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[vbplyr]

Table: Who Pays America's Highest Property Taxes?
Forbes.com staff, 01.23.09, 02:30 PM EST
This list is compiled with data from the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan tax research group. Using statistics from the 2007 U.S. Census American Community Survey, it calculated, by county, median property taxes paid on homes, median home value, taxes as a percentage of home value, homeowner median income and taxes as a percentage of income. Our rankings are based on the last measure.

Rank County State Median Property Taxes Paid on Homes Median Home Value Taxes as % of Home Value Median Income for Home Owners Taxes as % of Income
1 Passaic County New Jersey $6,928 $398,800 1.7% $81,853 8.5%
2 Union County New Jersey $7,007 $422,700 1.7% $86,049 8.1%
3 Essex County New Jersey $7,535 $422,800 1.8% $93,511 8.1%
4 Nassau County New York $8,153 $508,000 1.6% $101,558 8.0%
5 Westchester County New York $8,422 $582,300 1.4% $108,580 7.8%
6 Bergen County New Jersey $7,797 $492,200 1.6% $100,559 7.8%
7 Rockland County New York $7,535 $503,100 1.5% $97,290 7.7%
8 Putnam County New York $6,860 $441,800 1.6% $89,307 7.7%
9 Hunterdon County New Jersey $8,224 $472,800 1.7% $109,298 7.5%
10 Hudson County New Jersey $6,007 $419,400 1.4% $79,974 7.5%
11 Suffolk County New York $6,763 $447,800 1.5% $93,442 7.2%
12 Camden County New Jersey $5,311 $223,400 2.4% $74,732 7.1%
13 Warren County New Jersey $5,673 $320,900 1.8% $81,029 7.0%
14 Somerset County New Jersey $7,597 $469,600 1.6% $108,664 7.0%
15 Monmouth County New Jersey $6,494 $445,000 1.5% $93,617 6.9%
16 Sussex County New Jersey $5,803 $341,300 1.7% $85,491 6.8%
17 Lake County Illinois $6,089 $310,700 2.0% $90,837 6.7%
18 Morris County New Jersey $7,281 $504,500 1.4% $109,187 6.7%
19 Merrimack County New Hampshire $4,534 $250,200 1.8% $69,227 6.5%
20 Middlesex County New Jersey $5,861 $370,700 1.6% $90,338 6.5%
21 Ocean County New Jersey $4,021 $310,100 1.3% $62,189 6.5%
22 Cheshire County New Hampshire $3,996 $199,000 2.0% $62,577 6.4%
23 Mercer County New Jersey $5,734 $322,400 1.8% $90,629 6.3%
24 Orange County New York $5,164 $320,200 1.6% $81,988 6.3%
25 Atlantic County New Jersey $4,277 $271,900 1.6% $69,222 6.2%
26 McHenry County Illinois $4,931 $262,100 1.9% $80,507 6.1%
27 Kane County Illinois $4,857 $250,600 1.9% $79,475 6.1%
28 Gloucester County New Jersey $4,887 $235,300 2.1% $80,871 6.0%
29 Rockingham County New Hampshire $5,068 $326,900 1.6% $85,094 6.0%
30 Burlington County New Jersey $5,111 $276,600 1.8% $85,837 6.0%
31 Fairfield County Connecticut $5,962 $499,000 1.2% $100,727 5.9%
32 Will County Illinois $4,664 $243,900 1.9% $78,869 5.9%
33 Milwaukee County Wisconsin $3,581 $168,400 2.1% $60,802 5.9%
34 Hillsborough County New Hampshire $4,757 $283,400 1.7% $81,688 5.8%
35 Sullivan County New York $3,328 $181,900 1.8% $57,711 5.8%
36 DuPage County Illinois $4,933 $325,400 1.5% $85,800 5.7%
37 DeKalb County Illinois $4,149 $205,000 2.0% $72,214 5.7%
38 Grafton County New Hampshire $3,409 $198,400 1.7% $59,379 5.7%
39 Dutchess County New York $4,365 $343,900 1.3% $77,407 5.6%
40 Chittenden County Vermont $3,992 $251,300 1.6% $70,925 5.6%
41 Kendall County Illinois $4,564 $249,300 1.8% $81,935 5.6%
42 Monroe County New York $3,629 $128,500 2.8% $65,152 5.6%
43 Strafford County New Hampshire $4,160 $230,900 1.8% $74,848 5.6%
44 New Haven County Connecticut $4,343 $280,200 1.5% $78,474 5.5%
45 Tompkins County New York $3,564 $159,600 2.2% $64,782 5.5%
46 Schenectady County New York $3,728 $159,400 2.3% $67,905 5.5%
47 Ulster County New York $3,926 $254,200 1.5% $71,516 5.5%
48 Cape May County New Jersey $3,382 $340,000 1.0% $61,814 5.5%
49 Cumberland County New Jersey $3,326 $173,600 1.9% $60,924 5.5%
50 Salem County New Jersey $3,656 $188,800 1.9% $67,237 5.4%
51 Monroe County Pennsylvania $3,396 $211,000 1.6% $65,382 5.2%
52 Delaware County Pennsylvania $3,785 $231,200 1.6% $73,160 5.2%
53 Dane County Wisconsin $3,926 $228,600 1.7% $77,241 5.1%
54 Racine County Wisconsin $3,184 $180,000 1.8% $62,867 5.1%
55 Niagara County New York $2,802 $95,800 2.9% $56,386 5.0%
56 Hartford County Connecticut $3,999 $247,100 1.6% $80,486 5.0%
57 Kenosha County Wisconsin $3,397 $187,500 1.8% $68,542 5.0%
58 Webb County Texas $2,199 $104,800 2.1% $45,071 4.9%
59 La Crosse County Wisconsin $2,763 $147,800 1.9% $56,817 4.9%
60 Cook County Illinois $3,419 $281,800 1.2% $70,412 4.9%
61 Tolland County Connecticut $4,155 $256,100 1.6% $86,434 4.8%
62 Fort Bend County Texas $4,229 $168,800 2.5% $88,058 4.8%
63 Litchfield County Connecticut $3,844 $305,400 1.3% $80,260 4.8%
64 Middlesex County Connecticut $3,999 $309,300 1.3% $83,958 4.8%
65 Williamson County Texas $3,701 $170,900 2.2% $77,721 4.8%
66 Onondaga County New York $3,056 $120,000 2.5% $64,401 4.7%
67 Berks County Pennsylvania $2,973 $173,100 1.7% $62,738 4.7%
68 Miami-Dade County Florida $2,761 $318,100 0.9% $58,497 4.7%
69 Erie County New York $2,822 $112,000 2.5% $59,887 4.7%
70 Travis County Texas $3,856 $195,100 2.0% $81,947 4.7%
71 Bucks County Pennsylvania $3,850 $326,800 1.2% $82,027 4.7%
72 Jefferson County Wisconsin $2,896 $181,000 1.6% $61,779 4.7%
73 Kent County Rhode Island $3,340 $255,400 1.3% $71,259 4.7%
74 Washtenaw County Michigan $3,887 $230,800 1.7% $82,943 4.7%
75 LaSalle County Illinois $2,582 $127,800 2.0% $55,805 4.6%
76 Rensselaer County New York $3,212 $166,100 1.9% $69,542 4.6%
77 Marin County California $4,953 $918,700 0.5% $107,269 4.6%
78 Winnebago County Illinois $2,817 $124,800 2.3% $61,118 4.6%
79 Rockwall County Texas $3,965 $187,300 2.1% $86,160 4.6%
80 Collin County Texas $4,390 $196,800 2.2% $95,467 4.6%
81 Cayuga County New York $2,443 $103,000 2.4% $53,614 4.6%
82 Lehigh County Pennsylvania $2,942 $203,500 1.4% $64,647 4.6%
83 Dodge County Wisconsin $2,788 $159,900 1.7% $61,500 4.5%
84 Waukesha County Wisconsin $3,832 $260,600 1.5% $84,737 4.5%
85 Geauga County Ohio $3,347 $234,000 1.4% $74,095 4.5%
86 Northampton County Pennsylvania $3,134 $220,300 1.4% $69,557 4.5%
87 Broward County Florida $2,748 $302,500 0.9% $61,233 4.5%
88 Wayne County New York $2,690 $102,000 2.6% $60,118 4.5%
89 Providence County Rhode Island $3,237 $277,000 1.2% $72,360 4.5%
90 Sheboygan County Wisconsin $2,802 $149,300 1.9% $62,904 4.5%
91 Walworth County Wisconsin $2,934 $188,300 1.6% $65,898 4.5%
92 Albany County New York $3,321 $197,900 1.7% $74,789 4.4%
93 Hays County Texas $3,382 $174,600 1.9% $76,209 4.4%
94 Middlesex County Massachusetts $4,235 $441,400 1.0% $95,714 4.4%
95 Washington County Wisconsin $3,351 $228,600 1.5% $75,739 4.4%
96 Wayne County Michigan $2,452 $137,300 1.8% $55,442 4.4%
97 Rock County Wisconsin $2,606 $139,500 1.9% $58,939 4.4%
98 Newport County Rhode Island $3,523 $414,800 0.8% $79,798 4.4%
99 Kankakee County Illinois $2,522 $139,400 1.8% $57,162 4.4%
100 Washington County Rhode Island $3,524 $351,500 1.0% $80,015 4.4%
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[Chicago Jake]

Cook County is only #60? I'm impressed. But at least we still have the highest sales tax in the nation (10.25%).......Jake

[carl]

My little country property sits pretty well, I would think, until I see that about as a percentage of income. Then, I think, good thing I don't live elsewhere.

[Tex]

There are a few Texas counties down on the list. I would point out that we have 254 counties and Texas has no state income tax and relies on property taxes to a greater degree.

[DT]

Jan 27, 2009 16:07:05 GMT -6 Chicago Jake said:

Cook County is only #60? I'm impressed. But at least we still have the highest sales tax in the nation (10.25%).......Jake

I love Chicago, but the taxes and the commuting back and forth to work pissed me off enough to go back to NWI. Mostly it was the commuting, I left before they took out the S-Curve on LSD. (what a nightmare)

[Chicago Jake]

During the year that they re-did the S-Curve on LSD (I think it was 83-84), I was commuting from Evanston to LaGrange... took me right through that damn construction zone every day! Thank God for Lower Whacker or I never would have made it.......Jake

[innit Geezer]

I'm in the top ten on the list and --- the monthly pressure is huge.

Everyday I feel like I'm on a financial treadmill. I'm proud of where I live and I embrace the local history, but I think it will be impossible to live here as a retiree. It's sad really.

[Merlot Joe]

Thank God for PROP 13 or we would be on the top of the list.


Joe

[Merlot Joe]

Jan 27, 2009 16:07:05 GMT -6 Chicago Jake said:

Cook County is only #60? I'm impressed. But at least we still have the highest sales tax in the nation (10.25%).......Jake

Make room amigo we may be moving in right next door. If the state takes Arnold's 1.25 % sales tax hike, plus the .25 the idiot's around here voted in for a train from here to San Francisco that goes absolutely no place, then another .50 for county road tax repair hike that is on the books, and .25 for a county school tax increase that will move us from 7.75% to 10.00% by possibly summer

Oh yeah they want to triple the vehicle registration fee tax in fuck-me-in-the-ass-afornia. That means my pickup will go from $306.00 to $918.00 per year. Denice's car from $268.00 to $804.00.

People are out of work and more jobs are biting the dust daily.

Where in the fuck do they expect them to get the money to pay for this shit?


Joe.

[Chicago Jake]

Wow, that's a mighty steep vehicle registration! It's only $78 a year here, flat fee.

You're welcome to register your vehicles at my address!........Jake

[Ardbeg... innit]

DAMN JOE, that will be some major tag fees!!

Property taxes... we have something like Prop 13 in Michigan too, increases limited to the rate of inflation. My 80 acres plus the house are currently accessed at about $550K but Im only taxed like it was worth about $250K, so my property taxes for last year totaled out to $2,100.

Basically, I cant afford to move. If I moved into an equivalent house anywhere in the area, my property taxes would more than double.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Jan 27, 2009 15:49:09 GMT -6 vbplyr said:

Table: Who Pays America's Highest Property Taxes?
Forbes.com staff, 01.23.09, 02:30 PM EST
This list is compiled with data from the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan tax research group. Using statistics from the 2007 U.S. Census American Community Survey, it calculated, by county, median property taxes paid on homes, median home value, taxes as a percentage of home value, homeowner median income and taxes as a percentage of income. Our rankings are based on the last measure.

Do you have a link for this site, Id like to look at it further.

[Tex]

$918 registration for a pickup. Ouch. Ours was $56.

[bigdog8088]

JOe, is that with your Insurance ? Is there a seperate Excise tax ?

[♥ COVID-19♥]

Jan 28, 2009 6:31:31 GMT -6 Ardbeg... innit said:

Do you have a link for this site, Id like to look at it further.

I'm guessing this:

www.forbes.com/2009/01/22/taxes-homes-property-forbeslife-cx_mw_0122realestate_table.html

[Ardbeg... innit]

You might as well give yourself a Red Card for that one

[♥ COVID-19♥]

Or I could just point out how lazy you were not to go on Forbes.com and search it your own damned self like I did.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Thanks for the pointer Jake

Edited: Well, that little indiscretion should get me a "Pinhead of the Day" nomination, if not an outright award

[wareagle]

Alabama's 50th in property taxes so we make it up in local sales taxes, Montgomery's is 10%.

[♥ COVID-19♥]

Jan 28, 2009 10:25:28 GMT -6 Ardbeg... innit said:

Edited: Well, that little indiscretion should get me a "Pinhead of the Day" nomination, if not an outright award

At the very least, we'll have to invent a new - colored card.

[vbplyr]

About two days before I saw this, I bought a place in - yes of course, the #1 county.

sigh

[Merlot Joe]

Jan 28, 2009 1:07:20 GMT -6 Chicago Jake said:

Wow, that's a mighty steep vehicle registration! It's only $78 a year here, flat fee.

You're welcome to register your vehicles at my address!........Jake

My just take you up on that.


Joe

[Merlot Joe]

Jan 28, 2009 8:27:42 GMT -6 bigdog8088 said:

JOe, is that with your Insurance ? Is there a seperate Excise tax ?

No insurance is separate. Edited to add: Insurance is about $600.00 per year.

This is on the table for the tax increase to fix our budget defect.He has not taken place yet but it may soon if they ever settle our budget.

When Arnold first came into office he lowered the reg fee on autos by 2/3. The Demos ant to increase it back to what it was. My 1998 Dodge P/U used to cost me about $600.00 a year, until Arnold drop the fees and it went to $200.

The number I gave might be a little high but according to what the news media out here is pushing around they are talking triple our current fees.

The raised commercial fees 2 years ago on vehicles over 10,000 lbs GVW.. Our Truck at the ranch used to be around $800.00 per year, now it's $2,152.00 just for the truck plus the trailers. Hopefully they don't triple these fees also.

Joe

[Merlot Joe]

Jan 28, 2009 7:24:38 GMT -6 Tex said:

$918 registration for a pickup. Ouch. Ours was $56.

Our oldest daughter drives a 2002 Explorer and her current fee is $128.00. If they do triple it will go to almost $400 per year.

Joe

[Chicago Jake]

The kinfolk said, Joe, move away from there!!

[Merlot Joe]

I'll tell you what. If all the tax/fee increases they are talking about here go into effect, I think there will be a people leaving here just to be able to live. Those that are on the bubble will be fucked.

Last word I heard today on the Radio that if the budget is not settle by Monday, the state will be issuing IOU's. ( Maybe I'll send them one of those for my taxes and see how far I get.)

Maybe they will give it back to Mexico and let them figure it out.

Joe

[bigdog8088]

Joe...Time to move...I thought our fee's were out of sight..
My 1987 Regal...G.N....cost me about 525. a year..Thats Plates , Insurance and Taxes..
Gails Buick the 07, is about a grand for everything..The Most expensive plate I have..
80 bucks a year...That's for my HEDO 2 plate on the Harley...

[Merlot Joe]

George my current fees

06 Chev p/u $306 License plus $600.00 insurance

08 Lexus $358 License Plus $648.00 for insurance

With the grandkids here I am not going any place fast. (at least that is what the boss tells me)

Joe

[innit Geezer]

Jan 28, 2009 12:57:01 GMT -6 vbplyr said:

About two days before I saw this, I bought a place in - yes of course, the #1 county.

vbplyr -- Good luck with your new place and hopefully you purchased at a good discount compared to the mania of a few years ago.

[bigdog8088]

Hello Boss.