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North Carolina property tax rates by county

754 ZIP codes with a published record across 100 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 published754
Withheld as too thin99
Counties100
Median effective tax rate0.67%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
Alamance County0.65%8
Alexander CountyNot reported2
Alleghany County0.57%4
Anson County0.71%7
Ashe County0.52%8
Avery County0.36%4
Beaufort County0.65%8
Bertie County0.76%6
Bladen County0.87%8
Brunswick County0.53%11
Buncombe County0.56%15
Burke County0.67%6
Cabarrus County0.70%7
Caldwell County0.60%4
Camden County0.59%3
Carteret County0.44%16
Caswell County0.71%7
Catawba County0.58%9
Chatham County0.66%6
Cherokee County0.49%3
Chowan CountyNot reported2
Clay County0.45%3
Cleveland County0.63%7
Columbus County0.73%14
Craven County0.67%8
Cumberland County0.84%14
Currituck County0.47%14
Dare County0.50%10
Davidson County0.61%5
Davie County0.60%3
Duplin County0.76%11
Durham County0.77%8
Edgecombe County0.95%6
Forsyth County0.71%16
Franklin County0.61%5
Gaston County0.73%14
Gates County0.66%7
Graham CountyNot reported3
Granville County0.71%6
Greene County0.89%3
Guilford County0.78%23
Halifax County0.99%8
Harnett County0.70%9
Haywood County0.56%6
Henderson County0.50%11
Hertford County0.93%7
Hoke CountyNot reported1
Hyde County0.64%3
Iredell County0.56%9
Jackson County0.32%8
Johnston County0.67%10
Jones CountyNot reported2
Lee CountyNot reported2
Lenoir County0.79%4
Lincoln County0.58%5
Macon County0.39%5
Madison County0.48%3
Martin County1.29%7
McDowell County0.52%3
Mecklenburg County0.70%29
Mitchell CountyNot reported2
Montgomery County0.69%5
Moore County0.54%9
Nash County0.73%9
New Hanover County0.52%10
Northampton County1.10%10
Onslow County0.62%9
Orange County0.85%7
Pamlico County0.54%6
Pasquotank CountyNot reported1
Pender County0.67%7
Perquimans CountyNot reported2
Person County0.69%6
Pitt County0.83%12
Polk County0.52%4
Randolph County0.64%12
Richmond County0.79%5
Robeson County0.88%13
Rockingham County0.73%6
Rowan County0.61%12
Rutherford County0.59%9
Sampson County0.76%10
Scotland County0.97%4
Stanly County0.57%9
Stokes County0.57%8
Surry County0.59%9
Swain CountyNot reported1
Transylvania County0.44%8
Tyrrell CountyNot reported1
Union County0.58%7
Vance County0.75%3
Wake County0.70%33
Warren County0.85%4
Washington County0.89%3
Watauga County0.38%8
Wayne County0.71%7
Wilkes County0.57%12
Wilson County0.80%8
Yadkin County0.66%5
Yancey CountyNot reported2

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

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