Property Tax & Income in Liberty County, Georgia
Liberty County has an effective property tax rate of 1.04%. On the median home value of $201,500, that's roughly $2,087 per year. Median household income is $60,456.
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 | Liberty County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.04% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $201,500 | — |
| 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 Liberty County, GA
Liberty County’s effective property tax rate of 1.036% sits above both the Georgia median of 0.859% and the national median of 0.794%, placing it 29th among the state’s 158 counties. That ranking signals a heavier reliance on property taxes than most Georgia communities carry. A home valued at the median $201,500 generates an annual tax bill near $2,087, set against a median household income of $60,456 and per-capita income of $28,215. Fort Stewart, the largest community here, anchors a county where the tax load outpaces what homeowners in much of the state and country pay. Buyers weighing a move to Allenhurst or Fleming should expect property taxes to take a bigger bite of the budget than they would in a median-rate county.