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California counties: property tax rates, home values and income

Counties with data

58

Census ACS 2023

Highest property tax rate

0.91%

Kern County

Lowest property tax rate

0.54%

Trinity County

Sources: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Updated 11/03/2026

58 California counties have published property tax and home value data. The highest effective property tax rate is in Kern County (0.91%); the lowest is in Trinity County (0.54%). The middle county, El Dorado County, is at 0.70%. Each name opens a county profile with its tax estimate, home values, income and nearby counties.

CountyEffective property tax rateMedian home valueMedian household incomePopulation
Alameda County0.76%$1,057,400$126,2401,651,949
Alpine County0.68%$466,100$110,7811,695
Amador County0.70%$422,800$81,52641,029
Butte County0.69%$408,700$68,574209,470
Calaveras County0.71%$441,800$79,87745,995
Colusa County0.66%$375,100$75,14921,895
Contra Costa County0.83%$830,800$125,7271,161,458
Del Norte County0.59%$319,600$66,78027,293
El Dorado County0.70%$640,500$106,190192,299
Fresno County0.75%$362,600$71,4341,012,152
Glenn County0.65%$338,400$70,48728,623
Humboldt County0.65%$418,800$61,135135,418
Imperial County0.84%$279,500$56,393179,319
Inyo County0.71%$338,400$72,43218,803
Kern County0.91%$310,600$67,660910,433
Kings County0.75%$305,700$68,750152,830
Lake County0.72%$316,800$58,73868,139
Lassen County0.72%$259,500$64,39531,177
Los Angeles County0.69%$783,300$87,7609,848,406
Madera County0.70%$367,700$75,496158,790
Marin County0.72%$1,390,000$142,785258,765
Mariposa County0.68%$358,000$65,37817,060
Mendocino County0.69%$486,000$64,68890,709
Merced County0.68%$368,400$65,044285,597
Modoc County0.68%$212,000$56,6488,646
Mono County0.77%$514,300$86,95313,169
Monterey County0.66%$723,100$94,486435,834
Napa County0.70%$838,800$108,970136,070
Nevada County0.74%$602,800$84,905102,452
Orange County0.67%$915,500$113,7023,164,063
Placer County0.85%$658,800$114,678412,435
Plumas County0.72%$327,400$64,94619,607
Riverside County0.82%$510,300$89,6722,449,909
Sacramento County0.76%$498,900$88,7241,584,047
San Benito County0.81%$751,500$108,28966,056
San Bernardino County0.70%$475,000$82,1842,187,816
San Diego County0.70%$791,600$102,2853,282,782
San Francisco County0.68%$1,380,500$141,446836,321
San Joaquin County0.76%$494,500$88,531787,416
San Luis Obispo County0.70%$777,200$93,398281,486
San Mateo County0.61%$1,494,500$156,000745,100
Santa Barbara County0.66%$735,700$95,977443,975
Santa Clara County0.71%$1,382,800$159,6741,903,297
Santa Cruz County0.62%$1,015,200$109,266266,021
Shasta County0.70%$347,200$71,931181,554
Sierra County0.78%$334,100$60,0002,731
Siskiyou County0.66%$284,500$55,49943,834
Solano County0.75%$589,600$99,994450,824
Sonoma County0.72%$779,000$102,840485,642
Stanislaus County0.71%$426,600$79,661552,250
Sutter County0.78%$399,400$75,45098,971
Tehama County0.63%$315,600$61,83465,520
Trinity County0.54%$329,000$53,49815,886
Tulare County0.73%$303,000$69,489475,774
Tuolumne County0.67%$406,200$72,25954,873
Ventura County0.69%$768,400$107,327838,259
Yolo County0.77%$593,800$88,818217,782
Yuba County0.75%$380,000$73,31383,079

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates (tables B25103, B25077, B19013, B01003). Counties where the Census Bureau does not publish all four numbers are left out.