Property Tax & Income in Lanier County, Georgia
Lanier County has an effective property tax rate of 0.99%. On the median home value of $162,300, that's roughly $1,615 per year. Median household income is $47,186.
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 | Lanier County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.99% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $162,300 | — |
| 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 Lanier County, GA
In Lanier County, Georgia, buying a home generally comes with a median price tag of $162,300, and the resulting annual property tax bill runs about $1,615. That works out to an effective rate of 0.995%, which sits above Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and ranks 36th among the state's 158 counties. Nationally, the median effective rate is 0.794%, so this county also lands higher than the U.S. baseline. Affordability here hinges on the balance between those taxes and local earnings: median household income is $47,186, while per-capita income reaches $25,942. Naylor, the county's principal town, anchors the area. For a buyer, the appeal lies in the lower home prices even though the tax rate itself is steeper than much of the state.