Property Tax & Income in Turner County, Georgia
Turner County has an effective property tax rate of 1.05%. On the median home value of $97,300, that's roughly $1,026 per year. Median household income is $36,799.
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 | Turner County | Georgia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.05% | 0.86% |
| Median home value1 | $97,300 | — |
| 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 Turner County, GA
Turner County's effective property tax rate of 1.054% sits above both Georgia's statewide median of 0.859% and the national median of 0.794%. That gap places the county 26th among Georgia's 158 counties, meaning most Georgia counties levy a lighter rate on comparable property. A median home value of $97,300 produces a median annual tax bill of $1,026, a figure shaped as much by the county's low housing values as by its rate. Households here earn a median of $36,799, with per-capita income at $23,092. Because the tax is calculated on value rather than income, the bill claims a larger share of earnings than it would in a wealthier community. The combination of an above-average rate and below-average home values signals that property taxes weigh more heavily here than in much of the state and country.