Property tax in Marion County, Indiana

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

In Marion County, the property tax bill comes from the Marion County Treasurer's Office. 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 Marion County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.

The median property tax bill in Marion County, Indiana is $2,028 a year, which is about 0.91% of the county's median home value of $224,000. That effective rate is higher than the typical Indiana county (0.66%) and higher 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 Marion County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Marion County Treasurer's Office. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Marion County Assessor's Office, 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 Marion County Treasurer and are mailed in April, with a coupon for each installment. Indiana bills a year in arrears: the 2025 assessment is taxed in two installments during 2026. The Marion County Assessor values property and handles appeals, which can be filed online. After an online payment, it can take up to five business days for the bill to show the new balance.

When are property taxes due in Marion County?

For the 2025 pay 2026 bill, Marion 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 late installment is charged a penalty of 5% of the unpaid tax if it is paid within 30 days of the due date and you owe no back taxes on the property. If it is not paid within 30 days, or the property already owes back taxes, the penalty is 10% of the unpaid tax.

Marion 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 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. You may pay the whole year's tax by this date instead of in two installments.
Fall installment	November 10, 2026	November 10, 2026 is a Tuesday. The Treasurer's Office stays open until 5:30 PM on November 6, 9 and 10 for the fall deadline.

From Marion 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 Marion County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Marion County's average effective rate of 0.91% (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: $2,038 / year

Property tax in Marion County at a glance

Marion County, Indiana property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,028
Median home value	$224,000
Effective tax rate	0.91%
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 Marion County compare in Indiana?

Among Indiana's 92 counties, Marion County has the 2nd highest effective property-tax rate: 1 rank higher and 90 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1319th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Indiana county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Marion County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Marion County's 226,441 owner-occupied homes, 26.7% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 48.8% pay at least $2,000, and 15.2% pay under $800. Another 3.6% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Marion County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	34,425	15.2%
$800 to $1,499	40,308	17.8%
$1,500 to $1,999	32,998	14.6%
$2,000 to $2,999	50,078	22.1%
$3,000 or more	60,486	26.7%
No property tax paid	8,146	3.6%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,136 and owners without one pay $1,824. 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 Marion County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,028 is about 2.3% of the median income of Marion County homeowner households, $88,581 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 56.5% of Marion 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 Marion County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,395 in 2015-2019 to $2,028 in 2020-2024, a 45.4% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 63.9%, from $136,700 to $224,000. 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 Marion County

Marion County borders 7 counties.

Marion County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Marion County, IN (this county)	0.91%	$2,028	$224,000
Hamilton County, IN	0.88%	$3,549	$405,500
Hendricks County, IN	0.81%	$2,482	$307,600
Boone County, IN	0.78%	$2,919	$376,200
Johnson County, IN	0.71%	$2,024	$284,600
Hancock County, IN	0.66%	$1,806	$274,800
Shelby County, IN	0.66%	$1,412	$212,400
Morgan County, IN	0.49%	$1,174	$237,600

How is a home assessed in Marion County?

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

Is there a homestead exemption in Marion 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 Marion County. Indiana's exemptions and relief programs in full.

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

How to appeal your Marion County property assessment

In Marion County you appeal to the Marion County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA). The deadline: Marion County gives the deadline as June 15 of the year the tax bill is paid, which for the 2025 assessment on 2026 bills was June 15, 2026. State law sets June 15 of the assessment year instead when the notice of assessment is mailed before May 1, so check the date printed on your notice. Appeals can be filed online. A Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals decision can be appealed to the Indiana Board of Tax Review within 45 days of receiving it. 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 Marion 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.