Property Tax & Income in Rutland County, Vermont
Rutland County has an effective property tax rate of 1.81%. On the median home value of $229,400, that's roughly $4,154 per year. Median household income is $68,616.
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 | Rutland County | Vermont (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.81% | 1.66% |
| Median home value1 | $229,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 8.75% | top rate 8.75% |
| State sales tax3 | 6.43% combined | 6.43% 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 Rutland County, VT
In Rutland County, Vermont, buying a home means weighing a relatively affordable median value of $229,400 against a property tax rate that runs higher than much of the state. At 1.811%, the effective rate exceeds Vermont's 1.659% median and ranks second among the state's 14 counties. That rate translates into a median annual real-estate tax bill of $4,154. With median household income at $68,616 and per-capita income at $40,823, the tax bill equals roughly six percent of a typical household's yearly earnings. Rutland, the county's largest city, anchors a housing market that costs far less than the national median effective rate of 0.794% would imply elsewhere. Buyers drawn by lower home prices should plan for above-average tax bills each year.