Property tax in Queen Anne's County, Maryland

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Queen Anne's County, Maryland is $3,623 a year, which is about 0.78% of the county's median home value of $462,700. That effective rate is lower than the typical Maryland county (0.9%) 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.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Queen Anne's County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Queen Anne's County's average effective rate of 0.78% (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: $3,609 / year

Property tax in Queen Anne's County at a glance

Queen Anne's County, Maryland property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$3,623
Median home value	$462,700
Effective tax rate	0.78%
Typical Maryland county rate	0.9%
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 Queen Anne's County compare in Maryland?

Among Maryland's 24 counties, Queen Anne's County has the 22nd highest effective property-tax rate: 21 rank higher and 2 rank lower. That places it among the least taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1645th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Maryland county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Queen Anne's County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Queen Anne's County's 16,505 owner-occupied homes, 63.7% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 84.7% pay at least $2,000, and 0.7% pay under $800. Another 2.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Queen Anne's County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	115	0.7%
$800 to $1,499	905	5.5%
$1,500 to $1,999	1,097	6.6%
$2,000 to $2,999	3,469	21%
$3,000 or more	10,510	63.7%
No property tax paid	409	2.5%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $3,628 and owners without one pay $3,611. That is within 10% either way, so in Queen Anne's County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

How does the Queen Anne's County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $3,623 is about 2.9% of the median income of Queen Anne's County homeowner households, $125,533 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 82.9% of Queen Anne's 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 Queen Anne's County?

Yes. The median bill went from $3,056 in 2015-2019 to $3,623 in 2020-2024, a 18.6% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 31%, from $353,100 to $462,700. 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 Queen Anne's County

Queen Anne's County borders 5 counties, 1 of them across the state line.

Queen Anne's County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Kent County, MD	0.91%	$3,025	$330,900
Caroline County, MD	0.9%	$2,619	$290,100
Anne Arundel County, MD	0.85%	$3,957	$467,900
Queen Anne's County, MD (this county)	0.78%	$3,623	$462,700
Talbot County, MD	0.65%	$2,647	$409,700
Kent County, DE	0.43%	$1,363	$316,600

How is a home assessed in Queen Anne's County?

Maryland assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Queen Anne's County included. How Maryland assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Queen Anne's County?

Not as an exemption. Maryland's Homestead Tax Credit caps how much your taxable assessment can rise each year: 10% for the state portion, and a cap each county and municipality sets between 0% and 10% for its own. That is the Maryland rule, and it applies in Queen Anne's County. Maryland's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Queen Anne's County?

Tax is due July 1 and can be paid without interest through September 30. Owner-occupied homes are billed semiannually by default, with the first half due September 30 and the second December 31; you may instead pay the full year by September 30 and avoid the service charge of up to 1.65% on the second installment.

Maryland splits the bill into 2 installments. That is the Maryland rule. Queen Anne's County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Queen Anne's County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the Supervisor of Assessments (informal), then the local Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board, then the Maryland Tax Court. The filing deadline is typically 45 days from the date on your assessment notice. That is the Maryland rule; Queen Anne's County sets the exact dates and forms. The Maryland appeal process step by step.

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

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Queen Anne's County, Maryland: 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.