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Georgia property tax rates by county

Georgia homeowners paid 0.79% of their home’s value in property tax (2020–2024 survey), the 27th lowest of 51 (50 states and D.C.), with a median bill of $2,341 a year on a median home value of $303,300. Across counties, rates ran from 0.35% (Towns County) to 1.20% (Dougherty County).

0.79%Effective rate (2020–2024)−0.02 pts vs 2019–2023
$2,341Median tax per yearU.S.: $3,119
$303,300Median home valueU.S.: $332,700
2,676,357Owner-occupied homes66% of households own

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Estimated tax at this rate$2,406/year

The same home value at each average rate
Rate	Effective rate	Per year	Per month
Georgia average	0.79%	$2,406	$201
Georgia average	0.79%	$2,406	$201
U.S. average	0.94%	$2,847	$237

How Georgia compares

U.S. effective rate: 0.94%; median bill $3,119. Georgia is 15% below the national rate.
Change from the 2019–2023 survey: −0.02 pts in the rate, +$127 (+5.7%) in the median bill (U.S.: −0.03 pts, +$150 (+5.1%)).
With a mortgage, Georgia owners’ median bill was $2,706; without one, $1,616.
126 of 159 counties have estimates reliable enough to rank (at least 500 owner-occupied homes and a margin of error under 25% of the rate).

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Georgia property taxes by county, 2020–2024
County	Effective rate	Median tax	Median value	Owner homes	Estimate
Appling County	0.65%	$721	$76,700	5,205	Small sample
Atkinson County	0.78%	$625	$79,000	1,994	Small sample
Bacon County	0.89%	$1,144	$101,400	2,886	Reliable
Baker County	0.80%	$1,023	$119,500	850	Small sample
Baldwin County	0.60%	$1,276	$181,900	10,125	Reliable
Banks County	0.60%	$1,663	$278,100	5,397	Reliable
Barrow County	0.80%	$2,307	$294,700	24,170	Reliable
Bartow County	0.69%	$2,024	$289,000	29,735	Reliable
Ben Hill County	0.90%	$1,210	$112,700	4,481	Reliable
Berrien County	0.74%	$1,130	$131,600	4,999	Reliable
Bibb County	0.98%	$1,801	$174,500	30,802	Reliable
Bleckley County	0.96%	$1,423	$149,600	3,257	Reliable
Brantley County	0.96%	$1,185	$99,600	5,272	Reliable
Brooks County	0.88%	$1,583	$139,200	4,340	Reliable
Bryan County	0.77%	$2,677	$343,200	12,904	Reliable
Bulloch County	0.64%	$1,679	$222,500	16,389	Reliable
Burke County	0.52%	$1,025	$151,600	6,429	Small sample
Butts County	0.83%	$1,976	$240,600	6,642	Reliable
Calhoun County	0.76%	$903	$81,000	947	Small sample
Camden County	0.82%	$2,305	$261,400	14,706	Reliable
Candler County	0.96%	$1,721	$159,200	2,576	Reliable
Carroll County	0.63%	$1,566	$255,100	31,438	Reliable
Catoosa County	0.62%	$1,566	$240,900	19,789	Reliable
Charlton County	0.66%	$1,088	$142,800	3,378	Reliable
Chatham County	0.81%	$2,541	$302,700	68,319	Reliable
Chattahoochee County	0.67%	$856	$102,700	733	Small sample
Chattooga County	0.71%	$1,022	$115,600	6,114	Reliable
Cherokee County	0.69%	$2,985	$435,100	78,464	Reliable
Clarke County	0.86%	$2,610	$298,900	22,563	Reliable
Clay County	1.00%	$937	$94,400	964	Small sample
Clayton County	0.85%	$1,933	$222,300	57,782	Reliable
Clinch County	1.07%	$1,101	$84,400	1,720	Small sample
Cobb County	0.69%	$2,720	$407,200	198,190	Reliable
Coffee County	0.60%	$976	$128,900	9,925	Reliable
Colquitt County	0.76%	$1,014	$121,400	10,708	Reliable
Columbia County	0.82%	$2,515	$305,300	43,093	Reliable
Cook County	0.74%	$1,221	$157,500	4,162	Reliable
Coweta County	0.70%	$2,624	$357,500	44,124	Reliable
Crawford County	0.84%	$1,421	$164,100	3,614	Small sample
Crisp County	0.94%	$1,510	$140,200	4,389	Reliable
Dade County	0.56%	$1,133	$198,500	4,864	Reliable
Dawson County	0.61%	$2,430	$406,700	9,103	Reliable
DeKalb County	0.93%	$3,310	$357,800	168,868	Reliable
Decatur County	0.94%	$1,514	$158,800	6,598	Reliable
Dodge County	0.73%	$1,030	$118,100	4,855	Reliable
Dooly County	0.95%	$1,368	$107,400	2,608	Reliable
Dougherty County	1.20%	$1,781	$134,400	15,538	Reliable
Douglas County	0.80%	$2,212	$296,900	34,849	Reliable
Early County	0.77%	$1,081	$131,300	2,741	Reliable
Echols County	0.80%	$1,127	$124,100	869	Small sample
Effingham County	0.89%	$2,495	$276,000	19,030	Reliable
Elbert County	0.78%	$1,298	$142,000	5,941	Reliable
Emanuel County	0.78%	$884	$94,700	5,052	Reliable
Evans County	0.94%	$1,405	$138,200	2,666	Small sample
Fannin County	0.40%	$1,021	$306,600	9,342	Small sample
Fayette County	0.78%	$3,285	$436,400	35,714	Reliable
Floyd County	0.92%	$1,847	$217,900	23,434	Reliable
Forsyth County	0.69%	$4,020	$550,400	75,167	Reliable
Franklin County	0.65%	$1,288	$179,000	6,939	Reliable
Fulton County	0.89%	$4,033	$458,800	251,193	Reliable
Gilmer County	0.41%	$1,109	$314,000	10,506	Reliable
Glascock County	0.81%	$1,273	$123,800	700	Small sample
Glynn County	0.52%	$1,708	$301,300	23,695	Reliable
Gordon County	0.66%	$1,537	$222,900	15,776	Reliable
Grady County	0.92%	$1,386	$152,400	6,682	Reliable
Greene County	0.55%	$2,425	$394,800	6,390	Reliable
Gwinnett County	0.93%	$3,617	$380,900	216,729	Reliable
Habersham County	0.57%	$1,403	$238,300	12,197	Reliable
Hall County	0.69%	$2,571	$350,400	50,421	Reliable
Hancock County	0.94%	$967	$88,600	2,316	Small sample
Haralson County	0.69%	$1,823	$227,500	8,412	Reliable
Harris County	0.80%	$2,578	$302,800	11,571	Reliable
Hart County	0.52%	$1,209	$215,100	8,581	Reliable
Heard County	0.51%	$1,049	$186,800	3,115	Reliable
Henry County	0.89%	$2,741	$313,900	64,904	Reliable
Houston County	0.83%	$1,835	$219,800	42,738	Reliable
Irwin County	0.76%	$1,132	$105,600	2,528	Small sample
Jackson County	0.79%	$3,000	$345,000	22,532	Reliable
Jasper County	0.81%	$1,959	$243,400	5,106	Reliable
Jeff Davis County	0.65%	$1,093	$118,300	3,911	Small sample
Jefferson County	0.89%	$1,009	$105,400	3,919	Reliable
Jenkins County	0.82%	$797	$92,900	2,645	Reliable
Johnson County	0.81%	$889	$94,900	2,443	Small sample
Jones County	0.96%	$1,878	$194,500	9,013	Reliable
Lamar County	0.93%	$1,864	$216,500	5,397	Small sample
Lanier County	0.87%	$1,615	$162,300	2,550	Reliable
Laurens County	0.53%	$1,021	$154,500	11,949	Reliable
Lee County	0.93%	$2,250	$231,800	9,112	Reliable
Liberty County	0.93%	$2,087	$201,500	12,206	Reliable
Lincoln County	0.80%	$1,643	$165,900	2,295	Reliable
Long County	0.71%	$1,903	$218,300	4,017	Reliable
Lowndes County	0.76%	$1,750	$215,600	26,222	Reliable
Lumpkin County	0.64%	$1,989	$307,900	8,908	Reliable
Macon County	1.11%	$954	$97,300	2,708	Small sample
Madison County	0.74%	$1,677	$219,700	8,649	Reliable
Marion County	0.64%	$1,090	$154,100	2,339	Reliable
McDuffie County	0.77%	$1,391	$170,200	5,299	Reliable
McIntosh County	0.73%	$1,462	$182,700	4,055	Reliable
Meriwether County	0.81%	$1,445	$168,800	6,127	Reliable
Miller County	1.15%	$1,595	$124,000	1,813	Reliable
Mitchell County	1.08%	$1,402	$106,000	5,092	Reliable
Monroe County	0.73%	$1,886	$271,200	8,841	Reliable
Montgomery County	0.81%	$1,204	$115,500	2,395	Reliable
Morgan County	0.72%	$2,425	$342,300	6,352	Reliable
Murray County	0.43%	$1,225	$180,700	11,256	Small sample
Muscogee County	0.85%	$1,660	$193,900	41,390	Reliable
Newton County	0.85%	$2,348	$265,000	30,395	Reliable
Oconee County	0.67%	$3,222	$461,600	12,186	Reliable
Oglethorpe County	0.68%	$1,733	$231,600	4,536	Reliable
Paulding County	0.82%	$2,619	$326,300	48,470	Reliable
Peach County	0.78%	$2,117	$207,800	7,372	Small sample
Pickens County	0.58%	$1,990	$332,700	10,906	Reliable
Pierce County	0.77%	$1,266	$153,300	5,815	Reliable
Pike County	0.84%	$2,668	$305,600	5,689	Reliable
Polk County	0.73%	$1,413	$187,600	10,500	Reliable
Pulaski County	0.91%	$1,463	$157,600	2,530	Small sample
Putnam County	0.63%	$1,698	$249,300	8,444	Reliable
Quitman County	0.73%	n/a	$104,600	899	Small sample
Rabun County	0.49%	$1,651	$295,200	5,873	Reliable
Randolph County	0.95%	$964	$90,200	1,385	Small sample
Richmond County	0.85%	$1,508	$178,500	39,285	Reliable
Rockdale County	0.71%	$2,074	$292,900	23,964	Reliable
Schley County	0.91%	$1,288	$143,900	1,312	Small sample
Screven County	0.94%	$1,519	$124,300	3,445	Reliable
Seminole County	0.99%	$1,486	$121,900	3,021	Reliable
Spalding County	0.89%	$2,142	$228,700	16,610	Reliable
Stephens County	0.71%	$1,424	$175,300	7,748	Reliable
Stewart County	0.93%	$994	$65,100	1,044	Small sample
Sumter County	1.04%	$1,502	$120,200	6,220	Reliable
Talbot County	0.83%	$1,356	$117,100	2,012	Reliable
Taliaferro County	0.80%	$902	$68,900	483	Small sample
Tattnall County	0.67%	$1,260	$140,000	5,419	Reliable
Taylor County	0.75%	$838	$87,700	1,999	Reliable
Telfair County	0.70%	$1,269	$113,300	2,176	Small sample
Terrell County	0.97%	$1,227	$118,400	2,084	Reliable
Thomas County	0.84%	$1,539	$196,700	11,915	Reliable
Tift County	0.86%	$1,419	$165,200	9,547	Reliable
Toombs County	0.82%	$1,235	$137,000	6,299	Reliable
Towns County	0.35%	$1,084	$316,100	4,875	Reliable
Treutlen County	0.66%	$708	$100,100	1,477	Small sample
Troup County	0.87%	$2,024	$217,200	16,298	Reliable
Turner County	0.92%	$1,026	$97,300	2,102	Small sample
Twiggs County	0.35%	$807	$111,300	2,546	Small sample
Union County	0.45%	$1,611	$307,400	9,697	Reliable
Upson County	0.81%	$1,433	$168,700	6,462	Reliable
Walker County	0.86%	$1,479	$197,100	20,337	Reliable
Walton County	0.72%	$2,563	$339,500	28,343	Reliable
Ware County	0.85%	$1,047	$109,500	8,172	Reliable
Warren County	0.78%	$730	$67,100	1,514	Reliable
Washington County	0.85%	$1,127	$112,500	4,728	Reliable
Wayne County	0.75%	$1,265	$162,800	7,447	Reliable
Webster County	0.77%	$925	$82,600	649	Small sample
Wheeler County	0.84%	$554	$88,200	1,059	Small sample
White County	0.62%	$1,800	$278,900	8,457	Reliable
Whitfield County	0.64%	$1,391	$218,000	24,680	Reliable
Wilcox County	0.94%	$795	$87,600	1,952	Reliable
Wilkes County	0.87%	$1,292	$122,700	2,731	Reliable
Wilkinson County	0.87%	$775	$86,300	2,796	Reliable
Worth County	0.98%	$1,185	$104,900	5,704	Reliable

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table-based summary file: B25090 (aggregate real estate taxes), B25082 (aggregate home value), B25103 (median real estate taxes), B25077 (median home value) and B25003 (tenure); files dated January 29, 2026.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates, same tables (files dated October 31, 2024), for the comparison column.
Geography names: Census Bureau Geos20245YR.txt (file dated January 22, 2026).

Effective rate = total real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied homes ÷ their total value, as reported by owners to the Census Bureau. It is not a millage rate. Your bill depends on your assessed value, exemptions (such as homestead) and local levies.