Property tax in Paulding County, Georgia

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

In Paulding County, the property tax bill comes from the Paulding County Tax Commissioner. The 2026 bill is due November 15, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Paulding County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.

The median property tax bill in Paulding County, Georgia is $2,619 a year, which is about 0.8% of the county's median home value of $326,300. That effective rate is lower than the typical Georgia county (0.86%) and lower than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

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

The bill comes from the Paulding County Tax Commissioner. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Paulding County Board of Tax Assessors, 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 City of Hiram began levying a property tax in 2026. Its bill is due December 21, separate from the county's November 15 date, and the city has its own homestead exemptions for homeowners inside the city. Owners in Dallas and Braswell should check with their city about a separate city bill. If a mortgage company pays your taxes from escrow, send it a copy of your bill. Exemptions are not automatic: apply with the Tax Assessors' Office, 770-443-7606.

When are property taxes due in Paulding County?

For the 2026 bill, Paulding County has one due date: November 15, 2026. 2026 bills were mailed beginning September 11, 2026. November 15, 2026 is a Sunday; the county has not said whether it accepts payment on the next business day, and the last weekday before the due date is Friday, November 13. A United States Postal Service postmark by the due date is accepted, but a metered postmark is not. Taxes not paid by November 15 are delinquent. Interest at the prime rate plus 3% a year, divided by 12, is added on the 16th of each month. A tax lien (fi.fa.) is filed with the Clerk of Courts 30 days from the date on the delinquent notice, and a 5% penalty is added after 120 days and every 120 days after that, up to 20%.

From Paulding 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 Paulding County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Paulding County's average effective rate of 0.8% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $2,610 / year

Property tax in Paulding County at a glance

Paulding County, Georgia property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,619
Median home value	$326,300
Effective tax rate	0.8%
Typical Georgia county rate	0.86%
National median county rate	0.81%

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 Paulding County compare in Georgia?

Among Georgia's 158 counties, Paulding County has the 102nd highest effective property-tax rate: 101 rank higher and 56 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Georgia. Nationally, it ranks 1573rd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Georgia county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Paulding County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Paulding County's 48,470 owner-occupied homes, 37.9% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 65.7% pay at least $2,000, and 7.5% pay under $800. Another 3.1% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Paulding County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	3,621	7.5%
$800 to $1,499	5,864	12.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	5,666	11.7%
$2,000 to $2,999	13,489	27.8%
$3,000 or more	18,350	37.9%
No property tax paid	1,480	3.1%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,730 and owners without one pay $2,145. 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 Paulding County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,619 is about 2.4% of the median income of Paulding County homeowner households, $108,257 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 80.8% of Paulding 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 Paulding County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,650 in 2015-2019 to $2,619 in 2020-2024, a 58.7% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 88%, from $173,600 to $326,300. 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 Paulding County

Paulding County borders 6 counties.

Paulding County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Haralson County, GA	0.8%	$1,823	$227,500
Paulding County, GA (this county)	0.8%	$2,619	$326,300
Douglas County, GA	0.75%	$2,212	$296,900
Polk County, GA	0.75%	$1,413	$187,600
Bartow County, GA	0.7%	$2,024	$289,000
Cobb County, GA	0.67%	$2,720	$407,200
Carroll County, GA	0.61%	$1,566	$255,100

How is a home assessed in Paulding County?

Georgia assesses homes at 40% of market value in every county, Paulding County included. How Georgia assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Paulding County?

Yes. Georgia's standard homestead exemption deducts $2,000 from the assessed value of a resident's primary home. That is the Georgia rule, and it applies in Paulding County. Georgia's exemptions and relief programs in full.

On top of the Georgia programs, Paulding County runs its own:

County homestead exemption: Owner-occupants get $10,000 off assessed value for county operating taxes, instead of the $2,000 standard exemption. Apply by The last day to file an assessment appeal for that tax year.
Senior school tax exemption (age 65 and older): Homeowners 65 to 67 pay no school bond taxes and half of school operating taxes after the standard exemption; at 68 and older they pay no school taxes at all. There is no income limit. Apply by The last day to file an assessment appeal for that tax year.

How to appeal your Paulding County property assessment

In Paulding County you appeal to the Paulding County Board of Tax Assessors, then the Board of Equalization, arbitration, or a hearing officer. The deadline: In writing to the Board of Tax Assessors within 45 days of the date the assessment notice was mailed, by mail, fax, email or in person. For 2026 notices the last day was Friday, July 17, 2026. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

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

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

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Paulding County, Georgia: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.