Virginia Property Tax
VA
Effective property tax rate
0.85%
0.15pp below the national average of 1.00%
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County Rankings
Highest and lowest effective property tax rates among Virginia's counties.
Highest rates
| # | County | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manassas Park city | 1.14% |
| 2 | Manassas city | 1.10% |
| 3 | Portsmouth city | 1.07% |
| 4 | Newport News city | 1.03% |
| 5 | Roanoke city | 1.01% |
| 6 | Fairfax County | 1.01% |
| 7 | Norfolk city | 1.01% |
| 8 | Falls Church city | 1.00% |
| 9 | Alexandria city | 0.99% |
| 10 | Prince William County | 0.98% |
Lowest rates
| # | County | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Edward County | 0.40% |
| 2 | Bath County | 0.40% |
| 3 | Nottoway County | 0.42% |
| 4 | Mathews County | 0.42% |
| 5 | Amelia County | 0.43% |
| 6 | Lunenburg County | 0.44% |
| 7 | Buchanan County | 0.44% |
| 8 | Craig County | 0.46% |
| 9 | Bedford County | 0.46% |
| 10 | Campbell County | 0.46% |
All Counties
Browse property tax data for all 133 counties in Virginia.
Showing 133 of 133 counties
- Accomack CountyRate:0.50%Home:$193,100Tax:$962
- Albemarle CountyRate:0.74%Home:$471,000Tax:$3,482
- Alexandria cityRate:0.99%Home:$696,800Tax:$6,879
- Alleghany CountyRate:0.83%Home:$122,300Tax:$1,011
- Amelia CountyRate:0.43%Home:$239,700Tax:$1,034
- Amherst CountyRate:0.51%Home:$197,200Tax:$997
- Appomattox CountyRate:0.53%Home:$189,200Tax:$1,006
- Arlington CountyRate:0.90%Home:$864,800Tax:$7,774
- Augusta CountyRate:0.49%Home:$281,400Tax:$1,379
- Bath CountyRate:0.40%Home:$206,000Tax:$834
- Bedford CountyRate:0.46%Home:$276,600Tax:$1,265
- Bland CountyRate:0.55%Home:$157,100Tax:$868
- Botetourt CountyRate:0.66%Home:$268,900Tax:$1,761
- Bristol cityRate:0.77%Home:$168,700Tax:$1,294
- Brunswick CountyRate:0.54%Home:$132,700Tax:$718
- Buchanan CountyRate:0.44%Home:$91,400Tax:$404
- Buckingham CountyRate:0.52%Home:$167,800Tax:$874
- Buena Vista cityRate:0.94%Home:$153,500Tax:$1,444
- Campbell CountyRate:0.46%Home:$199,200Tax:$913
- Caroline CountyRate:0.56%Home:$283,100Tax:$1,585
- Carroll CountyRate:0.60%Home:$144,200Tax:$861
- Charles City CountyRate:0.60%Home:$224,100Tax:$1,354
- Charlotte CountyRate:0.51%Home:$144,000Tax:$739
- Charlottesville cityRate:0.81%Home:$448,400Tax:$3,649
- Chesapeake cityRate:0.82%Home:$359,100Tax:$2,937
- Chesterfield CountyRate:0.78%Home:$336,700Tax:$2,636
- Clarke CountyRate:0.51%Home:$538,900Tax:$2,757
- Colonial Heights cityRate:0.92%Home:$231,700Tax:$2,127
- Covington cityRate:0.78%Home:$80,200Tax:$629
- Craig CountyRate:0.46%Home:$210,500Tax:$958
- Culpeper CountyRate:0.55%Home:$386,400Tax:$2,119
- Cumberland CountyRate:0.64%Home:$220,100Tax:$1,398
- Danville cityRate:0.67%Home:$110,200Tax:$743
- Dickenson CountyRate:0.50%Home:$101,100Tax:$503
- Dinwiddie CountyRate:0.60%Home:$246,100Tax:$1,478
- Emporia cityRate:0.76%Home:$131,100Tax:$990
- Essex CountyRate:0.57%Home:$228,600Tax:$1,312
- Fairfax cityRate:0.94%Home:$677,400Tax:$6,392
- Fairfax CountyRate:1.01%Home:$699,700Tax:$7,072
- Falls Church cityRate:1.00%Home:$1,005,400Tax:$10,001
- Fauquier CountyRate:0.77%Home:$543,700Tax:$4,185
- Floyd CountyRate:0.52%Home:$215,500Tax:$1,122
- Fluvanna CountyRate:0.65%Home:$281,700Tax:$1,835
- Franklin cityRate:0.74%Home:$227,200Tax:$1,677
- Franklin CountyRate:0.53%Home:$222,800Tax:$1,188
- Frederick CountyRate:0.51%Home:$355,000Tax:$1,807
- Fredericksburg cityRate:0.62%Home:$461,500Tax:$2,853
- Galax cityRate:0.76%Home:$126,800Tax:$962
- Giles CountyRate:0.63%Home:$143,500Tax:$907
- Gloucester CountyRate:0.59%Home:$289,200Tax:$1,718
- Goochland CountyRate:0.50%Home:$483,700Tax:$2,418
- Grayson CountyRate:0.62%Home:$132,300Tax:$820
- Greene CountyRate:0.64%Home:$315,300Tax:$2,009
- Greensville CountyRate:0.59%Home:$159,200Tax:$936
- Halifax CountyRate:0.49%Home:$148,900Tax:$729
- Hampton cityRate:0.97%Home:$234,100Tax:$2,259
- Hanover CountyRate:0.67%Home:$372,700Tax:$2,506
- Harrisonburg cityRate:0.78%Home:$278,200Tax:$2,172
- Henrico CountyRate:0.72%Home:$333,600Tax:$2,416
- Henry CountyRate:0.50%Home:$120,300Tax:$604
- Highland CountyRate:0.56%Home:$195,700Tax:$1,104
- Hopewell cityRate:0.97%Home:$165,100Tax:$1,600
- Isle of Wight CountyRate:0.72%Home:$333,600Tax:$2,399
- James City CountyRate:0.66%Home:$419,200Tax:$2,786
- King and Queen CountyRate:0.52%Home:$240,900Tax:$1,261
- King George CountyRate:0.56%Home:$395,900Tax:$2,221
- King William CountyRate:0.63%Home:$276,500Tax:$1,733
- Lancaster CountyRate:0.49%Home:$307,600Tax:$1,508
- Lee CountyRate:0.59%Home:$98,700Tax:$586
- Lexington cityRate:0.86%Home:$275,300Tax:$2,378
- Loudoun CountyRate:0.88%Home:$701,000Tax:$6,186
- Louisa CountyRate:0.65%Home:$275,600Tax:$1,781
- Lunenburg CountyRate:0.44%Home:$145,500Tax:$635
- Lynchburg cityRate:0.84%Home:$211,800Tax:$1,778
- Madison CountyRate:0.59%Home:$331,400Tax:$1,967
- Manassas cityRate:1.10%Home:$434,700Tax:$4,766
- Manassas Park cityRate:1.14%Home:$381,200Tax:$4,329
- Martinsville cityRate:0.81%Home:$92,500Tax:$746
- Mathews CountyRate:0.42%Home:$348,800Tax:$1,475
- Mecklenburg CountyRate:0.49%Home:$169,400Tax:$826
- Middlesex CountyRate:0.56%Home:$299,800Tax:$1,692
- Montgomery CountyRate:0.77%Home:$283,600Tax:$2,174
- Nelson CountyRate:0.54%Home:$283,000Tax:$1,517
- New Kent CountyRate:0.68%Home:$371,500Tax:$2,523
- Newport News cityRate:1.03%Home:$243,300Tax:$2,507
- Norfolk cityRate:1.01%Home:$271,900Tax:$2,738
- Northampton CountyRate:0.60%Home:$279,100Tax:$1,689
- Northumberland CountyRate:0.48%Home:$333,100Tax:$1,602
- Norton cityRate:0.78%Home:$100,700Tax:$787
- Nottoway CountyRate:0.42%Home:$179,800Tax:$756
- Orange CountyRate:0.61%Home:$337,300Tax:$2,048
- Page CountyRate:0.67%Home:$221,800Tax:$1,489
- Patrick CountyRate:0.58%Home:$146,500Tax:$851
- Petersburg cityRate:0.92%Home:$157,900Tax:$1,449
- Pittsylvania CountyRate:0.59%Home:$153,000Tax:$907
- Poquoson cityRate:0.90%Home:$403,000Tax:$3,640
- Portsmouth cityRate:1.07%Home:$229,400Tax:$2,452
- Powhatan CountyRate:0.63%Home:$381,300Tax:$2,418
- Prince Edward CountyRate:0.40%Home:$203,700Tax:$820
- Prince George CountyRate:0.78%Home:$268,300Tax:$2,098
- Prince William CountyRate:0.98%Home:$500,600Tax:$4,910
- Pulaski CountyRate:0.64%Home:$182,500Tax:$1,176
- Radford cityRate:0.70%Home:$211,700Tax:$1,488
- Rappahannock CountyRate:0.57%Home:$490,200Tax:$2,787
- Richmond cityRate:0.86%Home:$328,100Tax:$2,834
- Richmond CountyRate:0.56%Home:$214,200Tax:$1,188
- Roanoke cityRate:1.01%Home:$180,500Tax:$1,828
- Roanoke CountyRate:0.88%Home:$267,300Tax:$2,340
- Rockbridge CountyRate:0.60%Home:$238,700Tax:$1,432
- Rockingham CountyRate:0.53%Home:$287,900Tax:$1,532
- Russell CountyRate:0.54%Home:$119,600Tax:$644
- Salem cityRate:0.91%Home:$244,800Tax:$2,232
- Scott CountyRate:0.68%Home:$122,300Tax:$826
- Shenandoah CountyRate:0.55%Home:$265,800Tax:$1,451
- Smyth CountyRate:0.61%Home:$125,800Tax:$766
- Southampton CountyRate:0.66%Home:$208,800Tax:$1,380
- Spotsylvania CountyRate:0.60%Home:$375,000Tax:$2,263
- Stafford CountyRate:0.72%Home:$458,800Tax:$3,301
- Staunton cityRate:0.71%Home:$239,300Tax:$1,696
- Suffolk cityRate:0.93%Home:$329,600Tax:$3,073
- Surry CountyRate:0.63%Home:$235,200Tax:$1,474
- Sussex CountyRate:0.54%Home:$178,500Tax:$966
- Tazewell CountyRate:0.62%Home:$116,100Tax:$718
- Virginia Beach cityRate:0.80%Home:$366,300Tax:$2,929
- Warren CountyRate:0.59%Home:$315,800Tax:$1,850
- Washington CountyRate:0.51%Home:$201,800Tax:$1,038
- Waynesboro cityRate:0.67%Home:$236,600Tax:$1,578
- Westmoreland CountyRate:0.62%Home:$244,000Tax:$1,506
- Williamsburg cityRate:0.58%Home:$393,200Tax:$2,265
- Winchester cityRate:0.77%Home:$325,900Tax:$2,505
- Wise CountyRate:0.56%Home:$116,500Tax:$658
- Wythe CountyRate:0.50%Home:$172,100Tax:$851
- York CountyRate:0.65%Home:$411,200Tax:$2,676
Virginia Property Tax FAQ
Common questions about property taxes in Virginia, answered with current data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Property tax in Virginia is calculated by multiplying your home's assessed value by the local effective tax rate. The state-wide effective rate is 0.85%, but rates vary significantly by county. Each county applies its own assessment ratio and mill rate, so the actual rate you pay depends on where you live within Virginia.
The population-weighted effective property tax rate in Virginia is 0.85%. Based on the median home value of $240,900, a typical homeowner pays around $1,532 per year in property tax. This figure is calculated from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 data across all 133 counties in Virginia.
Prince Edward County has the lowest effective property tax rate in Virginia at 0.40%. The median home value there is $203,700, with a median annual tax of $820.
Manassas Park city has the highest effective property tax rate in Virginia at 1.14%. The median home value there is $381,200, with a median annual tax of $4,329.
The U.S. national population-weighted average effective property tax rate is 1.00%. Virginia's rate of 0.85% is 0.15 percentage points below the national average. This means Virginia homeowners typically pay less in property tax than the average American homeowner, relative to home value.