Property Tax in Carroll County, Georgia

What the Carroll County numbers mean

Read the two medians together: $1,420 is the middle tax bill among owner-occupied households in Carroll County, and $227,500 is the middle home value. Neither figure describes a specific property — together they describe the typical homeowner's situation in the county.

The derived effective rate for Carroll County is 0.62% (median tax ÷ median value). Treat it as an estimate for comparison only: it comes from survey medians of different households, not from the county's rate schedule.

Carroll County by the numbers

*Estimate derived from Census medians (tax ÷ value), not an official rate.

Carroll County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Georgia: #73 of 159 counties
• Median home value rank in Georgia: #43 of 159
• Population rank in Georgia: #20 of 159 (122,187 residents)
• Population density rank: #29 of 159 (245 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Georgia: #25 of 159 (499 sq mi, 0.9% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $118; per $1,000 of home value: $0.62

How Carroll County compares

Set against its state, Carroll County's median bill of $1,420 is about 36% lower than the Georgia median ($2,214). Against the country as a whole it is about 52% lower than the US median ($2,969). That places the county #73 of 159 Georgia counties ranked by median taxes paid.

Remember what drives the ranking: bills follow home values as much as rates. Carroll County's median home, at $227,500, ranks #43 by value in Georgia, while its derived rate of 0.62% compares with a derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Carroll County: the median bill works out to about $118 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $624 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 122,187 people — the #20 most populous county in Georgia, spread over 499 square miles, a density of about 245 people per square mile. Its median home value, $227,500, ranks #43 among the state's 159 counties with data.

Nationally, Carroll County's median bill of $1,420 ranks #1760 of 3133 counties with published data — inside the top 56% of counties by tax paid. The county accounts for about 1.1% of Georgia's population, its median home value is about 17% below the state median, and at the derived rate the median home would hand over roughly 6.24% of its value in tax across a decade. Within the state, the distance from Carroll County to the most expensive county, Fulton County ($3,847), is $2,427 a year.

Counties nearest Carroll County in the Georgia ranking

Carroll County and its population peers

Counties of a similar size can tax very differently. The table below shows the counties closest to Carroll County in population across the United States, with their median bills and home values. Within the group of 9, Carroll County ($1,420) ranks #5 of 9 by median tax paid.

The closest population match is Gallatin County, Montana (122,194 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $3,625 on a median home value of $604,900 — $2,205 less than Carroll County pays.

Staying within Georgia, the counties nearest Carroll County by population are Douglas County (146,141 residents, median tax $2,079 on a median value of $262,200); Clarke County (129,267 residents, median tax $2,444 on a median value of $271,900); Fayette County (120,689 residents, median tax $3,168 on a median value of $405,600); Lowndes County (119,055 residents, median tax $1,643 on a median value of $197,900). The spread in their median bills — all under the same state framework — shows how much of the property tax burden is decided county by county and district by district.

How the tax is worked out

As an illustration of the arithmetic: at Carroll County's derived rate of 0.62%, a home valued at $400,000 would carry a tax bill of roughly $2,496 a year. That is only an illustration using the derived rate — a real bill is computed from the property's assessed value, its exemptions, and the combined rates of its specific taxing districts, so it can be higher or lower.

The usual sequence is: the local assessor values the property; exemptions are applied; the taxable value is multiplied by the combined local rates; and the county bills and collects the tax, distributing it to the schools, municipalities and districts that levied it.

Illustrative bills in Carroll County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 0.62% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Carroll County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 0.81% 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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Georgia counties

• Fayette County, GA — $3,168
• Lowndes County, GA — $1,643
• Newton County, GA — $2,133
• Clarke County, GA — $2,444
• Bartow County, GA — $1,901
• Whitfield County, GA — $1,339

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