Property Tax & Income in Ben Hill County, Georgia
Ben Hill County has an effective property tax rate of 1.07%. On the median home value of $112,700, that's roughly $1,210 per year. Median household income is $41,758.
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 | Ben Hill County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.07% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $112,700 | — |
| 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 Ben Hill County, GA
Homes in Ben Hill County, Georgia, are inexpensive by national standards: the median value sits at $112,700, and the median annual property tax bill comes to $1,210. That reflects an effective rate of 1.074%, which is higher than Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and the national median of 0.794%. Among the state's 158 counties, this one ranks 23rd for property tax rate. Buyers weighing Fitzgerald, Wray, or Rebecca will find that low home prices keep actual tax bills smaller than the rate alone might imply, even though the percentage is steep for Georgia. Households here earn a median of $41,758, with per-capita income at $23,130, so the tax bill equals roughly 2.9% of median household earnings — a meaningful but not overwhelming share given how little homes cost upfront.