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Georgia property tax by county

The median Georgia homeowner pays $2,214 a year in property tax on a home worth $272,900, an effective rate of 0.81%. That ranks Georgia #27 of 51 states, against a national 0.98%.

Effective rate 0.81% #27 of 51 states
Median bill $2,214 U.S. $2,969
Median home $272,900 #26 most expensive
Counties covered 150 over 5,000 people

Why the county matters more than the state

Clinch County charges an effective 1.40% and Fannin County 0.35%, a spread of 1.05 points inside one state. Property tax in the United States is set by counties, cities, school districts and special districts, not by states. A statewide figure is a weighted average of thousands of separate decisions, and it can be a poor guide to any particular address.

Georgia sits 0.17 points below the national effective rate. A low rate is not the same as a low bill: on an expensive home it can still produce a large one. House prices in the state moved +1.8% over the year to 2026 Q2, which changes the denominator of this rate over time.

Every county ranked

Georgia counties by effective property tax rate, ACS 2023 five-year estimates
# County Rate Median bill Home value Rent Income
1 Clinch County 1.40% $1,205 $86,300 $505 $55,549
2 Dougherty County 1.39% $1,800 $129,200 $905 $46,784
3 Miller County 1.39% $1,640 $118,300 $699 $58,407
4 Sumter County 1.32% $1,616 $122,300 $847 $41,877
5 Mitchell County 1.28% $1,347 $105,500 $776 $51,908
6 Brooks County 1.28% $1,513 $118,100 $752 $47,656
7 Dooly County 1.24% $1,198 $96,400 $761 $56,545
8 Seminole County 1.22% $1,361 $111,600 $819 $49,559
9 Screven County 1.18% $1,444 $122,300 $629 $53,017
10 Crisp County 1.16% $1,396 $120,800 $743 $42,745
11 Macon County 1.16% $1,011 $87,000 $624 $37,177
12 Calhoun County 1.15% $947 $82,200 $638 $55,714
13 Wilkes County 1.14% $1,194 $105,000 $759 $52,542
14 Turner County 1.13% $1,077 $95,200 $655 $39,565
15 Peach County 1.12% $2,092 $186,100 $901 $68,365
16 Brantley County 1.12% $1,028 $91,800 $714 $47,801
17 Irwin County 1.11% $1,174 $105,300 $824 $53,915
18 Bibb County 1.10% $1,826 $165,800 $1,026 $50,747
19 Washington County 1.10% $1,268 $115,600 $836 $44,009
20 Terrell County 1.10% $1,222 $111,500 $727 $43,812
21 Worth County 1.09% $1,221 $112,400 $855 $57,201
22 Telfair County 1.09% $1,181 $108,200 $614 $44,948
23 Talbot County 1.09% $1,384 $127,200 $950 $45,098
24 Bleckley County 1.08% $1,438 $132,900 $765 $53,005
25 Ben Hill County 1.06% $1,216 $114,600 $692 $39,081
26 Wilcox County 1.06% $753 $71,200 $612 $48,036
27 Liberty County 1.05% $1,897 $180,200 $1,203 $59,013
28 Candler County 1.04% $1,412 $135,600 $706 $50,431
29 Evans County 1.03% $1,442 $139,700 $720 $53,908
30 Warren County 1.03% $804 $78,000 $676 $46,776
31 Tattnall County 1.02% $1,246 $122,400 $660 $52,351
32 Bacon County 1.02% $1,064 $104,100 $789 $50,310
33 Lanier County 1.02% $1,639 $161,100 $878 $44,361
34 Ware County 1.01% $1,077 $106,500 $786 $44,833
35 Lee County 1.00% $2,273 $226,900 $1,147 $88,024
36 Long County 1.00% $1,959 $196,500 $931 $64,747
37 Berrien County 0.99% $1,139 $115,200 $771 $50,414
38 Jefferson County 0.99% $923 $93,100 $723 $46,561
39 Chattahoochee County 0.99% $988 $99,800 $1,235 $59,221
40 Hancock County 0.99% $869 $87,400 $671 $33,182
41 Gwinnett County 0.98% $3,381 $345,700 $1,713 $84,823
42 Grady County 0.98% $1,337 $136,500 $789 $54,312
43 Emanuel County 0.98% $860 $88,200 $742 $50,053
44 Elbert County 0.98% $1,126 $114,600 $849 $49,727
45 Troup County 0.97% $1,826 $187,800 $1,044 $54,905
46 Spalding County 0.96% $1,897 $196,600 $1,053 $60,217
47 Effingham County 0.96% $2,344 $245,300 $1,116 $85,465
48 Jones County 0.96% $1,673 $174,600 $917 $68,259
49 Toombs County 0.96% $1,223 $127,100 $714 $54,130
50 Montgomery County 0.96% $1,140 $118,200 $732 $51,188
51 Jenkins County 0.96% $777 $81,100 $544 $36,906
52 Treutlen County 0.96% $940 $98,400 $668 $43,750
53 Dodge County 0.95% $1,037 $108,700 $688 $50,152
54 Lamar County 0.95% $1,910 $201,400 $913 $68,457
55 Camden County 0.94% $2,197 $233,900 $1,167 $72,399
56 Tift County 0.94% $1,339 $143,100 $799 $53,165
57 Decatur County 0.93% $1,353 $146,200 $860 $50,485
58 Meriwether County 0.93% $1,439 $154,600 $899 $56,458
59 Jeff Davis County 0.93% $1,016 $109,300 $674 $40,879
60 DeKalb County 0.92% $3,046 $331,400 $1,591 $77,683
61 Henry County 0.92% $2,559 $277,400 $1,538 $81,612
62 Pierce County 0.92% $1,209 $132,100 $794 $56,691
63 Pike County 0.92% $2,456 $265,700 $1,056 $84,184
64 Johnson County 0.92% $837 $91,200 $661 $54,183
65 Newton County 0.91% $2,133 $233,300 $1,331 $73,732
66 Burke County 0.91% $978 $107,800 $763 $50,739
67 Charlton County 0.91% $1,081 $119,000 $895 $48,534
68 Pulaski County 0.91% $1,316 $144,300 $789 $47,688
69 Chatham County 0.90% $2,463 $273,300 $1,382 $69,575
70 Clarke County 0.90% $2,444 $271,900 $1,162 $52,267
71 Taylor County 0.90% $744 $82,900 $665 $41,743
72 Fulton County 0.89% $3,847 $431,200 $1,635 $91,490
73 Clayton County 0.89% $1,737 $194,500 $1,307 $58,507
74 Harris County 0.89% $2,470 $278,700 $941 $89,184
75 Upson County 0.89% $1,325 $149,500 $779 $50,904
76 Jasper County 0.89% $1,956 $219,700 $983 $59,574
77 Richmond County 0.88% $1,440 $163,300 $1,087 $53,197
78 Jackson County 0.88% $2,761 $312,700 $1,048 $85,012
79 Wilkinson County 0.88% $801 $90,800 $766 $46,673
80 Atkinson County 0.88% $674 $76,300 $620 $38,438
81 Lincoln County 0.88% $1,445 $163,600 $732 $50,688
82 Randolph County 0.88% $800 $90,900 $554 $25,425
83 Colquitt County 0.87% $1,051 $121,400 $779 $49,691
84 Houston County 0.86% $1,759 $205,600 $1,143 $80,743
85 Chattooga County 0.86% $844 $98,700 $789 $47,785
86 Paulding County 0.85% $2,444 $289,000 $1,622 $94,557
87 Columbia County 0.85% $2,431 $287,400 $1,330 $96,122
88 Haralson County 0.85% $1,787 $210,400 $884 $65,016
89 McDuffie County 0.85% $1,317 $155,100 $813 $54,058
90 Appling County 0.85% $689 $81,400 $711 $43,728
91 Muscogee County 0.84% $1,526 $182,300 $1,072 $56,622
92 Crawford County 0.84% $1,219 $144,800 $751 $60,905
93 Lowndes County 0.83% $1,643 $197,900 $1,002 $55,887
94 Barrow County 0.83% $2,124 $255,200 $1,197 $77,477
95 Stephens County 0.83% $1,396 $168,200 $817 $52,264
96 Butts County 0.83% $1,886 $227,800 $952 $59,221
97 Thomas County 0.82% $1,528 $185,300 $996 $60,140
98 Cook County 0.82% $1,009 $123,000 $901 $50,133
99 Early County 0.82% $1,069 $130,100 $774 $53,750
100 Twiggs County 0.82% $859 $104,500 $618 $55,439
101 Walton County 0.81% $2,431 $300,500 $1,231 $82,381
102 Coffee County 0.81% $1,014 $125,700 $713 $50,175
103 Madison County 0.81% $1,608 $198,800 $951 $58,784
104 Floyd County 0.80% $1,560 $194,100 $971 $62,540
105 Polk County 0.80% $1,307 $163,500 $870 $55,308
106 Wayne County 0.80% $1,193 $149,800 $839 $49,562
107 Oglethorpe County 0.80% $1,597 $198,700 $832 $69,784
108 Douglas County 0.79% $2,079 $262,200 $1,447 $80,764
109 Bryan County 0.79% $2,501 $317,100 $1,584 $94,234
110 Fayette County 0.78% $3,168 $405,600 $1,787 $108,986
111 Bulloch County 0.78% $1,491 $191,600 $968 $56,832
112 Walker County 0.78% $1,353 $173,900 $867 $55,887
113 Coweta County 0.77% $2,482 $321,900 $1,397 $94,142
114 Laurens County 0.77% $1,057 $137,400 $769 $49,705
115 Franklin County 0.77% $1,231 $160,600 $778 $52,264
116 Forsyth County 0.76% $3,747 $493,800 $1,937 $138,000
117 Hall County 0.76% $2,382 $313,600 $1,247 $77,430
118 McIntosh County 0.75% $1,310 $173,900 $781 $50,348
119 Wheeler County 0.75% $562 $74,600 $551 $45,262
120 Baldwin County 0.74% $1,222 $164,700 $865 $55,413
121 Morgan County 0.74% $2,399 $323,100 $1,090 $85,692
122 Bartow County 0.73% $1,901 $262,200 $1,202 $79,431
123 Rockdale County 0.72% $1,843 $256,600 $1,341 $72,349
124 Oconee County 0.72% $3,056 $425,100 $1,347 $115,925
125 Putnam County 0.72% $1,604 $222,000 $1,063 $64,163
126 Gordon County 0.71% $1,450 $205,600 $872 $61,997
127 Cherokee County 0.70% $2,734 $389,800 $1,703 $105,442
128 Marion County 0.70% $860 $122,100 $717 $50,484
129 Cobb County 0.69% $2,560 $373,700 $1,640 $98,712
130 Catoosa County 0.69% $1,475 $214,200 $953 $72,425
131 Lumpkin County 0.69% $1,908 $277,200 $1,090 $72,388
132 Monroe County 0.69% $1,669 $243,200 $881 $82,863
133 Greene County 0.68% $2,343 $342,200 $936 $84,530
134 Whitfield County 0.67% $1,339 $198,900 $907 $64,262
135 Pickens County 0.66% $1,914 $289,600 $1,079 $75,293
136 White County 0.66% $1,732 $262,200 $1,015 $69,747
137 Glynn County 0.64% $1,712 $268,300 $1,060 $68,546
138 Murray County 0.64% $1,111 $173,300 $828 $67,880
139 Heard County 0.64% $1,030 $161,000 $855 $62,907
140 Habersham County 0.63% $1,330 $212,000 $939 $65,622
141 Dawson County 0.63% $2,224 $351,900 $1,425 $88,986
142 Banks County 0.63% $1,586 $251,700 $788 $68,830
143 Carroll County 0.62% $1,420 $227,500 $1,124 $72,327
144 Dade County 0.62% $1,039 $166,600 $843 $58,936
145 Hart County 0.54% $1,113 $206,500 $814 $57,241
146 Rabun County 0.54% $1,463 $272,600 $1,016 $61,466
147 Union County 0.50% $1,376 $272,600 $842 $65,697
148 Gilmer County 0.38% $1,070 $278,900 $955 $72,542
149 Towns County 0.37% $1,139 $311,900 $822 $58,400
150 Fannin County 0.35% $959 $274,600 $876 $58,073

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates. The effective property tax rate is median taxes paid divided by median home value. The two medians come from different distributions, so it approximates the typical rate rather than describing any one household.