Property Tax & Income in Braxton County, West Virginia
Braxton County has an effective property tax rate of 0.45%. On the median home value of $117,900, that's roughly $535 per year. Median household income is $50,331.
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 | Braxton County | West Virginia (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.45% | 0.49% |
| Median home value1 | $117,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 4.82% | top rate 4.82% |
| State sales tax3 | 6.60% combined | 6.60% 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 Braxton County, WV
Braxton County’s effective property tax rate of 0.454% sits below West Virginia’s statewide median of 0.489%, placing it 37th among the state’s 55 counties. That ranking signals a rate somewhat lighter than the middle of the pack within West Virginia, though not at the extreme low end. Against the national median of 0.794%, the gap widens considerably, with Braxton County taxing property at roughly three-fifths of the nationwide figure. A median home value of $117,900 produces an annual real-estate tax bill of about $535, a figure shaped as much by lower home values as by the rate itself. Households earning a median of $50,331, alongside per-capita income of $25,639, face that bill within a local economy where property costs and incomes both run below national norms. Communities such as Sutton, Burnsville, and Copen reflect this pattern across the county.