Property tax in Campbell County, Virginia
In Campbell County, the property tax bill comes from the Campbell County Treasurer's Office. The 2026 bill is paid in 2 installments, and the next one is due December 7, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Campbell County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Campbell County, Virginia is $950 a year, which is about 0.45% of the county's median home value of $211,600. That effective rate is lower than the typical Virginia county (0.6%) 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 Campbell County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Campbell County Treasurer's Office. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Campbell County Real Estate 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.
Campbell County's Real Estate Office values property in a general reassessment every four years (the last took effect in 2023, and field work for the 2027 reassessment is under way), plus new construction every year; the Commissioner of the Revenue keeps the land book and the Treasurer sends the bills and collects. Homes in the towns of Altavista and Brookneal also owe a town real estate tax, billed and collected by the town itself; Altavista bills once a year, due December 5. The Treasurer does not take payments by phone.
When are property taxes due in Campbell County?
For the 2026 bill, Campbell County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due June 5, 2026 and the last December 7, 2026. The next one due is the second installment, on December 7, 2026. Tax not paid by the due date is delinquent the next day. The county code sets a penalty of 10% of the unpaid tax (the Treasurer's page describes it as 10% or $10, whichever is greater, but not more than the tax itself), and interest of 10% a year on the tax and penalty starts the day after the due date and runs until the balance is paid in full.
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| First installment | June 5, 2026 (passed) | The yearly tax is split into two equal installments. An owner may pay the whole year in June, or wait and pay it all in December, but a December payment of the June half still carries the late penalty and interest. The county mails each bill at least 30 days before its due date. June 5, 2026 was a Friday. |
| Second installment | December 7, 2026 | The usual second-installment due date is December 5. In 2026 December 5 is a Saturday, and county ordinance makes a payment due on a day the county offices are closed payable on the next business day, which is Monday, December 7, 2026. |
From Campbell 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 Campbell County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Campbell 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.
Estimated property tax: $952 / year
Property tax in Campbell County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $950 |
| Median home value | $211,600 |
| Effective tax rate | 0.45% |
| Typical Virginia county rate | 0.6% |
| 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 Campbell County compare in Virginia?
Among Virginia's 133 counties, Campbell County has the 124th highest effective property-tax rate: 123 rank higher and 9 rank lower. That places it among the least taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 2810th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Virginia county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Campbell County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Campbell County's 16,668 owner-occupied homes, 3.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 11.4% pay at least $2,000, and 35.7% pay under $800. Another 4.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 5,951 | 35.7% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 6,642 | 39.8% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 1,429 | 8.6% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 1,293 | 7.8% |
| $3,000 or more | 601 | 3.6% |
| No property tax paid | 752 | 4.5% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $997 and owners without one pay $878. 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 Campbell County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $950 is about 1.3% of the median income of Campbell County homeowner households, $74,363 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 74.9% of Campbell 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 Campbell County?
Yes. The median bill went from $791 in 2015-2019 to $950 in 2020-2024, a 20.1% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 34.8%, from $157,000 to $211,600. 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 Campbell County
Campbell County borders 7 counties.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg city, VA | 0.79% | $1,804 | $229,800 |
| Pittsylvania County, VA | 0.59% | $948 | $161,400 |
| Appomattox County, VA | 0.52% | $1,073 | $207,600 |
| Charlotte County, VA | 0.52% | $756 | $144,100 |
| Amherst County, VA | 0.46% | $975 | $212,400 |
| Halifax County, VA | 0.46% | $721 | $155,700 |
| Campbell County, VA (this county) | 0.45% | $950 | $211,600 |
| Bedford County, VA | 0.43% | $1,285 | $297,400 |
How is a home assessed in Campbell County?
Virginia assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Campbell County included. How Virginia assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Campbell County?
No. Virginia has no general homestead exemption; relief is limited to the elderly and disabled, disabled veterans, and surviving spouses of service members and first responders killed in the line of duty. That is the Virginia rule, and it applies in Campbell County. Virginia's exemptions and relief programs in full.
On top of the Virginia programs, Campbell County runs its own:
- Real Estate Tax Exemption for Certain Elderly and Disabled Persons: For an owner aged 65 or older, or permanently and totally disabled, who lives in the home as their sole dwelling, with household income of $50,000 or less and net worth of $100,000 or less (not counting the home and up to one acre): the county exempts 100% of the tax at incomes up to $40,000, 75% up to $45,000 and 50% up to $50,000, capped at $1,000 a year per property; a new application is required every year, and the exemption is lost if the rest of the year's tax is not paid by December 5. Apply by April 1 (the Commissioner of the Revenue may grant an extension of up to 60 days).
How to appeal your Campbell County property assessment
In Campbell County you appeal to the Campbell County Circuit Court (a Board of Equalization is appointed only for a general reassessment). The deadline: Campbell County reassesses every four years; the current values took effect in 2023, and the next general reassessment is the 2027 reassessment. For each reassessment the county sets a Board of Equalization filing window by ordinance, and the window for the 2027 reassessment has not been published. Outside that window, Virginia law (Code of Virginia section 58.1-3984) lets an owner apply to the Circuit Court within three years from the last day of the tax year the assessment is for, or within one year from the date of the assessment, whichever is later. Questions about a value can go to the Real Estate Office first. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Campbell County does not restate them on its own pages.
How Virginia's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.
Virginia rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Virginia page.
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Sales tax in Campbell County
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Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Campbell County, Virginia: 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.