Property tax in Hampton city, Virginia

Who sends the property tax bill in Hampton city, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the City of Hampton Treasurer's Office. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Office of the Assessor of Real Estate, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong.

Hampton is an independent city, so the city bill is the only local real estate tax bill; no county bill comes on top of it. The Office of the Assessor of Real Estate values property as of January 1 each year and hears the first appeal; the Treasurer sends the bills and collects. The first half is due in December and the second half the following June.

When are property taxes due in Hampton city?

For the 2026-2027 bill, Hampton city splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due December 5, 2026 and the last June 5, 2027. An installment not paid by its due date carries a penalty of 10% of the tax due, which becomes part of the tax. Interest of 10% a year, charged at one twelfth of that for each month or part of a month, is added to unpaid tax and penalty starting July 1 of the year after the assessment year, so July 1, 2027 for bills in this cycle.

From Hampton city'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 Hampton city

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Hampton city's average effective rate of 0.95% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Hampton city 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 Hampton city compare in Virginia?

Among Virginia's 133 counties, Hampton city has the 10th highest effective property-tax rate: 9 rank higher and 123 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1253rd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Virginia county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Hampton city actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Hampton city's 33,046 owner-occupied homes, 28.8% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 56.4% pay at least $2,000, and 5.4% pay under $800. Another 5.3% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,329 and owners without one pay $2,321. That is within 10% either way, so in Hampton city paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

How does the Hampton city property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,327 is about 2.7% of the median income of Hampton city homeowner households, $87,250 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 56.9% of Hampton city's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Hampton city?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,989 in 2015-2019 to $2,327 in 2020-2024, a 17% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 31.6%, from $186,700 to $245,700. 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 Hampton city

Hampton city borders 7 counties.

How is a home assessed in Hampton city?

Virginia assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Hampton city included. How Virginia assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Hampton city?

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 Hampton city. Virginia's exemptions and relief programs in full.

On top of the Virginia programs, Hampton city runs its own:

• Real Estate Tax Freeze or Deferral for the Elderly and Disabled: For an owner aged 65 or older, or permanently and totally disabled, who lives in the home as the only dwelling, with household income of no more than $67,000 for the current fiscal year (the first $7,000 of each other household member's income, other than a spouse, is not counted) and assets of no more than $200,000 not counting the home and up to 10 acres: the owner chooses either a freeze that holds the real estate tax at the amount of the first year qualified, or a deferral of up to all of the tax, repaid without penalty when the home is sold or from the estate. It is run by the Commissioner of the Revenue, a filing is required every year, and the city scales every award down if the program's budget runs short. Apply by August 31.

How to appeal your Hampton city property assessment

In Hampton city you appeal to the City of Hampton Board of Review of Real Estate Assessments (after an optional appeal to the Office of the Assessor of Real Estate). The deadline: An appeal to the Assessor must be filed in writing before March 1 of the assessment year or within 30 days of the date on the notice of a change in assessment, whichever is later. An application to the Board of Review, on the Board's form, is due by April 1 or within 60 days of the date on the notice of a change in assessment, whichever is later; the notice gives the exact deadlines. A further appeal goes to the Circuit Court. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

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

• How much house can I afford?

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

• Mortgage calculator

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

• Virginia income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what Virginia actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Hampton city

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