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California property tax, in one number.

0.70%effective tax rate on a home's value

The typical California homeowner pays $5,124 a year on a $734,700 home. That's well below the U.S. rate (0.94%).

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Census ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rate = median tax paid ÷ median home value.
Data from public sources
U.S. Census BureauAmerican Community Survey2020–2024 estimates

California at a glance

Statewide medians across 7,567,568 owner-occupied homes.

$734,700
Median home value
$5,124
Median tax paid
$5,839
With a mortgage
$3,825
Mortgage paid off
55.9%
Of homes owner-occupied
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Estimated yearly tax
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−0.05 pts
Rate change since 2015
From 0.76% (2015) to 0.71% (2024), ACS 1-year
  • Bills are up, rates are down.The median tax paid rose from $3,395 in 2015 to $5,369 in 2024 (+58%), while home values rose 69%. That pushed the effective rate down.
  • 34th highest rate in the U.S.Among the 50 states and D.C., ranked by median tax paid divided by median home value.
  • Mortgage holders pay more.Homes with a mortgage paid a median $5,839, versus $3,825 for homes owned outright, often because they're newer, higher-value or more recently reassessed.

The data, charted

Median tax paid & effective rate

California, ACS 1-year estimates (2020 not released)
Median tax paidEffective rate

Highest effective rates

California counties, ACS 2020–2024

Lowest effective rates

California counties, ACS 2020–2024

Owners vs renters

13,548,091 occupied homes, ACS 2020–2024
Owner-occupied 55.9%Renter-occupied 44.1%

All 58 California counties

Tap a column to sort. Counties marked 10K+ hit the Census $10,000 reporting cap, so their real bill and rate are higher.

Alameda$8,474$1,090,1000.78%
Alpine$4,530$590,2000.77%
Amador$3,172$449,8000.71%
Butte$2,951$424,7000.69%
Calaveras$3,319$457,2000.73%
Colusa$2,426$393,4000.62%
Contra Costa$7,156$866,8000.83%
Del Norte$2,099$342,0000.61%
El Dorado$4,753$679,9000.70%
Fresno$2,861$388,8000.74%
Glenn$2,263$352,4000.64%
Humboldt$2,858$446,9000.64%
Imperial$2,394$309,6000.77%
Inyo$2,576$348,7000.74%
Kern$2,984$338,3000.88%
Kings$2,425$324,3000.75%
Lake$2,369$324,3000.73%
Lassen$1,923$265,3000.72%
Los Angeles$5,675$834,2000.68%
Madera$2,756$393,2000.70%
Marin10K+$10,000+$1,507,3000.66%+
Mariposa$2,377$387,9000.61%
Mendocino$3,545$512,2000.69%
Merced$2,634$391,8000.67%
Modoc$1,561$224,7000.69%
Mono$4,177$639,4000.65%
Monterey$4,910$781,0000.63%
Napa$5,995$869,5000.69%
Nevada$4,694$621,8000.75%
Orange$6,330$962,6000.66%
Placer$5,812$688,1000.84%
Plumas$2,537$360,2000.70%
Riverside$4,348$557,3000.78%
Sacramento$3,921$534,2000.73%
San Benito$6,441$793,4000.81%
San Bernardino$3,538$505,0000.70%
San Diego$5,774$854,7000.68%
San Francisco$9,862$1,394,5000.71%
San Joaquin$3,960$530,7000.75%
San Luis Obispo$5,636$824,7000.68%
San Mateo$9,519$1,559,6000.61%
Santa Barbara$5,103$790,7000.65%
Santa Clara10K+$10,000+$1,490,6000.67%+
Santa Cruz$6,538$1,027,5000.64%
Shasta$2,542$366,4000.69%
Sierra$2,279$331,9000.69%
Siskiyou$1,973$309,5000.64%
Solano$4,621$617,7000.75%
Sonoma$5,695$815,5000.70%
Stanislaus$3,216$450,1000.71%
Sutter$3,268$433,5000.75%
Tehama$2,118$339,6000.62%
Trinity$1,888$325,8000.58%
Tulare$2,318$330,1000.70%
Tuolumne$2,864$433,2000.66%
Ventura$5,574$822,7000.68%
Yolo$4,749$620,7000.77%
Yuba$3,071$412,3000.74%

Cities and towns in California

497 places with at least 2,000 owner-occupied homes and reliable survey data, largest first.

Good to know

What is the property tax rate in California?

The effective rate is about 0.70%. The median homeowner pays $5,124 a year on a home worth a median $734,700 (ACS 2020–2024). The legal tax rates set by each taxing unit are different numbers; the effective rate is what owners actually pay as a share of value.

How much is property tax on a $750,000 home in California?

About $5,250 a year, or roughly $438 a month, at California's average effective rate of 0.70%. Homestead, senior, veteran or other exemptions can lower the real bill, and a recent purchase or reassessment can raise it.

Why is my bill different from this estimate?

Your bill depends on your home's assessed value from the county assessor, the exact taxing units where you live (county, city, school district, special districts) and any exemptions you get. These figures are medians across all owner-occupied homes, not a bill for any address.

How current is this data?

It comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020–2024, the latest release. Homeowners report the taxes they paid, so the numbers lag current bills by one to two years. We update the site when the Census Bureau publishes new estimates each December.

Estimates, not your tax bill. These are Census survey medians for all owner-occupied homes (2020–2024). Your bill depends on your assessed value, the taxing units at your address and any exemptions. For your actual bill, check with your county assessor or tax collector. How we calculate this.

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