Property Tax in Coconino County, Arizona

What the Coconino County numbers mean

The median is the midpoint of the county's actual bills: half of Coconino County homeowners pay more than $2,008 a year and half pay less. The exact bill for any one home depends on its assessed value, exemptions, and which school, municipal and special districts cover it.

Set against the median home value of $413,200, the median bill works out to a derived effective rate of 0.49%. That rate is an estimate computed from the two medians — no county publishes a rate calculated this way — but it adjusts for home prices, which makes comparisons between counties more meaningful.

The key figures for Coconino County

For context, the Arizona medians are $1,858 of tax on $358,900 of value, and the US medians are $2,969 on $303,400. *Derived figures are estimates from Census medians, not official rates.

Coconino County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Arizona: #2 of 15 counties
• Median home value rank in Arizona: #2 of 15
• Population rank in Arizona: #7 of 15 (144,643 residents)
• Population density rank: #12 of 15 (8 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Arizona: #1 of 15 (18,616 sq mi, 16.4% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $167; per $1,000 of home value: $0.49

How Coconino County compares

Of the 15 Arizona counties with published data, 1 have a higher median property tax bill than Coconino County's $2,008, putting the county at #2 in the state. Its bill is about 8% higher than the state median of $1,858 and about 32% lower than the national median of $2,969.

Rates and values pull in opposite directions: an expensive housing market can produce big bills at ordinary rates. Here the derived rate is 0.49%, versus 0.98% derived nationally, and the median home value ranks #2 within Arizona.

Some extra context for Coconino County: the median bill works out to about $167 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $486 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 144,643 people — the #7 most populous county in Arizona, spread over 18,616 square miles, a density of about 8 people per square mile. Its median home value, $413,200, ranks #2 among the state's 15 counties with data.

Zooming out: of 3133 counties nationwide with published Census figures, only 1059 record a higher median tax bill than Coconino County — it sits in the top 34% nationally. The county holds roughly 2.0% of Arizona's people. Its homes are worth more than the state norm (median $413,200 versus $358,900), and a decade at the derived rate of 0.49% adds up to about 4.86% of the median home's value in tax. The cheapest county in the state, Greenlee County, medians $489 — $1,519 less than Coconino County per year.

Counties nearest Coconino County in the Arizona ranking

Coconino County and its population peers

For a like-for-like sense of scale, compare Coconino County with its national population peers: the counties nearest to its 144,643 residents, listed in the table below with their own Census medians. Of the 9 counties in that group, Coconino County's median bill of $2,008 is #6 of 9.

The closest population match is Jackson County, Mississippi (144,437 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $1,332 on a median home value of $181,700 — $676 more than Coconino County pays.

Coconino County's nearest population neighbours within Arizona are Mohave County (217,420 residents, median tax $1,229 on a median value of $253,200); Yuma County (207,685 residents, median tax $1,281 on a median value of $195,700); Cochise County (125,458 residents, median tax $1,325 on a median value of $207,400); Navajo County (107,744 residents, median tax $1,126 on a median value of $186,100). Comparing them is a reminder that even inside one state's rules, the bill follows local home values and local district rates more than anything decided at the state level.

How the tax is worked out

The bill is built in stages. First the assessor puts a market value on the property. Exemptions — a homestead exemption above all — then reduce the taxable amount. Finally the combined local rate is applied. To see the scale: at the county's derived rate of 0.49%, each $100,000 of value corresponds to about $486 of tax a year, and a $400,000 home to roughly $1,944. Real bills use the official assessment and district rates, not this derived figure, so treat the example as a sense of scale only.

Illustrative bills in Coconino County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 0.49% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Coconino County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 0.52% and the US figure of 0.98%:

Illustration only: real bills are computed from the assessed value, exemptions, and the combined rates of the property's actual taxing districts.

Checking your assessment in Coconino County

If your bill looks wrong, work through these steps:

1. Get your property record card from the assessor and check the basics — living area, lot size, bedrooms, condition, and any exemptions you should have.
2. Compare your assessed value with recent sale prices of similar homes in Coconino County.
3. Talk to the assessor's office informally first; clear errors are often fixed without a hearing.
4. If needed, file a formal appeal with the local review board before the deadline on your assessment notice, with your evidence attached.
5. Keep paying the bill as issued while the appeal runs, unless your notice says otherwise — unpaid taxes accrue penalties regardless of an appeal.

More Arizona counties

• Cochise County, AZ — $1,325
• Navajo County, AZ — $1,126
• Yuma County, AZ — $1,281
• Mohave County, AZ — $1,229
• Apache County, AZ — $574
• Gila County, AZ — $1,331

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