Property Tax & Income in Sumter County, Georgia
Sumter County has an effective property tax rate of 1.25%. On the median home value of $120,200, that's roughly $1,502 per year. Median household income is $42,653.
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 | Sumter County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.25% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $120,200 | — |
| 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 Sumter County, GA
In Sumter County, Georgia, buying a home comes with a lower sticker price than much of the country, but a higher tax rate than most of the state. The median home value is $120,200, and the annual property tax bill on that home runs about $1,502, based on an effective rate of 1.250%. That rate sits well above Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and ranks 8th among the state's 158 counties. Households here earn a median of $42,653, with per-capita income at $27,246. For buyers weighing affordability, the tradeoff is clear: cheap housing stock in and around Americus, Cobb, and Plains keeps purchase prices down, while the tax rate takes a somewhat larger share of each year's budget than in many neighboring counties.