Property Tax & Income in Toombs County, Georgia
Toombs County has an effective property tax rate of 0.90%. On the median home value of $137,000, that's roughly $1,235 per year. Median household income is $52,621.
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 | Toombs County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.90% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $137,000 | — |
| 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 Toombs County, GA
Toombs County's effective property tax rate of 0.901% sits above Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and further above the national median of 0.794%. That places the county 61st among Georgia's 158 counties when ranked by rate, so it lands in the higher half without approaching the top. A home valued at the county median of $137,000 generates an annual real-estate tax bill of about $1,235. With median household income at $52,621 and per-capita income at $26,501, that bill equals roughly 2.3% of a median household's yearly earnings. The gap over the state figure is narrow, but it signals that property taxes here take a somewhat larger share of local income than in many Georgia counties, a relevant consideration for anyone weighing a move to the area or budgeting for ownership.