Property Tax & Income in Fauquier County, Virginia
Fauquier County has an effective property tax rate of 0.75%. On the median home value of $573,700, that's roughly $4,320 per year. Median household income is $130,189.
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 | Fauquier County | Virginia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.75% | 0.60% |
| Median home value1 | $573,700 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 5.75% | top rate 5.75% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.77% combined | 5.77% 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 Fauquier County, VA
Someone weighing a move to Fauquier County will find home values averaging $573,700, which carry an annual property tax bill of about $4,320 at the county's 0.753% effective rate. That rate sits above Virginia's 0.601% median and ranks 37th among the state's 133 counties, though it lands below the national figure of 0.794%. Households here earn a median of $130,189, with per-capita income at $57,164, so the tax load has to be measured against those earnings rather than statewide averages alone. Buyers looking near Marshall, the county's largest town, should expect higher upfront prices than much of Virginia, paired with a tax rate that outpaces the state norm. Whether that tradeoff works depends on how much a purchaser values the county's location and amenities against the premium paid on both the home and its yearly tax bill.