Property Tax & Income in Appling County, Georgia
Appling County has an effective property tax rate of 0.94%. On the median home value of $76,700, that's roughly $721 per year. Median household income is $46,651.
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 | Appling County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.94% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $76,700 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 5.19% | top rate 5.19% |
| State sales tax3 | 7.56% combined | 7.56% 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 Appling County, GA
In Appling County, Georgia, homes sell for a median of $76,700, and the annual property tax bill on such a home comes to about $721. That works out to an effective rate of 0.940%, which sits above Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and ranks 48th among the state's 158 counties. Even so, the low home values keep actual tax bills affordable: $721 a year amounts to roughly 1.5% of the county's median household income of $46,651. Buyers looking in Baxley, the county seat, or the smaller communities of Surrency and Hazlehurst will find that a comparatively higher rate applies to a much smaller price tag, so the dollar amount owed each year stays within reach. Per-capita income here is $26,411, and with the national median effective rate at 0.794%, Appling's rate runs higher than both benchmarks, though the modest home prices offset much of that difference.