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Virginia property tax rates by county
Virginia homeowners paid 0.78% of their home’s value in property tax (2020–2024 survey), the 24th lowest of 51 (50 states and D.C.), with a median bill of $2,790 a year on a median home value of $383,700. Across counties, rates ran from 0.40% (Lunenburg County) to 1.15% (Falls Church city).
- 0.78%Effective rate (2020–2024)−0.02 pts vs 2019–2023
- $2,790Median tax per yearU.S.: $3,119
- $383,700Median home valueU.S.: $332,700
- 2,266,609Owner-occupied homes67% of households own
How Virginia compares
- U.S. effective rate: 0.94%; median bill $3,119. Virginia is 17% below the national rate.
- Change from the 2019–2023 survey: −0.02 pts in the rate, +$104 (+3.9%) in the median bill (U.S.: −0.03 pts, +$150 (+5.1%)).
- With a mortgage, Virginia owners’ median bill was $3,014; without one, $2,316.
- 116 of 133 counties have estimates reliable enough to rank (at least 500 owner-occupied homes and a margin of error under 25% of the rate).
Every Virginia county
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median value | Owner homes | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accomack County | 0.50% | $985 | $204,300 | 10,319 | Reliable |
| Albemarle County | 0.73% | $3,719 | $495,400 | 30,269 | Reliable |
| Alexandria city | 0.92% | $7,024 | $735,100 | 32,065 | Reliable |
| Alleghany County | 0.68% | $1,000 | $125,800 | 5,252 | Reliable |
| Amelia County | 0.43% | $1,079 | $282,400 | 4,469 | Reliable |
| Amherst County | 0.47% | $975 | $212,400 | 10,262 | Reliable |
| Appomattox County | 0.52% | $1,073 | $207,600 | 5,031 | Reliable |
| Arlington County | 0.85% | $8,153 | $895,000 | 46,221 | Reliable |
| Augusta County | 0.47% | $1,446 | $306,100 | 24,924 | Reliable |
| Bath County | 0.43% | $797 | $206,700 | 1,299 | Reliable |
| Bedford County | 0.43% | $1,285 | $297,400 | 28,045 | Reliable |
| Bland County | 0.55% | $846 | $152,100 | 2,055 | Small sample |
| Botetourt County | 0.60% | $1,862 | $289,200 | 11,307 | Reliable |
| Bristol city | 0.72% | $1,387 | $184,100 | 4,598 | Reliable |
| Brunswick County | 0.40% | $820 | $142,700 | 4,822 | Small sample |
| Buchanan County | 0.48% | $413 | $94,900 | 6,255 | Small sample |
| Buckingham County | 0.48% | $906 | $173,400 | 4,851 | Reliable |
| Buena Vista city | 0.88% | $1,421 | $156,200 | 1,443 | Small sample |
| Campbell County | 0.46% | $950 | $211,600 | 16,668 | Reliable |
| Caroline County | 0.50% | $1,597 | $307,700 | 9,872 | Reliable |
| Carroll County | 0.54% | $834 | $156,500 | 9,697 | Reliable |
| Charles City County | 0.59% | $1,343 | $241,400 | 2,511 | Small sample |
| Charlotte County | 0.50% | $756 | $144,100 | 3,515 | Small sample |
| Charlottesville city | 0.82% | $3,915 | $486,700 | 8,767 | Reliable |
| Chesapeake city | 0.78% | $3,108 | $378,400 | 69,615 | Reliable |
| Chesterfield County | 0.75% | $2,773 | $366,000 | 107,538 | Reliable |
| Clarke County | 0.59% | $2,657 | $550,100 | 4,799 | Small sample |
| Colonial Heights city | 0.75% | $2,071 | $246,600 | 5,127 | Reliable |
| Covington city | 0.86% | $681 | $83,500 | 1,806 | Small sample |
| Craig County | 0.58% | $1,064 | $189,000 | 1,453 | Small sample |
| Culpeper County | 0.50% | $2,141 | $409,200 | 14,201 | Reliable |
| Cumberland County | 0.53% | $1,361 | $239,300 | 3,045 | Reliable |
| Danville city | 0.62% | $774 | $119,100 | 9,109 | Reliable |
| Dickenson County | 0.51% | $480 | $102,700 | 4,515 | Reliable |
| Dinwiddie County | 0.58% | $1,409 | $257,800 | 8,487 | Reliable |
| Emporia city | 0.70% | $1,171 | $148,500 | 822 | Small sample |
| Essex County | 0.58% | $1,348 | $238,100 | 3,190 | Reliable |
| Fairfax County | 0.95% | $7,368 | $732,800 | 284,195 | Reliable |
| Fairfax city | 0.85% | $6,515 | $722,600 | 6,399 | Reliable |
| Falls Church city | 1.15% | $10,000+ | $1,055,600 | 3,295 | Reliable |
| Fauquier County | 0.67% | $4,320 | $573,700 | 21,066 | Reliable |
| Floyd County | 0.46% | $1,245 | $225,400 | 5,560 | Reliable |
| Fluvanna County | 0.65% | $1,967 | $314,100 | 9,161 | Reliable |
| Franklin County | 0.50% | $1,196 | $240,400 | 18,048 | Reliable |
| Franklin city | 0.81% | $1,821 | $256,600 | 1,861 | Reliable |
| Frederick County | 0.50% | $1,846 | $386,000 | 28,068 | Reliable |
| Fredericksburg city | 0.65% | $2,907 | $483,700 | 4,657 | Reliable |
| Galax city | 0.52% | $1,072 | $141,300 | 1,556 | Small sample |
| Giles County | 0.54% | $928 | $151,100 | 5,285 | Reliable |
| Gloucester County | 0.56% | $1,878 | $331,000 | 12,278 | Reliable |
| Goochland County | 0.52% | $2,496 | $500,600 | 8,784 | Reliable |
| Grayson County | 0.62% | $843 | $150,100 | 5,097 | Reliable |
| Greene County | 0.61% | $2,086 | $343,300 | 6,700 | Reliable |
| Greensville County | 0.60% | $855 | $159,400 | 2,122 | Reliable |
| Halifax County | 0.50% | $721 | $155,700 | 10,155 | Reliable |
| Hampton city | 0.97% | $2,327 | $245,700 | 33,046 | Reliable |
| Hanover County | 0.66% | $2,627 | $400,400 | 35,055 | Reliable |
| Harrisonburg city | 0.74% | $2,281 | $299,100 | 6,855 | Reliable |
| Henrico County | 0.68% | $2,565 | $359,200 | 88,571 | Reliable |
| Henry County | 0.48% | $637 | $134,800 | 15,817 | Reliable |
| Highland County | 0.69% | $1,135 | $200,000 | 892 | Small sample |
| Hopewell city | 0.88% | $1,564 | $181,600 | 5,359 | Reliable |
| Isle of Wight County | 0.72% | $2,510 | $356,500 | 12,626 | Reliable |
| James City County | 0.61% | $2,901 | $447,200 | 24,543 | Reliable |
| King George County | 0.55% | $2,254 | $428,300 | 7,720 | Reliable |
| King William County | 0.61% | $1,729 | $315,700 | 6,534 | Reliable |
| King and Queen County | 0.45% | $1,209 | $231,600 | 2,274 | Small sample |
| Lancaster County | 0.49% | $1,558 | $327,000 | 4,645 | Reliable |
| Lee County | 0.61% | $595 | $98,900 | 6,226 | Reliable |
| Lexington city | 0.85% | $2,224 | $275,200 | 1,176 | Reliable |
| Loudoun County | 0.80% | $6,325 | $743,800 | 111,442 | Reliable |
| Louisa County | 0.63% | $1,883 | $315,300 | 12,796 | Reliable |
| Lunenburg County | 0.40% | $578 | $150,100 | 3,409 | Reliable |
| Lynchburg city | 0.81% | $1,804 | $229,800 | 14,027 | Reliable |
| Madison County | 0.49% | $1,968 | $370,300 | 4,265 | Reliable |
| Manassas Park city | 1.08% | $4,636 | $395,900 | 3,452 | Reliable |
| Manassas city | 0.99% | $4,923 | $449,900 | 10,151 | Reliable |
| Martinsville city | 0.81% | $760 | $98,400 | 3,165 | Reliable |
| Mathews County | 0.49% | $1,547 | $360,900 | 3,351 | Reliable |
| Mecklenburg County | 0.50% | $859 | $192,600 | 9,269 | Reliable |
| Middlesex County | 0.51% | $1,778 | $352,200 | 4,172 | Small sample |
| Montgomery County | 0.82% | $2,249 | $304,600 | 20,438 | Reliable |
| Nelson County | 0.56% | $1,622 | $321,700 | 5,070 | Reliable |
| New Kent County | 0.60% | $2,503 | $393,600 | 8,582 | Reliable |
| Newport News city | 0.94% | $2,634 | $260,600 | 36,655 | Reliable |
| Norfolk city | 0.91% | $2,890 | $289,900 | 44,000 | Reliable |
| Northampton County | 0.66% | $1,807 | $316,200 | 3,596 | Reliable |
| Northumberland County | 0.46% | $1,645 | $346,800 | 4,854 | Reliable |
| Norton city | 0.85% | $800 | $110,000 | 802 | Small sample |
| Nottoway County | 0.43% | $761 | $167,500 | 3,737 | Reliable |
| Orange County | 0.59% | $1,997 | $364,200 | 11,688 | Reliable |
| Page County | 0.49% | $1,497 | $233,200 | 7,112 | Small sample |
| Patrick County | 0.58% | $845 | $153,400 | 5,985 | Reliable |
| Petersburg city | 0.87% | $1,523 | $189,000 | 5,846 | Reliable |
| Pittsylvania County | 0.57% | $948 | $161,400 | 19,682 | Reliable |
| Poquoson city | 0.90% | $3,690 | $400,300 | 4,000 | Reliable |
| Portsmouth city | 0.95% | $2,557 | $246,900 | 23,344 | Reliable |
| Powhatan County | 0.59% | $2,448 | $416,000 | 10,559 | Reliable |
| Prince Edward County | 0.52% | $921 | $216,600 | 4,434 | Reliable |
| Prince George County | 0.69% | $2,184 | $293,400 | 9,605 | Reliable |
| Prince William County | 0.85% | $4,999 | $530,100 | 116,435 | Reliable |
| Pulaski County | 0.63% | $1,202 | $191,700 | 10,613 | Reliable |
| Radford city | 0.70% | $1,581 | $220,700 | 2,343 | Reliable |
| Rappahannock County | 0.49% | $2,505 | $506,400 | 2,191 | Reliable |
| Richmond County | 0.50% | $1,290 | $231,500 | 2,372 | Reliable |
| Richmond city | 0.90% | $3,150 | $353,000 | 45,407 | Reliable |
| Roanoke County | 0.79% | $2,436 | $286,000 | 30,066 | Reliable |
| Roanoke city | 0.95% | $1,893 | $190,500 | 22,852 | Reliable |
| Rockbridge County | 0.59% | $1,492 | $248,800 | 7,572 | Reliable |
| Rockingham County | 0.55% | $1,645 | $313,000 | 24,604 | Reliable |
| Russell County | 0.48% | $576 | $120,600 | 8,141 | Reliable |
| Salem city | 0.82% | $2,316 | $258,600 | 6,441 | Reliable |
| Scott County | 0.68% | $885 | $143,000 | 7,029 | Reliable |
| Shenandoah County | 0.53% | $1,528 | $294,900 | 13,174 | Reliable |
| Smyth County | 0.54% | $805 | $139,600 | 8,986 | Reliable |
| Southampton County | 0.76% | $1,418 | $216,200 | 5,227 | Reliable |
| Spotsylvania County | 0.56% | $2,347 | $404,900 | 42,045 | Reliable |
| Stafford County | 0.67% | $3,410 | $485,100 | 42,121 | Reliable |
| Staunton city | 0.60% | $1,818 | $259,200 | 6,885 | Small sample |
| Suffolk city | 0.87% | $3,229 | $347,400 | 26,816 | Reliable |
| Surry County | 0.67% | $1,651 | $238,800 | 2,251 | Reliable |
| Sussex County | 0.56% | $1,078 | $183,800 | 2,640 | Reliable |
| Tazewell County | 0.61% | $728 | $118,300 | 12,123 | Reliable |
| Virginia Beach city | 0.78% | $3,061 | $382,500 | 117,165 | Reliable |
| Warren County | 0.52% | $1,819 | $348,400 | 11,635 | Reliable |
| Washington County | 0.50% | $1,065 | $214,000 | 16,756 | Reliable |
| Waynesboro city | 0.66% | $1,639 | $245,500 | 5,898 | Reliable |
| Westmoreland County | 0.62% | $1,628 | $269,600 | 6,524 | Reliable |
| Williamsburg city | 0.61% | $2,518 | $428,100 | 2,673 | Reliable |
| Winchester city | 0.74% | $2,591 | $343,000 | 5,011 | Reliable |
| Wise County | 0.59% | $693 | $118,600 | 10,317 | Reliable |
| Wythe County | 0.52% | $900 | $171,200 | 9,646 | Reliable |
| York County | 0.63% | $2,794 | $433,200 | 19,312 | 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.