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California property tax rates by county

1,570 ZIP codes with a published record across 58 counties.

These are effective rates: the median tax households report paying divided by the median home value, from the Census American Community Survey. They are not the statutory or millage rate a county sets, which applies to assessed value after exemptions.

State totals

ZIP codes published1,570
Withheld as too thin233
Counties58
Median effective tax rate0.68%Median across ZIP codes, not a state rate.

Source: US Census ACS 5-Year and FEMA National Risk Index, see each ZIP code record. How this was derived

Median effective rate by county

CountyMedian effective rateZIP codes
Alameda County0.75%48
Alpine CountyNot reported2
Amador County0.71%11
Butte County0.68%13
Calaveras County0.70%16
Colusa County0.64%5
Contra Costa County0.78%41
Del Norte County0.58%5
El Dorado County0.65%19
Fresno County0.68%48
Glenn County0.66%6
Humboldt County0.62%29
Imperial County0.82%11
Inyo County0.71%6
Kern County0.86%40
Kings County0.69%7
Lake County0.69%11
Lassen County0.75%9
Los Angeles County0.65%275
Madera County0.67%10
Marin County0.71%26
Mariposa County0.61%6
Mendocino County0.68%18
Merced County0.68%16
Modoc County0.72%9
Mono County0.74%4
Monterey County0.62%23
Napa County0.71%8
Nevada County0.73%9
Orange County0.64%87
Placer County0.69%29
Plumas County0.67%11
Riverside County0.75%68
Sacramento County0.68%51
San Benito County0.76%4
San Bernardino County0.69%78
San Diego County0.65%95
San Francisco County0.61%24
San Joaquin County0.72%28
San Luis Obispo County0.68%21
San Mateo County0.62%29
Santa Barbara County0.59%21
Santa Clara County0.73%53
Santa Cruz County0.67%16
Shasta County0.70%23
Sierra CountyNot reported3
Siskiyou County0.63%20
Solano County0.73%12
Sonoma County0.66%31
Stanislaus County0.73%22
Sutter County0.58%7
Tehama County0.63%8
Trinity County0.60%9
Tulare County0.67%29
Tuolumne County0.66%9
Ventura County0.67%25
Yolo County0.72%15
Yuba County0.73%11

Source: US Census ACS 5-Year, tables B25103 and B25077, 2020-2024. How this was derived

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