Property Tax & Income in Wayne County, North Carolina
Wayne County has an effective property tax rate of 0.70%. On the median home value of $178,700, that's roughly $1,249 per year. Median household income is $59,733.
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 | Wayne County | North Carolina (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.70% | 0.64% |
| Median home value1 | $178,700 | — |
| 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 Wayne County, NC
Wayne County's effective property tax rate of 0.699% sits above North Carolina's statewide median of 0.644%, placing it 38th among the state's 100 counties. That ranking signals a tax environment somewhat heavier than what many Tar Heel communities see, though the gap with the state figure is narrow. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, Wayne County comes in below average. On a median home value of $178,700, the annual real-estate tax bill works out to about $1,249. With median household income at $59,733 and per-capita income at $31,983, that levy amounts to roughly two percent of a typical household's yearly earnings. Goldsboro, the county's largest city, anchors a community that includes Fremont and Dudley. Buyers weighing this part of eastern North Carolina will find property taxes here higher than much of the state but milder than many markets nationwide.