Property Tax & Income in Decatur County, Georgia
Decatur County has an effective property tax rate of 0.95%. On the median home value of $158,800, that's roughly $1,514 per year. Median household income is $53,317.
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 | Decatur County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.95% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $158,800 | — |
| 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 Decatur County, GA
Decatur County’s effective property tax rate of 0.953% sits above Georgia’s statewide median of 0.859%, placing it 45th among the state’s 158 counties. That gap signals a heavier reliance on property taxes here than in much of Georgia. The national median, 0.794%, is lower still, so homeowners around Bainbridge and the county’s smaller towns of Attapulgus and Climax pay a rate that exceeds both benchmarks. On a median home value of $158,800, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to $1,514. With median household income at $53,317 and per-capita income at $27,882, that levy takes a noticeable share of local earnings, a reminder that this county’s tax environment runs somewhat above what is common across the state and the country.