Taxes by State
New Jersey has the highest Average Annual Property Tax ($5,419), followed by Illinois ($4,942) and New Hampshire ($4,738). Hawaii has the lowest ($606).
Average Annual Property Tax
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Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Data
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| 1 |  Hawaii | $606 | 1.4% | 11.0% | 0.28% | 4% |
| 2 |  Alabama | $895 | 2% | 5% | 0.41% | 4% |
| 3 |  Colorado | $1,113 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 0.51% | 2.9% |
| 4 |  Louisiana | $1,187 | 1.85% | 4.25% | 0.55% | 4.45% |
| 5 |  District of Columbia | $1,221 | 4% | 9.75% | 0.56% | 6% |
| 6 |  South Carolina | $1,238 | — | 7% | 0.57% | 6% |
| 7 |  Delaware | $1,240 | — | 6.6% | 0.57% | — |
| 8 |  West Virginia | $1,269 | 3% | 6.5% | 0.58% | 6% |
| 9 |  Nevada | $1,310 | — | — | 0.6% | 6.85% |
| 10 |  Wyoming | $1,319 | — | — | 0.61% | 4% |
| 11 |  Arkansas | $1,358 | 2% | 5.5% | 0.62% | 6.5% |
| 12 |  Utah | $1,362 | 4.85% | 4.85% | 0.63% | 6.1% |
| 13 |  Arizona | $1,446 | 2.55% | 2.98% | 0.66% | 5.6% |
| 14 |  Idaho | $1,492 | 1.13% | 6.5% | 0.69% | 6% |
| 15 |  Tennessee | $1,548 | — | — | 0.71% | 7% |
| 16 |  California | $1,644 | 1% | 12.3% | 0.76% | 7.25% |
| 17 |  New Mexico | $1,740 | 1.7% | 5.9% | 0.8% | 4.88% |
| 18 |  Mississippi | $1,751 | — | 5% | 0.81% | 7% |
| 19 |  Virginia | $1,779 | 2% | 5.75% | 0.82% | 5.3% |
| 20 |  Montana | $1,818 | 1% | 6.75% | 0.84% | — |
| 21 |  North Carolina | $1,833 | 4.99% | 4.99% | 0.84% | 4.75% |
| 22 |  Indiana | $1,853 | 3.23% | 3.23% | 0.85% | 7% |
| 23 |  Kentucky | $1,866 | 5% | 5% | 0.86% | 6% |
| 24 |  Florida | $1,934 | — | — | 0.89% | 6% |
| 25 |  Oklahoma | $1,952 | 0.25% | 4.75% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| 26 |  Georgia | $2,006 | 1% | 5.75% | 0.92% | 4% |
| 27 |  Missouri | $2,111 | 1.5% | 5.3% | 0.97% | 4.23% |
| 28 |  Oregon | $2,116 | 4.75% | 9.9% | 0.97% | — |
| 29 |  Washington | $2,134 | — | — | 0.98% | 6.5% |
| 30 |  North Dakota | $2,138 | 1.1% | 2.9% | 0.98% | 5% |
| 31 |  Maryland | $2,370 | 2% | 5.75% | 1.09% | 6% |
| 32 |  Minnesota | $2,429 | 5.35% | 9.85% | 1.12% | 6.88% |
| 33 |  Alaska | $2,599 | — | — | 1.19% | — |
| 34 |  Massachusetts | $2,667 | 5% | 5% | 1.23% | 6.25% |
| 35 |  South Dakota | $2,857 | — | — | 1.31% | 4.2% |
| 36 |  Maine | $2,953 | 5.8% | 7.15% | 1.36% | 5.5% |
| 37 |  Kansas | $3,060 | 3.1% | 5.7% | 1.41% | 6.5% |
| 38 |  Michigan | $3,343 | 4.25% | 4.25% | 1.54% | 6% |
| 39 |  Ohio | $3,390 | — | 3.99% | 1.56% | 5.75% |
| 40 |  Iowa | $3,407 | 0.33% | 8.53% | 1.57% | 6% |
| 41 |  Pennsylvania | $3,442 | 3.07% | 3.07% | 1.58% | 6% |
| 42 |  Rhode Island | $3,548 | 3.75% | 5.99% | 1.63% | 7% |
| 43 |  New York | $3,749 | 4% | 10.9% | 1.72% | 4% |
| 44 |  Nebraska | $3,754 | 2.46% | 6.84% | 1.73% | 5.5% |
| 45 |  Texas | $3,907 | — | — | 1.8% | 6.25% |
| 46 |  Wisconsin | $4,027 | 3.54% | 7.65% | 1.85% | 5% |
| 47 |  Vermont | $4,135 | 3.35% | 8.75% | 1.9% | 6% |
| 48 |  Connecticut | $4,658 | 3% | 6.99% | 2.14% | 6.35% |
| 49 |  New Hampshire | $4,738 | 5% | 5% | 2.18% | — |
| 50 |  Illinois | $4,942 | 4.95% | 4.95% | 2.27% | 6.25% |
| 51 |  New Jersey | $5,419 | 1.4% | 10.8% | 2.49% | 6.63% |
What correlates with Average Annual Property Tax?
Pearson r against 2,092 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Average Annual Property Tax tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Average Annual Property Tax tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Average Annual Property Tax?
- New Jersey has the highest Average Annual Property Tax, at $5,419, followed by Illinois ($4,942) and New Hampshire ($4,738).
- Which state has the lowest Average Annual Property Tax?
- Hawaii has the lowest Average Annual Property Tax, at $606.
- What is the median Average Annual Property Tax across US states?
- The median is $2,006 across the 51 US states with data.
- Where does this taxes by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: State Income Tax Rates - Nerd Wallet; Property Tax by State - Rocket Mortgage; 2023 Sales Tax Rates - Tax Foundation; Tax Map - Kiplinger.