Property tax in Rockingham County, Virginia
In Rockingham County, the property tax bill comes from the Rockingham 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 Rockingham County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Rockingham County, Virginia is $1,645 a year, which is about 0.53% of the county's median home value of $313,000. 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 Rockingham County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Rockingham County Treasurer's Office. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Rockingham County Commissioner of the Revenue, 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.
The Commissioner of the Revenue values property as of January 1 each year, and the Treasurer sends the bills and collects. Several towns in the county (Broadway, Dayton, Elkton, Grottoes, Mount Crawford and Timberville) levy a town real estate tax of their own on top of the county's; Bridgewater does not; check with your town about its bill. Harrisonburg is an independent city with its own tax bill. Property in the Lake Shenandoah stormwater district also owes a stormwater fee, due on the same June and December dates. Card payments online or by phone carry a 2.95% convenience fee charged by the processor, Invoice Cloud. Mailed payments go to Rockingham County Treasurer's Office, P.O. Box 471, Harrisonburg, VA 22803. After the 2026 reassessment, owners who pay through escrow should tell their mortgage company about the new value.
When are property taxes due in Rockingham County?
For the 2026 bill, Rockingham 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. A late payment penalty of 10% is added after the due date, and interest of 10% a year starts on the first day of the following month (July 1 for the June half, January 1 for the December half).
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| First half | June 5, 2026 (passed) | Real estate tax is billed in two halves each year. A mailed payment must be postmarked on or before the due date, and a payment left in the 24-hour drop box in front of the County Administration Center is on time if deposited by 5:00 pm on the due date. |
| Second half | December 5, 2026 | December 5, 2026 is a Saturday. The county's pages do not state a weekend rule, but Virginia law (Code of Virginia section 1-210 E) lets a payment due on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday be made on the next business day, so a payment made on Monday, December 7, 2026 is on time. |
From Rockingham 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 Rockingham County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Rockingham County's average effective rate of 0.53% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $1,659 / year
Property tax in Rockingham County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $1,645 |
| Median home value | $313,000 |
| Effective tax rate | 0.53% |
| 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 Rockingham County compare in Virginia?
Among Virginia's 133 counties, Rockingham County has the 97th highest effective property-tax rate: 96 rank higher and 36 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Virginia. Nationally, it ranks 2550th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Virginia county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Rockingham County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Rockingham County's 24,604 owner-occupied homes, 16.7% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 37.1% pay at least $2,000, and 12.3% pay under $800. Another 1.8% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 3,015 | 12.3% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 7,867 | 32% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 4,145 | 16.8% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 5,019 | 20.4% |
| $3,000 or more | 4,117 | 16.7% |
| No property tax paid | 441 | 1.8% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,715 and owners without one pay $1,524. 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 Rockingham County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $1,645 is about 1.8% of the median income of Rockingham County homeowner households, $92,628 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 75.3% of Rockingham 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 Rockingham County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,266 in 2015-2019 to $1,645 in 2020-2024, a 29.9% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 48%, from $211,500 to $313,000. 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 Rockingham County
Rockingham County borders 8 counties, 2 of them across the state line.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisonburg city, VA | 0.76% | $2,281 | $299,100 |
| Albemarle County, VA | 0.75% | $3,719 | $495,400 |
| Page County, VA | 0.64% | $1,497 | $233,200 |
| Greene County, VA | 0.61% | $2,086 | $343,300 |
| Rockingham County, VA (this county) | 0.53% | $1,645 | $313,000 |
| Shenandoah County, VA | 0.52% | $1,528 | $294,900 |
| Augusta County, VA | 0.47% | $1,446 | $306,100 |
| Hardy County, WV | 0.35% | $575 | $166,300 |
| Pendleton County, WV | 0.34% | $633 | $183,800 |
How is a home assessed in Rockingham County?
Virginia assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Rockingham County included. How Virginia assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County. Virginia's exemptions and relief programs in full.
On top of the Virginia programs, Rockingham County runs its own:
- Real Estate Tax Relief for the Elderly and Disabled: For an owner aged 65 or older, or permanently and totally disabled, on December 31 of the prior year, who lives in the home as their sole dwelling, with household income of $50,000 or less and net worth of $90,000 or less (not counting the home and up to one acre): the county exempts 10% to 100% of the real estate tax on the home, depending on income and net worth. A new application is required every year. Apply by April 1 (applications are accepted from January 1).
How to appeal your Rockingham County property assessment
In Rockingham County you appeal to the Rockingham County reassessment staff (informal review), then the Board of Equalization, then the Circuit Court. The deadline: Rockingham reassessed all real estate effective January 1, 2026, and reassesses at least every four years. After a general reassessment, an owner first asks the assessors for an informal review and may then appeal to the Board of Equalization, within the windows printed on the reassessment notice; the county has not published those dates on its website. After that, or in a year with no reassessment, an owner may apply to the Circuit Court within three years from the end of the tax year or one year from the date of the assessment, whichever is later (Code of Virginia section 58.1-3984). How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Rockingham 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 Rockingham County
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Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Rockingham 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.