Georgia property tax calculator
Estimate your Georgia property tax by county. The statewide average effective rate is 0.79%, #25 of 51 among states and DC. Pick your county below for a closer number.
Pick your state and county and enter your home value. Your estimate shows up here.
An estimate, not a tax bill. Effective rates are county medians of taxes paid divided by home value (Tax Foundation 2025, ACS 2020-2024). Your bill depends on your exemptions, school district and local levies.
Georgia property tax rates by county
Effective rate = median property tax paid divided by median home value, owner-occupied homes. Counties with a link have a Grove Hopper appeal guide with the deadline and forms.
| County | Rate | Median tax | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | 0.65% | $721 | $76,700 |
| Atkinson County | 0.78% | $625 | $79,000 |
| Bacon County | 0.89% | $1,144 | $101,400 |
| Baker County | 0.80% | $1,023 | $119,500 |
| Baldwin County | 0.60% | $1,276 | $181,900 |
| Banks County | 0.60% | $1,663 | $278,100 |
| Barrow County | 0.80% | $2,307 | $294,700 |
| Bartow County | 0.69% | $2,024 | $289,000 |
| Ben Hill County | 0.90% | $1,210 | $112,700 |
| Berrien County | 0.74% | $1,130 | $131,600 |
| Bibb County | 0.98% | $1,801 | $174,500 |
| Bleckley County | 0.96% | $1,423 | $149,600 |
| Brantley County | 0.96% | $1,185 | $99,600 |
| Brooks County | 0.88% | $1,583 | $139,200 |
| Bryan County | 0.77% | $2,677 | $343,200 |
| Bulloch County | 0.64% | $1,679 | $222,500 |
| Burke County | 0.52% | $1,025 | $151,600 |
| Butts County | 0.83% | $1,976 | $240,600 |
| Calhoun County | 0.76% | $903 | $81,000 |
| Camden County | 0.82% | $2,305 | $261,400 |
| Candler County | 0.96% | $1,721 | $159,200 |
| Carroll County | 0.63% | $1,566 | $255,100 |
| Catoosa County | 0.62% | $1,566 | $240,900 |
| Charlton County | 0.66% | $1,088 | $142,800 |
| Chatham County | 0.81% | $2,541 | $302,700 |
| Chattahoochee County | 0.67% | $856 | $102,700 |
| Chattooga County | 0.71% | $1,022 | $115,600 |
| Cherokee County | 0.69% | $2,985 | $435,100 |
| Clarke County | 0.86% | $2,610 | $298,900 |
| Clay County | 1.00% | $937 | $94,400 |
| Clayton County | 0.85% | $1,933 | $222,300 |
| Clinch County | 1.07% | $1,101 | $84,400 |
| Cobb County | 0.69% | $2,720 | $407,200 |
| Coffee County | 0.60% | $976 | $128,900 |
| Colquitt County | 0.76% | $1,014 | $121,400 |
| Columbia County | 0.82% | $2,515 | $305,300 |
| Cook County | 0.74% | $1,221 | $157,500 |
| Coweta County | 0.70% | $2,624 | $357,500 |
| Crawford County | 0.84% | $1,421 | $164,100 |
| Crisp County | 0.94% | $1,510 | $140,200 |
| Dade County | 0.56% | $1,133 | $198,500 |
| Dawson County | 0.61% | $2,430 | $406,700 |
| Decatur County | 0.94% | $1,514 | $158,800 |
| DeKalb County | 0.93% | $3,310 | $357,800 |
| Dodge County | 0.73% | $1,030 | $118,100 |
| Dooly County | 0.95% | $1,368 | $107,400 |
| Dougherty County | 1.20% | $1,781 | $134,400 |
| Douglas County | 0.80% | $2,212 | $296,900 |
| Early County | 0.77% | $1,081 | $131,300 |
| Echols County | 0.80% | $1,127 | $124,100 |
| Effingham County | 0.89% | $2,495 | $276,000 |
| Elbert County | 0.78% | $1,298 | $142,000 |
| Emanuel County | 0.78% | $884 | $94,700 |
| Evans County | 0.94% | $1,405 | $138,200 |
| Fannin County | 0.40% | $1,021 | $306,600 |
| Fayette County | 0.78% | $3,285 | $436,400 |
| Floyd County | 0.92% | $1,847 | $217,900 |
| Forsyth County | 0.69% | $4,020 | $550,400 |
| Franklin County | 0.65% | $1,288 | $179,000 |
| Fulton County | 0.89% | $4,033 | $458,800 |
| Gilmer County | 0.41% | $1,109 | $314,000 |
| Glascock County | 0.81% | $1,273 | $123,800 |
| Glynn County | 0.52% | $1,708 | $301,300 |
| Gordon County | 0.66% | $1,537 | $222,900 |
| Grady County | 0.92% | $1,386 | $152,400 |
| Greene County | 0.55% | $2,425 | $394,800 |
| Gwinnett County | 0.93% | $3,617 | $380,900 |
| Habersham County | 0.57% | $1,403 | $238,300 |
| Hall County | 0.69% | $2,571 | $350,400 |
| Hancock County | 0.94% | $967 | $88,600 |
| Haralson County | 0.69% | $1,823 | $227,500 |
| Harris County | 0.80% | $2,578 | $302,800 |
| Hart County | 0.52% | $1,209 | $215,100 |
| Heard County | 0.51% | $1,049 | $186,800 |
| Henry County | 0.89% | $2,741 | $313,900 |
| Houston County | 0.83% | $1,835 | $219,800 |
| Irwin County | 0.76% | $1,132 | $105,600 |
| Jackson County | 0.79% | $3,000 | $345,000 |
| Jasper County | 0.81% | $1,959 | $243,400 |
| Jeff Davis County | 0.65% | $1,093 | $118,300 |
| Jefferson County | 0.89% | $1,009 | $105,400 |
| Jenkins County | 0.82% | $797 | $92,900 |
| Johnson County | 0.81% | $889 | $94,900 |
| Jones County | 0.96% | $1,878 | $194,500 |
| Lamar County | 0.93% | $1,864 | $216,500 |
| Lanier County | 0.87% | $1,615 | $162,300 |
| Laurens County | 0.53% | $1,021 | $154,500 |
| Lee County | 0.93% | $2,250 | $231,800 |
| Liberty County | 0.93% | $2,087 | $201,500 |
| Lincoln County | 0.80% | $1,643 | $165,900 |
| Long County | 0.71% | $1,903 | $218,300 |
| Lowndes County | 0.76% | $1,750 | $215,600 |
| Lumpkin County | 0.64% | $1,989 | $307,900 |
| Macon County | 1.11% | $954 | $97,300 |
| Madison County | 0.74% | $1,677 | $219,700 |
| Marion County | 0.64% | $1,090 | $154,100 |
| McDuffie County | 0.77% | $1,391 | $170,200 |
| McIntosh County | 0.73% | $1,462 | $182,700 |
| Meriwether County | 0.81% | $1,445 | $168,800 |
| Miller County | 1.15% | $1,595 | $124,000 |
| Mitchell County | 1.08% | $1,402 | $106,000 |
| Monroe County | 0.73% | $1,886 | $271,200 |
| Montgomery County | 0.81% | $1,204 | $115,500 |
| Morgan County | 0.72% | $2,425 | $342,300 |
| Murray County | 0.43% | $1,225 | $180,700 |
| Muscogee County | 0.85% | $1,660 | $193,900 |
| Newton County | 0.85% | $2,348 | $265,000 |
| Oconee County | 0.67% | $3,222 | $461,600 |
| Oglethorpe County | 0.68% | $1,733 | $231,600 |
| Paulding County | 0.82% | $2,619 | $326,300 |
| Peach County | 0.78% | $2,117 | $207,800 |
| Pickens County | 0.58% | $1,990 | $332,700 |
| Pierce County | 0.77% | $1,266 | $153,300 |
| Pike County | 0.84% | $2,668 | $305,600 |
| Polk County | 0.73% | $1,413 | $187,600 |
| Pulaski County | 0.91% | $1,463 | $157,600 |
| Putnam County | 0.63% | $1,698 | $249,300 |
| Quitman County | 0.73% | $0 | $104,600 |
| Rabun County | 0.49% | $1,651 | $295,200 |
| Randolph County | 0.95% | $964 | $90,200 |
| Richmond County | 0.85% | $1,508 | $178,500 |
| Rockdale County | 0.71% | $2,074 | $292,900 |
| Schley County | 0.91% | $1,288 | $143,900 |
| Screven County | 0.94% | $1,519 | $124,300 |
| Seminole County | 0.99% | $1,486 | $121,900 |
| Spalding County | 0.89% | $2,142 | $228,700 |
| Stephens County | 0.71% | $1,424 | $175,300 |
| Stewart County | 0.93% | $994 | $65,100 |
| Sumter County | 1.04% | $1,502 | $120,200 |
| Talbot County | 0.83% | $1,356 | $117,100 |
| Taliaferro County | 0.80% | $902 | $68,900 |
| Tattnall County | 0.67% | $1,260 | $140,000 |
| Taylor County | 0.75% | $838 | $87,700 |
| Telfair County | 0.70% | $1,269 | $113,300 |
| Terrell County | 0.97% | $1,227 | $118,400 |
| Thomas County | 0.84% | $1,539 | $196,700 |
| Tift County | 0.86% | $1,419 | $165,200 |
| Toombs County | 0.82% | $1,235 | $137,000 |
| Towns County | 0.35% | $1,084 | $316,100 |
| Treutlen County | 0.66% | $708 | $100,100 |
| Troup County | 0.87% | $2,024 | $217,200 |
| Turner County | 0.92% | $1,026 | $97,300 |
| Twiggs County | 0.35% | $807 | $111,300 |
| Union County | 0.45% | $1,611 | $307,400 |
| Upson County | 0.81% | $1,433 | $168,700 |
| Walker County | 0.86% | $1,479 | $197,100 |
| Walton County | 0.72% | $2,563 | $339,500 |
| Ware County | 0.85% | $1,047 | $109,500 |
| Warren County | 0.78% | $730 | $67,100 |
| Washington County | 0.85% | $1,127 | $112,500 |
| Wayne County | 0.75% | $1,265 | $162,800 |
| Webster County | 0.77% | $925 | $82,600 |
| Wheeler County | 0.84% | $554 | $88,200 |
| White County | 0.62% | $1,800 | $278,900 |
| Whitfield County | 0.64% | $1,391 | $218,000 |
| Wilcox County | 0.94% | $795 | $87,600 |
| Wilkes County | 0.87% | $1,292 | $122,700 |
| Wilkinson County | 0.87% | $775 | $86,300 |
| Worth County | 0.98% | $1,185 | $104,900 |
Georgia property tax FAQs
What is the average property tax rate in Georgia?
Georgia's average effective property tax rate is 0.79% of home value, which ranks #25 of 51 among the states and DC (#1 is highest). Source: Tax Foundation 2025 (ACS 2020-2024 median taxes paid / median home value).
How much is property tax on a $400,000 home in Georgia?
At the Georgia average of 0.79%, about $3,160 a year. By county it ranges from about $1,400 in Twiggs County (0.35%) to about $4,800 in Dougherty County (1.20%).
Which Georgia county has the highest property tax rate?
Dougherty County has the highest average effective rate in the dataset at 1.20%. Twiggs County has the lowest at 0.35%. Source: Tax Foundation 2025 (ACS 2020-2024 median taxes paid / median home value).
How can I lower my Georgia property tax bill?
The main lever is your assessed value. If it is higher than what similar nearby homes sell for, you can appeal it, and also check whether you qualify for exemptions. Appeals are filed by the homeowner with the county or local board, and deadlines vary by county.
Appealing in Georgia? See the Georgia county appeal guides →
Source: Tax Foundation 2025 (ACS 2020-2024 median taxes paid / median home value), taxfoundation.org. Estimates are not tax bills. Grove Hopper is a research tool with reminders and document preparation, not attorneys, accountants or a tax firm.