Property Tax & Income in Hancock County, Georgia
Hancock County has an effective property tax rate of 1.09%. On the median home value of $88,600, that's roughly $967 per year. Median household income is $40,082.
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 | Hancock County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.09% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $88,600 | — |
| 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 Hancock County, GA
Buying a home in Hancock County, Georgia, near Jewell, comes with a notably low median home value of $88,600. That lower sticker price helps offset a property tax rate of 1.091%, which sits above Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and ranks 19th among the state's 158 counties. On a median-valued home, annual real-estate taxes come to about $967. With median household income at $40,082 and per-capita income at $19,746, that tax bill equals roughly 2.4% of a typical household's yearly earnings. The national median effective rate, 0.794%, is also lower than what homeowners here pay. So while entry costs stay affordable, the tax rate itself runs higher than much of Georgia, something a buyer should weigh against the county's inexpensive housing stock.