# How much do you pay in property taxes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047 "2004-08-16T04:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047/41 "2004-10-27T02:26:56Z")
:eek: Mine runs about $500. I think I’ll stay out here in the sticks (not that that was ever in question). ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047/42 "2004-10-27T03:31:40Z")
I pay about $600 a year. And I haven’t even built anything on my property yet! It’s just trees and chipmunks. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047/43 "2004-10-27T03:40:22Z")
$2172/yr. on a 2800 sq. ft house valued at $375k in suburban Phoenix ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047/44 "2004-10-27T03:58:52Z")
1400 sq, purchased 13 years ago for 54,000. Last year’s valuation was 76,600 and the rate was 2.0246170 making it $1550. -mdf ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047/45 "2004-10-27T04:39:05Z")
Hello from New Jersey, land of humungous property taxes! I pay about $22,000 a year in property taxes. Our real esate taxes are nuts. A lot of our property taxes go to education, both directly to the local school system, and to a state-wide pool. Our public schools are pretty good. Friends who live in California, land of tiny property taxes, tell me they wish their schools were as good as ours. ---
**Author:** ![Elvez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Elvez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvez)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047/46 "2004-10-27T05:04:23Z")
House is ~1750 square feet on maybe 1/6 acre; paid $120,000. $1100 in taxes in 2003. Cost of living here is pretty cheap, but it’s a tough town to find a good, long-term job (so it’s a good thing I’ve got one…). It’s a college town, but pretty far off the beaten track. Property values seem to be steadily increasing, so I imagine the taxes will rise over time too. Don’t quite know what to expect… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-in-property-taxes/260047.md?page=2)