Property tax in Greene County, Virginia
In Greene County, the property tax bill comes from the Greene County Treasurer's Office. The 2026 bill is paid in 2 installments, and the next one is due December 5, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Greene County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Greene County, Virginia is $2,086 a year, which is about 0.61% of the county's median home value of $343,300. That effective rate is higher 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 Greene County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Greene County Treasurer's Office. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Greene County Commissioner of Revenue, Real Estate Assessments (reassessments done by a contracted appraisal firm), 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.
Greene County's Treasurer bills and collects the tax, and the Commissioner of Revenue keeps the property records and runs the relief and land use programs; values are set by a firm the county hires for each reassessment, which happens every two years (the last one in 2025). Current taxes can be paid online through the county's payment processor, with a 2.5% card fee ($1 minimum); past-due accounts that have gone to the county's outside collection firm are paid through that firm. Mailed payments go to Greene County Treasurer, P.O. Box 157, Stanardsville, VA 22973.
When are property taxes due in Greene County?
For the 2026 bill, Greene County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due June 5, 2026 and the last December 5, 2026. The next one due is the second half, on December 5, 2026. Tax unpaid after the due date carries a penalty of 10% of the tax or $10, whichever is greater (never more than the tax itself), plus interest of 10% a year on the tax and penalty starting the day after the due date. Delinquent notices are mailed after each due date, and accounts still unpaid are then sent to an outside collection firm.
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| First half | June 5, 2026 (passed) | The Treasurer mails one annual bill in May with two due dates. A mailed payment postmarked by the due date avoids penalty and interest. Not receiving a bill does not excuse late payment. |
| Second half | December 5, 2026 | December 5, 2026 is a Saturday. The county says a due date that falls on a Saturday or Sunday moves to the next business day, so a payment made on Monday, December 7, 2026 is on time. |
From Greene 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 Greene County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Greene County's average effective rate of 0.61% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $2,094 / year
Property tax in Greene County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $2,086 |
| Median home value | $343,300 |
| Effective tax rate | 0.61% |
| 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 Greene County compare in Virginia?
Among Virginia's 133 counties, Greene County has the 64th highest effective property-tax rate: 63 rank higher and 69 rank lower. That is near the middle for Virginia. Nationally, it ranks 2239th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Virginia county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Greene County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Greene County's 6,700 owner-occupied homes, 22.1% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 49.8% pay at least $2,000, and 8.1% pay under $800. Another 5.2% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 540 | 8.1% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 1,291 | 19.3% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 1,185 | 17.7% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 1,859 | 27.7% |
| $3,000 or more | 1,478 | 22.1% |
| No property tax paid | 347 | 5.2% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,111 and owners without one pay $2,026. That is within 10% either way, so in Greene County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.
How does the Greene County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $2,086 is about 2.2% of the median income of Greene County homeowner households, $96,756 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 83.4% of Greene 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 Greene County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,596 in 2015-2019 to $2,086 in 2020-2024, a 30.7% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 45.2%, from $236,400 to $343,300. 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 Greene County
Greene County borders 5 counties.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle County, VA | 0.75% | $3,719 | $495,400 |
| Page County, VA | 0.64% | $1,497 | $233,200 |
| Greene County, VA (this county) | 0.61% | $2,086 | $343,300 |
| Orange County, VA | 0.55% | $1,997 | $364,200 |
| Madison County, VA | 0.53% | $1,968 | $370,300 |
| Rockingham County, VA | 0.53% | $1,645 | $313,000 |
How is a home assessed in Greene County?
Virginia assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Greene County included. How Virginia assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Greene 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 Greene County. Virginia's exemptions and relief programs in full.
On top of the Virginia programs, Greene County runs its own:
- Tax Relief for the Elderly and Disabled: For an owner 65 or older, or permanently and totally disabled, who lives in the home, with household income of no more than $35,000 in the prior year and net worth of no more than $100,000 not counting the home and up to five acres. The tax is 100% exempt at income up to $15,000, 75% exempt from $15,001 to $25,000 and 55% exempt from $25,001 to $35,000. File with the Commissioner of Revenue between January 2 and April 1 each year. Apply by April 1.
How to appeal your Greene County property assessment
In Greene County you appeal to the Greene County Board of Equalization (after an optional review with the county's reassessment firm). The deadline: Greene County reassesses every two years, and each reassessment letter sets that round's deadlines. For the 2025 reassessment, letters were mailed February 14, 2025, the last day to schedule a review with the assessor was March 3, 2025, and the last day to schedule a Board of Equalization hearing was March 28, 2025. The county has not posted deadlines for a later round. A further appeal goes to the Circuit Court. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Greene 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.
Work out your own numbers
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Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Greene County's tax rate to hand.
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Sales tax in Greene County
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Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Greene 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.