Georgia Property Tax Rates by County
Georgia homeowners pay a median $2,341 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.77% on a median home value of $303,300 — 18% lower than the national median of 0.94%, and the 27th highest of the 50 states and D.C.
Median effective rate
0.77%
U.S.: 0.94%
Median annual tax
$2,341
U.S.: $3,119
Median home value
$303,300
U.S.: $332,700
Share of owner income
2.4%
U.S.: 3.1%
Highest-rate county
Stewart County
1.53% · lowest: Fannin County (0.33%)
Property tax rates across Georgia
Property tax in every Georgia county
Median effective rate = median real estate taxes paid ÷ median home value (Census ACS 2020-2024). Click a column to sort.
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value | Share of income | Owner homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart County | 1.53% | $994 | $65,100 | 1.8% | 1,044 |
| Dougherty County | 1.32% | $1,781 | $134,400 | 2.6% | 15,538 |
| Mitchell County | 1.32% | $1,402 | $106,000 | 1.9% | 5,092 |
| Taliaferro County | 1.31% | $902 | $68,900 | 1.6% | 483 |
| Clinch County | 1.30% | $1,101 | $84,400 | 1.8% | 1,720 |
| Miller County | 1.29% | $1,595 | $124,000 | 2.6% | 1,813 |
| Dooly County | 1.27% | $1,368 | $107,400 | 2.0% | 2,608 |
| Sumter County | 1.25% | $1,502 | $120,200 | 2.5% | 6,220 |
| Screven County | 1.22% | $1,519 | $124,300 | 2.5% | 3,445 |
| Seminole County | 1.22% | $1,486 | $121,900 | 2.9% | 3,021 |
| Brantley County | 1.19% | $1,185 | $99,600 | 1.8% | 5,272 |
| Talbot County | 1.16% | $1,356 | $117,100 | 2.7% | 2,012 |
| Brooks County | 1.14% | $1,583 | $139,200 | 2.7% | 4,340 |
| Worth County | 1.13% | $1,185 | $104,900 | 1.8% | 5,704 |
| Bacon County | 1.13% | $1,144 | $101,400 | 2.1% | 2,886 |
| Telfair County | 1.12% | $1,269 | $113,300 | 2.2% | 2,176 |
| Webster County | 1.12% | $925 | $82,600 | 2.0% | 649 |
| Calhoun County | 1.11% | $903 | $81,000 | 1.2% | 947 |
| Hancock County | 1.09% | $967 | $88,600 | 2.2% | 2,316 |
| Warren County | 1.09% | $730 | $67,100 | 1.3% | 1,514 |
| Candler County | 1.08% | $1,721 | $159,200 | 2.8% | 2,576 |
| Crisp County | 1.08% | $1,510 | $140,200 | 2.4% | 4,389 |
| Ben Hill County | 1.07% | $1,210 | $112,700 | 2.1% | 4,481 |
| Irwin County | 1.07% | $1,132 | $105,600 | 2.0% | 2,528 |
| Randolph County | 1.07% | $964 | $90,200 | 2.0% | 1,385 |
| Turner County | 1.05% | $1,026 | $97,300 | 2.0% | 2,102 |
| Wilkes County | 1.05% | $1,292 | $122,700 | 2.2% | 2,731 |
| Montgomery County | 1.04% | $1,204 | $115,500 | 1.9% | 2,395 |
| Liberty County | 1.04% | $2,087 | $201,500 | 2.7% | 12,206 |
| Terrell County | 1.04% | $1,227 | $118,400 | 1.6% | 2,084 |
| Bibb County | 1.03% | $1,801 | $174,500 | 2.3% | 30,802 |
| Glascock County | 1.03% | $1,273 | $123,800 | 2.3% | 700 |
| Peach County | 1.02% | $2,117 | $207,800 | 2.4% | 7,372 |
| Evans County | 1.02% | $1,405 | $138,200 | 2.4% | 2,666 |
| Washington County | 1.00% | $1,127 | $112,500 | 1.8% | 4,728 |
| Lanier County | 0.99% | $1,615 | $162,300 | 2.6% | 2,550 |
| Clay County | 0.99% | $937 | $94,400 | 1.5% | 964 |
| Lincoln County | 0.99% | $1,643 | $165,900 | 2.4% | 2,295 |
| Macon County | 0.98% | $954 | $97,300 | 1.8% | 2,708 |
| Lee County | 0.97% | $2,250 | $231,800 | 2.3% | 9,112 |
| Jones County | 0.97% | $1,878 | $194,500 | 2.2% | 9,013 |
| Jefferson County | 0.96% | $1,009 | $105,400 | 1.6% | 3,919 |
| Taylor County | 0.96% | $838 | $87,700 | 1.7% | 1,999 |
| Ware County | 0.96% | $1,047 | $109,500 | 1.8% | 8,172 |
| Decatur County | 0.95% | $1,514 | $158,800 | 2.3% | 6,598 |
| Bleckley County | 0.95% | $1,423 | $149,600 | 1.7% | 3,257 |
| Gwinnett County | 0.95% | $3,617 | $380,900 | 3.3% | 216,729 |
| Appling County | 0.94% | $721 | $76,700 | 1.2% | 5,205 |
| Johnson County | 0.94% | $889 | $94,900 | 1.5% | 2,443 |
| Spalding County | 0.94% | $2,142 | $228,700 | 2.8% | 16,610 |
| Emanuel County | 0.93% | $884 | $94,700 | 1.5% | 5,052 |
| Troup County | 0.93% | $2,024 | $217,200 | 2.7% | 16,298 |
| Pulaski County | 0.93% | $1,463 | $157,600 | 2.2% | 2,530 |
| DeKalb County | 0.93% | $3,310 | $357,800 | 3.0% | 168,868 |
| Jeff Davis County | 0.92% | $1,093 | $118,300 | 2.2% | 3,911 |
| Elbert County | 0.91% | $1,298 | $142,000 | 2.0% | 5,941 |
| Grady County | 0.91% | $1,386 | $152,400 | 1.8% | 6,682 |
| Echols County | 0.91% | $1,127 | $124,100 | 1.5% | 869 |
| Wilcox County | 0.91% | $795 | $87,600 | 1.2% | 1,952 |
| Effingham County | 0.90% | $2,495 | $276,000 | 2.5% | 19,030 |
| Toombs County | 0.90% | $1,235 | $137,000 | 2.0% | 6,299 |
| Tattnall County | 0.90% | $1,260 | $140,000 | 2.0% | 5,419 |
| Wilkinson County | 0.90% | $775 | $86,300 | 1.6% | 2,796 |
| Schley County | 0.90% | $1,288 | $143,900 | 1.9% | 1,312 |
| Newton County | 0.89% | $2,348 | $265,000 | 2.6% | 30,395 |
| Chattooga County | 0.88% | $1,022 | $115,600 | 1.8% | 6,114 |
| Camden County | 0.88% | $2,305 | $261,400 | 2.5% | 14,706 |
| Fulton County | 0.88% | $4,033 | $458,800 | 2.9% | 251,193 |
| Clarke County | 0.87% | $2,610 | $298,900 | 2.9% | 22,563 |
| Henry County | 0.87% | $2,741 | $313,900 | 3.0% | 64,904 |
| Pike County | 0.87% | $2,668 | $305,600 | 2.8% | 5,689 |
| Dodge County | 0.87% | $1,030 | $118,100 | 1.7% | 4,855 |
| Long County | 0.87% | $1,903 | $218,300 | 2.4% | 4,017 |
| Clayton County | 0.87% | $1,933 | $222,300 | 2.6% | 57,782 |
| Jackson County | 0.87% | $3,000 | $345,000 | 3.0% | 22,532 |
| Crawford County | 0.87% | $1,421 | $164,100 | 2.0% | 3,614 |
| Lamar County | 0.86% | $1,864 | $216,500 | 2.3% | 5,397 |
| Berrien County | 0.86% | $1,130 | $131,600 | 1.7% | 4,999 |
| Tift County | 0.86% | $1,419 | $165,200 | 1.9% | 9,547 |
| Jenkins County | 0.86% | $797 | $92,900 | 1.6% | 2,645 |
| Baker County | 0.86% | $1,023 | $119,500 | 1.9% | 850 |
| Meriwether County | 0.86% | $1,445 | $168,800 | 2.2% | 6,127 |
| Muscogee County | 0.86% | $1,660 | $193,900 | 2.2% | 41,390 |
| Harris County | 0.85% | $2,578 | $302,800 | 2.5% | 11,571 |
| Upson County | 0.85% | $1,433 | $168,700 | 1.9% | 6,462 |
| Floyd County | 0.85% | $1,847 | $217,900 | 2.1% | 23,434 |
| Richmond County | 0.84% | $1,508 | $178,500 | 2.0% | 39,285 |
| Chatham County | 0.84% | $2,541 | $302,700 | 2.7% | 68,319 |
| Colquitt County | 0.83% | $1,014 | $121,400 | 1.5% | 10,708 |
| Houston County | 0.83% | $1,835 | $219,800 | 1.9% | 42,738 |
| Chattahoochee County | 0.83% | $856 | $102,700 | 1.4% | 733 |
| Pierce County | 0.83% | $1,266 | $153,300 | 1.6% | 5,815 |
| Columbia County | 0.82% | $2,515 | $305,300 | 2.3% | 43,093 |
| Early County | 0.82% | $1,081 | $131,300 | 1.6% | 2,741 |
| Butts County | 0.82% | $1,976 | $240,600 | 2.6% | 6,642 |
| McDuffie County | 0.82% | $1,391 | $170,200 | 2.0% | 5,299 |
| Lowndes County | 0.81% | $1,750 | $215,600 | 2.2% | 26,222 |
| Stephens County | 0.81% | $1,424 | $175,300 | 2.2% | 7,748 |
| Jasper County | 0.81% | $1,959 | $243,400 | 3.0% | 5,106 |
| Paulding County | 0.80% | $2,619 | $326,300 | 2.4% | 48,470 |
| Haralson County | 0.80% | $1,823 | $227,500 | 2.1% | 8,412 |
| McIntosh County | 0.80% | $1,462 | $182,700 | 2.4% | 4,055 |
| Atkinson County | 0.79% | $625 | $79,000 | 1.2% | 1,994 |
| Barrow County | 0.78% | $2,307 | $294,700 | 2.6% | 24,170 |
| Thomas County | 0.78% | $1,539 | $196,700 | 1.9% | 11,915 |
| Bryan County | 0.78% | $2,677 | $343,200 | 2.3% | 12,904 |
| Wayne County | 0.78% | $1,265 | $162,800 | 2.0% | 7,447 |
| Cook County | 0.78% | $1,221 | $157,500 | 1.8% | 4,162 |
| Madison County | 0.76% | $1,677 | $219,700 | 2.3% | 8,649 |
| Charlton County | 0.76% | $1,088 | $142,800 | 1.6% | 3,378 |
| Coffee County | 0.76% | $976 | $128,900 | 1.4% | 9,925 |
| Bulloch County | 0.76% | $1,679 | $222,500 | 2.0% | 16,389 |
| Walton County | 0.76% | $2,563 | $339,500 | 2.7% | 28,343 |
| Fayette County | 0.75% | $3,285 | $436,400 | 2.6% | 35,714 |
| Polk County | 0.75% | $1,413 | $187,600 | 1.9% | 10,500 |
| Walker County | 0.75% | $1,479 | $197,100 | 2.2% | 20,337 |
| Oglethorpe County | 0.75% | $1,733 | $231,600 | 2.1% | 4,536 |
| Douglas County | 0.74% | $2,212 | $296,900 | 2.3% | 34,849 |
| Coweta County | 0.73% | $2,624 | $357,500 | 2.4% | 44,124 |
| Hall County | 0.73% | $2,571 | $350,400 | 2.6% | 50,421 |
| Forsyth County | 0.73% | $4,020 | $550,400 | 2.6% | 75,167 |
| Twiggs County | 0.72% | $807 | $111,300 | 1.3% | 2,546 |
| Franklin County | 0.72% | $1,288 | $179,000 | 2.3% | 6,939 |
| Morgan County | 0.71% | $2,425 | $342,300 | 2.6% | 6,352 |
| Rockdale County | 0.71% | $2,074 | $292,900 | 2.3% | 23,964 |
| Marion County | 0.71% | $1,090 | $154,100 | 1.9% | 2,339 |
| Treutlen County | 0.71% | $708 | $100,100 | 1.1% | 1,477 |
| Baldwin County | 0.70% | $1,276 | $181,900 | 1.8% | 10,125 |
| Bartow County | 0.70% | $2,024 | $289,000 | 2.1% | 29,735 |
| Oconee County | 0.70% | $3,222 | $461,600 | 2.3% | 12,186 |
| Monroe County | 0.69% | $1,886 | $271,200 | 2.0% | 8,841 |
| Gordon County | 0.69% | $1,537 | $222,900 | 2.1% | 15,776 |
| Cherokee County | 0.69% | $2,985 | $435,100 | 2.4% | 78,464 |
| Putnam County | 0.68% | $1,698 | $249,300 | 2.0% | 8,444 |
| Murray County | 0.68% | $1,225 | $180,700 | 1.5% | 11,256 |
| Burke County | 0.68% | $1,025 | $151,600 | 1.6% | 6,429 |
| Cobb County | 0.67% | $2,720 | $407,200 | 2.1% | 198,190 |
| Laurens County | 0.66% | $1,021 | $154,500 | 1.5% | 11,949 |
| Catoosa County | 0.65% | $1,566 | $240,900 | 1.8% | 19,789 |
| Lumpkin County | 0.65% | $1,989 | $307,900 | 2.2% | 8,908 |
| White County | 0.65% | $1,800 | $278,900 | 2.3% | 8,457 |
| Whitfield County | 0.64% | $1,391 | $218,000 | 1.7% | 24,680 |
| Wheeler County | 0.63% | $554 | $88,200 | 1.2% | 1,059 |
| Carroll County | 0.61% | $1,566 | $255,100 | 1.8% | 31,438 |
| Greene County | 0.61% | $2,425 | $394,800 | 2.5% | 6,390 |
| Banks County | 0.60% | $1,663 | $278,100 | 2.0% | 5,397 |
| Pickens County | 0.60% | $1,990 | $332,700 | 2.2% | 10,906 |
| Dawson County | 0.60% | $2,430 | $406,700 | 2.3% | 9,103 |
| Habersham County | 0.59% | $1,403 | $238,300 | 1.8% | 12,197 |
| Dade County | 0.57% | $1,133 | $198,500 | 1.5% | 4,864 |
| Glynn County | 0.57% | $1,708 | $301,300 | 2.0% | 23,695 |
| Hart County | 0.56% | $1,209 | $215,100 | 1.7% | 8,581 |
| Heard County | 0.56% | $1,049 | $186,800 | 1.3% | 3,115 |
| Rabun County | 0.56% | $1,651 | $295,200 | 2.1% | 5,873 |
| Union County | 0.52% | $1,611 | $307,400 | 2.2% | 9,697 |
| Gilmer County | 0.35% | $1,109 | $314,000 | 1.4% | 10,506 |
| Towns County | 0.34% | $1,084 | $316,100 | 1.7% | 4,875 |
| Fannin County | 0.33% | $1,021 | $306,600 | 1.6% | 9,342 |
Highest and lowest
Rates are highest in Stewart County (1.53%), Dougherty County (1.32%) and Mitchell County (1.32%) and lowest in Fannin County (0.33%), Towns County (0.34%) and Gilmer County (0.35%). In the largest counties — Fulton County (0.88%), Gwinnett County (0.95%), Cobb County (0.67%), DeKalb County (0.93%), Chatham County (0.84%) — the median bill ranges from $2,541 to $4,033.
Property tax and income in Georgia
The median bill takes 2.4% of the median owner household's income in Georgia, against 3.1% nationally. Among counties with at least 2,000 owner-occupied homes, the burden is heaviest in Gwinnett County (3.3%), Jackson County (3.0%), Jasper County (3.0%).
Georgia property tax estimate
Starts at the median home value (Census 2020–2024).
Estimated annual property tax
— Property tax at different home values in Georgia
| Home value | Estimated annual tax | Monthly (estimated annual tax) |
|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | $1,544 | $129 |
| $250,000 | $1,930 | $161 |
| $300,000 | $2,316 | $193 |
| $400,000 | $3,088 | $257 |
| $500,000 | $3,860 | $322 |
| $750,000 | $5,790 | $483 |
| $1,000,000 | $7,720 | $643 |
Based on the median effective rate in Georgia (0.77%).
How property tax works in Georgia
- Who sets the value:the county tax assessor values property at fair market value as of January 1, and homes are taxed on 40% of that value (the assessed value).
- Who sets the rates:the county, school district and any city each set a millage rate on the assessed value.
- Homestead exemptions:the statewide homestead exemption takes $2,000 off the assessed value, and many counties and school districts add larger local exemptions, including for seniors.
- Floating homestead exemption:under HB 581 (2024), a homestead's assessed value can rise each year only by inflation, unless the county, city or school district opted out.
- When it's due:bills usually go out in the late summer or fall, with due dates set by each county — commonly in the fall or by December.
Key property tax dates in Georgia
- January 1Property is valued as of this date.
- April 1Homestead exemption application deadline for the current year.
- Spring–summerAnnual assessment notices are mailed; you have 45 days to appeal.
- FallTax bills are due (dates set by the county).
Statewide deadlines; if a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday it moves to the next business day. Check the county office for local hearing dates.
How to lower your property tax in Georgia
- Apply for the homestead exemption with the county tax assessor between January 1 and April 1 — or within the 45-day appeal window on your assessment notice.
- Check which local exemptions your county offers: many have senior, disability and veteran exemptions worth far more than the $2,000 state amount.
- Appeal within 45 days of the date on your annual assessment notice if the fair market value is too high.
- See whether your county, city and school district opted out of HB 581 — if not, the floating exemption limits how fast your assessed value can rise.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average property tax in Georgia?
The median homeowner in Georgia pays $2,341 a year, 0.77% of a median home value of $303,300 and about 2.4% of the median owner household income of $96,363.
Which Georgia county has the highest property tax rate?
Stewart County (1.53%), followed by Dougherty County (1.32%) and Mitchell County (1.32%), by median effective rate.
Which Georgia county has the lowest property tax rate?
Fannin County (0.33%), followed by Towns County (0.34%) and Gilmer County (0.35%).
How much is property tax on a $300,000 home in Georgia?
At the statewide median effective rate of 0.77%, about $2,316 a year ($193 a month). Depending on the county it ranges from $999 to $4,581.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (tables B25103, B25077, B25003).
- Methodology