Property Tax & Income in Jones County, North Carolina
Jones County has an effective property tax rate of 0.74%. On the median home value of $130,300, that's roughly $964 per year. Median household income is $59,641.
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 | Jones County | North Carolina (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.74% | 0.64% |
| Median home value1 | $130,300 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 3.99% | top rate 3.99% |
| State sales tax3 | 7.10% combined | 7.10% 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 Jones County, NC
Jones County's effective property tax rate of 0.740% sits above North Carolina's statewide median of 0.644%, placing it 31st among the state's 100 counties. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the county lands below average. That split signals a local tax environment that is heavier than much of North Carolina but still lighter than the country as a whole. On a median home value of $130,300, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to roughly $964. With median household income at $59,641 and per-capita income of $32,480, that levy amounts to a bit over 1.6% of a household's yearly earnings. Kinston, the largest community in the county, anchors a housing market where values remain well below national norms, so even a rate above the state median translates into a comparatively contained dollar figure.