Compare ZIP-level property taxes before you buy
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573 ZIPs
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86 ZIPs
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514 ZIPs
California
1585 ZIPs
Colorado
462 ZIPs
Connecticut
274 ZIPs
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61 ZIPs
District of Columbia
22 ZIPs
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934 ZIPs
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80 ZIPs
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250 ZIPs
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720 ZIPs
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934 ZIPs
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642 ZIPs
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651 ZIPs
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415 ZIPs
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404 ZIPs
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429 ZIPs
Massachusetts
513 ZIPs
Michigan
963 ZIPs
Minnesota
854 ZIPs
Mississippi
358 ZIPs
Missouri
953 ZIPs
Montana
328 ZIPs
Nebraska
539 ZIPs
Nevada
148 ZIPs
New Hampshire
239 ZIPs
New Jersey
563 ZIPs
New Mexico
249 ZIPs
New York
1629 ZIPs
North Carolina
768 ZIPs
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332 ZIPs
Ohio
1134 ZIPs
Oklahoma
609 ZIPs
Oregon
384 ZIPs
Pennsylvania
1678 ZIPs
Rhode Island
71 ZIPs
South Carolina
387 ZIPs
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315 ZIPs
Tennessee
591 ZIPs
Texas
1701 ZIPs
Utah
265 ZIPs
Vermont
245 ZIPs
Virginia
799 ZIPs
Washington
544 ZIPs
West Virginia
569 ZIPs
Wisconsin
762 ZIPs
Wyoming
128 ZIPs
Understanding ZIP-Level Property Taxes
Property taxes in the United States are set at the local level — by counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts. Because these jurisdictions do not align with ZIP code boundaries, two homes in the same ZIP code can belong to different school districts and face dramatically different tax rates. ZIP-code-level data captures this variation in a way that state or county averages simply cannot.
For homebuyers, this granularity matters enormously. Even within a single county, neighboring ZIP codes can have annual property tax bills that differ by $3,000 or more on identically priced homes — a gap of $250 per month in housing cost. County-level averages blend these differences away, masking real affordability distinctions that only appear at the neighborhood level.
The effective tax rate shown on this site is calculated by dividing the median annual property tax paid by the median home value for each ZIP code. This derived metric normalizes for home price differences and lets you compare the relative tax burden across any two ZIP codes in the country, from the highest-tax corridors of New Jersey to the lowest-rate rural areas of Alabama and Hawaii.
National Property Tax Snapshot
National Median
$2,690/yr
≈ $224/month in escrow
Coverage
29,987
ZIP codes across all 50 states
Data Vintage
Census ACS
2019-2023 5-Year Estimates (ZCTA level)
Highest-rate states: NJ, CT, NH, IL, VT. Lowest-rate states: HI, AL, LA, SC, CO.
Latest Articles
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What gets indexed, and what gets held back
PropertyTaxByZip uses Census ZCTA data as a comparison tool, not a parcel-tax record. ZIP pages must pass the same quality predicate used by metadata and sitemap generation.
Indexed rows
29,261
Complete tax, rate, and home-value fields with enough local context for comparison.
Excluded rows
726
Missing-rate or missing-home-value rows are noindexed and excluded from the sitemap.
Quality threshold
60/100
Score includes completeness, MOE confidence, city context, comparisons, and county advisory context.
Data limits
2019-2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates
ZCTAs approximate ZIPs. Actual bills depend on assessor value, exemptions, and local districts.
See the full methodology and editorial standards for source attribution, AI-use disclosure, and review practices.
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