Property tax in Monroe County, Indiana
In Monroe County, the property tax bill comes from the Monroe 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 Monroe County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Monroe County, Indiana is $2,036 a year, which is about 0.71% of the county's median home value of $285,200. 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 Monroe County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Monroe County Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Monroe 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.
The Monroe County Treasurer mails one bill a year, in April, covering both installments. Indiana bills a year in arrears: the 2025 assessment is taxed in two installments during 2026. The Monroe County Assessor values property and takes appeals; its printed appeal instruction sheet still describes an older 45-day window, but the current deadline is June 15. If your property was damaged in the 2026 storms, the Assessor asks you to call or send its damage form so staff can visit and review the value. Online and phone payments go through the county's processor, InvoiceCloud. Card payments carry a 2.75% fee and e-checks a $2.00 fee. A bill marked "IN ESCROW" means a lender has asked for it; check with the lender before paying.
When are property taxes due in Monroe County?
For the 2025 pay 2026 bill, Monroe 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. If the property has no earlier unpaid taxes, a 5% penalty is added when an installment is paid in full within 30 days after the due date, and another 5% is added on the 31st day to any balance still unpaid. If earlier taxes on the property are unpaid, a 10% penalty is added the day after the due date.
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Spring installment | May 11, 2026 (passed) | Taxes are due May 10 and November 10 unless the date falls on a weekend or holiday, in which case the due date is the next business day. May 10, 2026 was a Sunday, so the spring installment was due Monday, May 11. |
| Fall installment | November 10, 2026 | November 10, 2026 is a Tuesday. A mailed payment is on time if it is postmarked by the due date; the Treasurer suggests asking the post office to hand-stamp a payment mailed close to the deadline. The online payment page counts a payment completed by midnight on the due date as on time, but the Treasurer's main page warns that online and phone payments take several business days to reach the office and are counted when received, so pay online well before November 10. |
From Monroe 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 Monroe County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Monroe 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.
Estimated property tax: $2,025 / year
Property tax in Monroe County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $2,036 |
| Median home value | $285,200 |
| 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 Monroe County compare in Indiana?
Among Indiana's 92 counties, Monroe County has the 33rd highest effective property-tax rate: 32 rank higher and 59 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Indiana. Nationally, it ranks 1848th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Indiana county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Monroe County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Monroe County's 31,967 owner-occupied homes, 28.2% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 49.5% pay at least $2,000, and 14.1% pay under $800. Another 2.7% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 4,509 | 14.1% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 6,836 | 21.4% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 3,963 | 12.4% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 6,797 | 21.3% |
| $3,000 or more | 9,003 | 28.2% |
| No property tax paid | 859 | 2.7% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,994 and owners without one pay $2,108. That is within 10% either way, so in Monroe County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.
How does the Monroe County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $2,036 is about 2.1% of the median income of Monroe County homeowner households, $97,226 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 54% of Monroe 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 Monroe County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,387 in 2015-2019 to $2,036 in 2020-2024, a 46.8% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 62.4%, from $175,600 to $285,200. 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 Monroe County
Monroe County borders 6 counties.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County, IN (this county) | 0.71% | $2,036 | $285,200 |
| Owen County, IN | 0.66% | $1,145 | $172,400 |
| Lawrence County, IN | 0.6% | $1,049 | $175,000 |
| Greene County, IN | 0.58% | $896 | $153,200 |
| Jackson County, IN | 0.49% | $881 | $178,300 |
| Morgan County, IN | 0.49% | $1,174 | $237,600 |
| Brown County, IN | 0.44% | $1,177 | $269,100 |
How is a home assessed in Monroe County?
Indiana assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Monroe County included. How Indiana assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Monroe 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 Monroe County. Indiana's exemptions and relief programs in full.
On top of the Indiana programs, Monroe County runs its own:
- Local income tax property tax credit: Monroe County dedicates part of its local income tax to property tax relief (the state certified about $2.4 million of this revenue for 2026), which is applied as a credit on property tax bills; there is no application.
How to appeal your Monroe County property assessment
In Monroe County you appeal to the Monroe County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA). The deadline: The 2026 notices of assessment were mailed April 28, 2026, so the deadline to appeal the 2026 assessment was June 15, 2026, and it has passed. File Form 130 with the Monroe County Assessor. When a notice of assessment is mailed on or after May 1, state law sets the deadline at June 15 of the year the tax bill is mailed. A board 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
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How much house can I afford?
Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Monroe County's tax rate to hand.
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Mortgage calculator
Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.
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Indiana income tax
Brackets, standard deduction and what Indiana actually taxes.
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Sales tax in Monroe County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Monroe 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.