2,273 | $226,900 |
| Long County | 1% | $1,959 | $196,500 |
| Berrien County | 0.99% | $1,139 | $115,200 |
| Chattahoochee County | 0.99% | $988 | $99,800 |
| Echols County | 0.99% | $1,110 | $112,600 |
| Glascock County | 0.99% | $1,214 | $122,800 |
| Hancock County | 0.99% | $869 | $87,400 |
| Jefferson County | 0.99% | $923 | $93,100 |
| Elbert County | 0.98% | $1,126 | $114,600 |
| Emanuel County | 0.98% | $860 | $88,200 |
| Grady County | 0.98% | $1,337 | $136,500 |
| Gwinnett County | 0.98% | $3,381 | $345,700 |
| Troup County | 0.97% | $1,826 | $187,800 |
| Effingham County | 0.96% | $2,344 | $245,300 |
| Jenkins County | 0.96% | $777 | $81,100 |
| Jones County | 0.96% | $1,673 | $174,600 |
| Montgomery County | 0.96% | $1,140 | $118,200 |
| Spalding County | 0.96% | $1,897 | $196,600 |
| Toombs County | 0.96% | $1,223 | $127,100 |
| Treutlen County | 0.96% | $940 | $98,400 |
| Dodge County | 0.95% | $1,037 | $108,700 |
| Lamar County | 0.95% | $1,910 | $201,400 |
| Camden County | 0.94% | $2,197 | $233,900 |
| Tift County | 0.94% | $1,339 | $143,100 |
| Decatur County | 0.93% | $1,353 | $146,200 |
| Jeff Davis County | 0.93% | $1,016 | $109,300 |
| Meriwether County | 0.93% | $1,439 | $154,600 |
| DeKalb County | 0.92% | $3,046 | $331,400 |
| Henry County | 0.92% | $2,559 | $277,400 |
| Johnson County | 0.92% | $837 | $91,200 |
| Pierce County | 0.92% | $1,209 | $132,100 |
| Pike County | 0.92% | $2,456 | $265,700 |
| Burke County | 0.91% | $978 | $107,800 |
| Charlton County | 0.91% | $1,081 | $119,000 |
| Newton County | 0.91% | $2,133 | $233,300 |
| Pulaski County | 0.91% | $1,316 | $144,300 |
| Chatham County | 0.9% | $2,463 | $273,300 |
| Clarke County | 0.9% | $2,444 | $271,900 |
| Taylor County | 0.9% | $744 | $82,900 |
| Clayton County | 0.89% | $1,737 | $194,500 |
| Fulton County | 0.89% | $3,847 | $431,200 |
| Harris County | 0.89% | $2,470 | $278,700 |
| Jasper County | 0.89% | $1,956 | $219,700 |
| Schley County | 0.89% | $1,356 | $152,900 |
| Upson County | 0.89% | $1,325 | $149,500 |
| Atkinson County | 0.88% | $674 | $76,300 |
| Jackson County | 0.88% | $2,761 | $312,700 |
| Lincoln County | 0.88% | $1,445 | $163,600 |
| Randolph County | 0.88% | $800 | $90,900 |
| Richmond County | 0.88% | $1,440 | $163,300 |
| Wilkinson County | 0.88% | $801 | $90,800 |
| Baker County | 0.87% | $1,042 | $120,100 |
| Colquitt County | 0.87% | $1,051 | $121,400 |
| Chattooga County | 0.86% | $844 | $98,700 |
| Houston County | 0.86% | $1,759 | $205,600 |
| Appling County | 0.85% | $689 | $81,400 |
| Columbia County | 0.85% | $2,431 | $287,400 |
| Haralson County | 0.85% | $1,787 | $210,400 |
| McDuffie County | 0.85% | $1,317 | $155,100 |
| Paulding County | 0.85% | $2,444 | $289,000 |
| Crawford County | 0.84% | $1,219 | $144,800 |
| Muscogee County | 0.84% | $1,526 | $182,300 |
| Quitman County | 0.84% | $869 | $103,000 |
| Barrow County | 0.83% | $2,124 | $255,200 |
| Butts County | 0.83% | $1,886 | $227,800 |
| Lowndes County | 0.83% | $1,643 | $197,900 |
| Stephens County | 0.83% | $1,396 | $168,200 |
| Cook County | 0.82% | $1,009 | $123,000 |
| Early County | 0.82% | $1,069 | $130,100 |
| Thomas County | 0.82% | $1,528 | $185,300 |
| Twiggs County | 0.82% | $859 | $104,500 |
| Coffee County | 0.81% | $1,014 | $125,700 |
| Madison County | 0.81% | $1,608 | $198,800 |
| Walton County | 0.81% | $2,431 | $300,500 |
| Floyd County | 0.8% | $1,560 | $194,100 |
| Oglethorpe County | 0.8% | $1,597 | $198,700 |
| Polk County | 0.8% | $1,307 | $163,500 |
| Wayne County | 0.8% | $1,193 | $149,800 |
| Bryan County | 0.79% | $2,501 | $317,100 |
| Douglas County | 0.79% | $2,079 | $262,200 |
| Bulloch County | 0.78% | $1,491 | $191,600 |
| Fayette County | 0.78% | $3,168 | $405,600 |
| Walker County | 0.78% | $1,353 | $173,900 |
| Coweta County | 0.77% | $2,482 | $321,900 |
| Franklin County | 0.77% | $1,231 | $160,600 |
| Laurens County | 0.77% | $1,057 | $137,400 |
| Forsyth County | 0.76% | $3,747 | $493,800 |
| Hall County | 0.76% | $2,382 | $313,600 |
| McIntosh County | 0.75% | $1,310 | $173,900 |
| Wheeler County | 0.75% | $562 | $74,600 |
| Baldwin County | 0.74% | $1,222 | $164,700 |
| Morgan County | 0.74% | $2,399 | $323,100 |
| Bartow County | 0.73% | $1,901 | $262,200 |
| Oconee County | 0.72% | $3,056 | $425,100 |
| Putnam County | 0.72% | $1,604 | $222,000 |
| Rockdale County | 0.72% | $1,843 | $256,600 |
| Gordon County | 0.71% | $1,450 | $205,600 |
| Cherokee County | 0.7% | $2,734 | $389,800 |
| Marion County | 0.7% | $860 | $122,100 |
| Catoosa County | 0.69% | $1,475 | $214,200 |
| Cobb County | 0.69% | $2,560 | $373,700 |
| Lumpkin County | 0.69% | $1,908 | $277,200 |
| Monroe County | 0.69% | $1,669 | $243,200 |
| Greene County | 0.68% | $2,343 | $342,200 |
| Whitfield County | 0.67% | $1,339 | $198,900 |
| Pickens County | 0.66% | $1,914 | $289,600 |
| White County | 0.66% | $1,732 | $262,200 |
| Glynn County | 0.64% | $1,712 | $268,300 |
| Heard County | 0.64% | $1,030 | $161,000 |
| Murray County | 0.64% | $1,111 | $173,300 |
| Banks County | 0.63% | $1,586 | $251,700 |
| Dawson County | 0.63% | $2,224 | $351,900 |
| Habersham County | 0.63% | $1,330 | $212,000 |
| Carroll County | 0.62% | $1,420 | $227,500 |
| Dade County | 0.62% | $1,039 | $166,600 |
| Hart County | 0.54% | $1,113 | $206,500 |
| Rabun County | 0.54% | $1,463 | $272,600 |
| Union County | 0.5% | $1,376 | $272,600 |
| Gilmer County | 0.38% | $1,070 | $278,900 |
| Towns County | 0.37% | $1,139 | $311,900 |
| Fannin County | 0.35% | $959 | $274,600 |
Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2023), tables B25103 and B25077.
Why county rates vary so much
Property tax is set locally, not by the state, so the rate depends on the county, city, school district, and special districts where a home sits, and on how those local budgets compare to local home values. A county with low home values can still have a high effective rate if its local budgets are large, and a wealthy county can have a low effective rate. The effective rate shown here is the median tax bill divided by the median home value, which is the standard way to compare places; your own bill depends on your assessment and any exemptions.
For Georgia's income and retirement taxes, see Georgia income tax and Georgia retirement taxes.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value, all Georgia counties: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2023), tables B25103 and B25077.