Property Tax in Hall County, Georgia

What the Hall County numbers mean

The median is the midpoint of the county's actual bills: half of Hall County homeowners pay more than $2,382 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 $313,600, the median bill works out to a derived effective rate of 0.76%. 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 Hall County

For context, the Georgia medians are $2,214 of tax on $272,900 of value, and the US medians are $2,969 on $303,400. *Derived figures are estimates from Census medians, not official rates.

Hall County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Georgia: #21 of 159 counties
• Median home value rank in Georgia: #14 of 159
• Population rank in Georgia: #10 of 159 (208,395 residents)
• Population density rank: #20 of 159 (531 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Georgia: #60 of 159 (392 sq mi, 0.7% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $198; per $1,000 of home value: $0.76

How Hall County compares

The median tax bill in Hall County is about 8% higher than the state median ($2,214 for Georgia) and about 20% lower than the US median ($2,969 nationally). By median taxes paid, the county ranks #21 out of 159 Georgia counties with published Census data — 20 counties in the state have a higher median bill.

Comparisons cut both ways: a county can have a modest rate but high bills because homes are expensive, or a high rate but modest bills because homes are cheaper. Hall County's derived rate of 0.76% sits below the derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Hall County: the median bill works out to about $198 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $760 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 208,395 people — the #10 most populous county in Georgia, spread over 392 square miles, a density of about 531 people per square mile. Its median home value, $313,600, ranks #14 among the state's 159 counties with data.

Nationally, Hall County's median bill of $2,382 ranks #780 of 3133 counties with published data — inside the top 25% of counties by tax paid. The county accounts for about 1.9% of Georgia's population, its median home value is about 15% above the state median, and at the derived rate the median home would hand over roughly 7.60% of its value in tax across a decade. Within the state, the distance from Hall County to the most expensive county, Fulton County ($3,847), is $1,465 a year.

Counties nearest Hall County in the Georgia ranking

Hall County and its population peers

Counties of a similar size can tax very differently. The table below shows the counties closest to Hall County in population across the United States, with their median bills and home values. Within the group of 9, Hall County ($2,382) ranks #3 of 9 by median tax paid.

The closest population match is Onslow County, North Carolina (208,537 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $1,431 on a median home value of $219,500 — $951 more than Hall County pays.

Inside Georgia itself, the counties closest to Hall County in population are Forsyth County (260,062 residents, median tax $3,747 on a median value of $493,800); Henry County (245,417 residents, median tax $2,559 on a median value of $277,400); Richmond County (206,040 residents, median tax $1,440 on a median value of $163,300); Muscogee County (204,383 residents, median tax $1,526 on a median value of $182,300). Same state, same broad tax framework — yet the median bills still differ, because assessed values and the mix of county, municipal and school-district rates are set locally.

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 0.76%, each $100,000 of value corresponds to about $760 of tax a year, and a $400,000 home to roughly $3,040. 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 Hall County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 0.76% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Hall 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 Hall 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 Hall 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

• Richmond County, GA — $1,440
• Muscogee County, GA — $1,526
• Paulding County, GA — $2,444
• Henry County, GA — $2,559
• Houston County, GA — $1,759
• Columbia County, GA — $2,431

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