Property Tax Estimator by State

Property Tax Estimator turns a home value and a state into an annual and monthly property tax figure using average effective rates — the tax actually paid divided by home value, which is far more useful than headline millage rates you cannot interpret without local assessment ratios. Enter a value and pick a state to see the estimated bill, the state’s effective rate, and how it compares to the national average. A full sortable table ranks every state and shows what each would charge on your home value, which makes the spread visceral: the same house can cost five times more in property tax in New Jersey than in Hawaii. The estimate is deliberately labelled as a state average, because county millage, city levies, homestead exemptions and assessment ratios all move a real bill away from it.

Key Features

• Average Effective Rates

  Uses tax paid divided by home value rather than raw millage. That makes states directly comparable without knowing local assessment practice.

• All 50 States Plus DC

  Every state included, with DC treated as a state since it behaves like one for property tax purposes.

• Annual and Monthly Figures

  Shows both, because the monthly number is what goes into a mortgage escrow calculation.

• National Average Comparison

  Places your state against the national average so you can see whether you are above or below the middle.

• Full State Ranking Table

  Every state ranked by rate with the tax each would charge on your specific home value, and your selection highlighted.

• Explicit Local Variance Note

  States plainly that county and city rates vary. Presenting a state average as a precise bill would be misleading.

1. 1

   Enter your home value

   Use market value or the assessed value your county uses, depending on which you are estimating from.

2. 2

   Select your state

   The state average effective rate is applied to your value.

3. 3

   Read the annual and monthly bill

   The monthly figure is what a lender would collect in escrow alongside your mortgage payment.

4. 4

   Compare to the national average

   See how your state sits relative to the middle of the range.

5. 5

   Browse the state table

   Compare what the same home would cost in every other state, useful when weighing a relocation.

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