Property Tax & Income in Seminole County, Georgia
Seminole County has an effective property tax rate of 1.22%. On the median home value of $121,900, that's roughly $1,486 per year. Median household income is $49,495.
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 | Seminole County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.22% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $121,900 | — |
| 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 Seminole County, GA
In Seminole County, Georgia, homes sell for a median of $121,900 — well below what buyers pay in many parts of the country. That lower sticker price comes with a higher tax rate: 1.219%, compared with Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and the national figure of 0.794%. The result is a median annual property tax bill of $1,486. Buyers weighing affordability here should look at both sides of that equation. A household earning the county median of $49,495 would owe roughly 3% of its income in real-estate taxes, while per-capita income sits at $30,138. Seminole County ranks 10th of Georgia's 158 counties for effective tax rate, so the rate itself is steep by state standards, even though the dollar amount stays low because values are low. For someone prioritizing a cheap purchase price over a low rate, the tradeoff may still work.