Property Tax & Income in Emanuel County, Georgia
Emanuel County has an effective property tax rate of 0.93%. On the median home value of $94,700, that's roughly $884 per year. Median household income is $52,772.
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 | Emanuel County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.93% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $94,700 | — |
| 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 Emanuel County, GA
Emanuel County’s effective property tax rate of 0.933% runs higher than both benchmarks that matter most. Georgia’s statewide median sits at 0.859%, and the national median is 0.794%, so this county lands above each. Among Georgia’s 158 counties, it ranks 51st by rate, placing it in the upper third statewide. That ranking signals a heavier reliance on property taxes than many of its peers, even though the dollar amounts stay low. A median home value of $94,700 produces a median annual real-estate tax bill of just $884 — a figure that reflects inexpensive housing more than a punishing rate. Households here earn a median of $52,772, with per-capita income at $24,843. Swainsboro, the county’s largest community, anchors a place where the tax rate itself runs above average, but the actual bills remain small because property values are low.