Property tax in Anderson County, South Carolina

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

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

Three county offices share the work: the Assessor values real estate and grants the 4% owner-occupied (legal residence) rate, the Auditor sets the levy and handles the homestead and veterans' exemptions, and the Treasurer sends the bill and collects it, including city and school district taxes, which appear on the same bill. Apply for the 4% legal residence rate on or before January 15 for it to count for that tax year; once approved it carries forward unless the property's status changes. Paying or viewing a bill online goes through the county's ACPASS public access site, which asks you to register and log in first. You can also pay in person at the Anderson office on East River Street or the Powdersville office.

When are property taxes due in Anderson County?

For the 2026 bill, Anderson County has one due date: January 15, 2027. Real property tax notices are mailed October 1, and payment is due in full on or before January 15 of the following year. For mailed payments the U.S. postmark decides whether a payment is on time. Card payments carry a convenience fee; mailed payments must be by check. Taxes not paid by January 15 pick up penalties in three steps set by state law: 3% on January 16, another 7% on February 2 and another 5% on March 17. For mailed payments the U.S. postmark decides the date. If the tax is still unpaid on March 17, the Treasurer issues a tax execution to collect the unpaid tax, penalties and collection costs.

From Anderson 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 Anderson County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Anderson County's average effective rate of 0.45% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Anderson County at a glance

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 Anderson County compare in South Carolina?

Among South Carolina's 46 counties, Anderson County has the 31st highest effective property-tax rate: 30 rank higher and 15 rank lower. That is on the lower side for South Carolina. Nationally, it ranks 2799th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every South Carolina county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Anderson County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Anderson County's 62,799 owner-occupied homes, 8.3% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 18.7% pay at least $2,000, and 35.9% pay under $800. Another 3.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,245 and owners without one pay $779. 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 Anderson County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,043 is about 1.3% of the median income of Anderson County homeowner households, $78,096 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 74.8% of Anderson 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 Anderson County?

Yes. The median bill went from $802 in 2015-2019 to $1,043 in 2020-2024, a 30% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 59.1%, from $145,800 to $231,900. 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 Anderson County

Anderson County borders 7 counties, 2 of them across the state line.

How is a home assessed in Anderson County?

South Carolina assesses homes at 4% of market value in every county, Anderson County included. How South Carolina assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Anderson County?

Not as a dollar amount. South Carolina owner-occupants get a 4% assessment ratio instead of 6% plus an exemption from school operating millage; apply for the 4% ratio with the county assessor. That is the South Carolina rule, and it applies in Anderson County. South Carolina's exemptions and relief programs in full.

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

How to appeal your Anderson County property assessment

In Anderson County you appeal to the Anderson County Assessor (written objection), then the Anderson County Board of Assessment Appeals. The deadline: In a year you receive an assessment notice, send the Assessor a written objection within 90 days after the notice is mailed. In a year with no notice, you may appeal in writing at any time; an appeal filed on or before January 15 counts for that tax year, and a later one counts for the next year. If a conference with the Assessor does not settle it, you have 30 days after the conference to file a written protest, then 30 days after the Assessor's written response to appeal to the Board of Assessment Appeals, and 30 days after the Board's decision to ask for a hearing before the South Carolina Administrative Law Court. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

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

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

Work out your own numbers

• How much house can I afford?

  Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Anderson County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

  Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.

• South Carolina income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what South Carolina actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Anderson County

  The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.