Property Tax & Income in Marshall County, Alabama
Marshall County has an effective property tax rate of 0.36%. On the median home value of $201,500, that's roughly $733 per year. Median household income is $62,571.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Marshall County | Alabama (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.36% | 0.32% |
| Median home value1 | $201,500 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 5.00% | top rate 5.00% |
| State sales tax3 | 9.46% combined | 9.46% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Marshall County, AL
Property taxes in Marshall County, Alabama, run at an effective rate of 0.364%, which sits above the statewide median of 0.324% and ranks 24th among Alabama's 67 counties. That places the county somewhat higher than the middle of its state, though the gap is narrow. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, Marshall County's rate is less than half. A median home value of $201,500 produces an annual tax bill of about $733 — a figure shaped by both the rate and the area's housing prices. With median household income at $62,571 and per-capita income of $32,259, that bill stays fairly contained against what households earn. Communities such as Albertville, Union Grove, and Grant fall within the county, and the overall picture is one of property taxes that sit a bit above Alabama's norm but well below what much of the country pays.