Property tax in Johnson County, Indiana

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

In Johnson County, the property tax bill comes from the Johnson County Treasurer. The 2025 pay 2026 bill is paid in 2 installments, and the next one is due November 10, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Johnson County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.

The median property tax bill in Johnson County, Indiana is $2,024 a year, which is about 0.71% of the county's median home value of $284,600. That effective rate is higher than the typical Indiana county (0.66%) 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 Johnson County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Johnson County Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Johnson County Assessor, 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.

Property tax bills come from the Johnson County Treasurer in Franklin and are mailed in April. Indiana bills a year in arrears: the 2025 assessment is taxed in two installments during 2026. If your bill does not arrive, you can reprint it online or ask the Treasurer for a copy before the due date; not receiving a bill does not excuse late penalties. Paying online or by phone by e-check has no fee; credit cards cost 2.55% (at least $1.55) and most debit cards $4.00. There is a drop box at the West Annex at 86 W. Court Street for payments after hours. Homestead and other deductions are filed with the County Auditor.

When are property taxes due in Johnson County?

For the 2025 pay 2026 bill, Johnson County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due May 11, 2026 and the last November 10, 2026. The next one due is the fall installment, on November 10, 2026. A 5% penalty applies to a payment made after the due date if there is no earlier delinquency. The penalty is 10% if the property has a prior delinquency or if the payment is made after June 10, 2026 for the spring installment or after December 10, 2026 for the fall installment.

Johnson County property tax due dates, 2025 pay 2026
Payment	Due	Note
Spring installment	May 11, 2026 (passed)	Indiana law sets May 10 and November 10, and the Treasurer moves a date that falls on a weekend or holiday to the next business day. May 10, 2026 fell on a Sunday, so the spring installment was due Monday, May 11.
Fall installment	November 10, 2026	November 10, 2026 is a Tuesday. The Treasurer accepts payments of any amount at any time, but a partial payment does not stop penalties on the unpaid amount.

From Johnson 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 Johnson County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Johnson County's average effective rate of 0.71% (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: $2,021 / year

Property tax in Johnson County at a glance

Johnson County, Indiana property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,024
Median home value	$284,600
Effective tax rate	0.71%
Typical Indiana county rate	0.66%
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 Johnson County compare in Indiana?

Among Indiana's 92 counties, Johnson County has the 32nd highest effective property-tax rate: 31 rank higher and 60 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Indiana. Nationally, it ranks 1847th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Indiana county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Johnson County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Johnson County's 45,493 owner-occupied homes, 27.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 49.3% pay at least $2,000, and 10% pay under $800. Another 2.4% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Johnson County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	4,565	10%
$800 to $1,499	9,290	20.4%
$1,500 to $1,999	8,099	17.8%
$2,000 to $2,999	9,878	21.7%
$3,000 or more	12,549	27.6%
No property tax paid	1,112	2.4%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,075 and owners without one pay $1,947. That is within 10% either way, so in Johnson County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

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

The median property tax bill of $2,024 is about 2% of the median income of Johnson County homeowner households, $103,418 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 72.7% of Johnson 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 Johnson County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,445 in 2015-2019 to $2,024 in 2020-2024, a 40.1% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 72.9%, from $164,600 to $284,600. 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 Johnson County

Johnson County borders 5 counties.

Johnson County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Marion County, IN	0.91%	$2,028	$224,000
Bartholomew County, IN	0.75%	$1,738	$232,800
Johnson County, IN (this county)	0.71%	$2,024	$284,600
Shelby County, IN	0.66%	$1,412	$212,400
Morgan County, IN	0.49%	$1,174	$237,600
Brown County, IN	0.44%	$1,177	$269,100

How is a home assessed in Johnson County?

Indiana assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Johnson County included. How Indiana assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Johnson County?

Yes, but it is shrinking. Indiana's homestead standard deduction is $40,000 for assessment year 2026 and reaches $0 from 2030; a bill paid in 2026 reflects the $48,000 figure. That is the Indiana rule, and it applies in Johnson County. Indiana's exemptions and relief programs in full.

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

How to appeal your Johnson County property assessment

In Johnson County you appeal to the Johnson County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA). The deadline: File Form 130 with the local assessing official by June 15 of the assessment year if the notice of assessment was mailed before May 1. If the notice was mailed on or after May 1, the deadline is June 15 of the year the tax bill is mailed. A Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals decision can be appealed to the Indiana Board of Tax Review on Form 131 within 45 days. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

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

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

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Johnson County, Indiana: 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.