Lowest counties for property tax in California
Top 25 of 58 counties with data.
Ranked by effective property tax rate (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinity | 0.57 |
| 2 | San Mateo | 0.58 |
| 3 | Mono | 0.58 |
| 4 | Mariposa | 0.60 |
| 5 | Del Norte | 0.61 |
| 6 | Colusa | 0.62 |
| 7 | Humboldt | 0.62 |
| 8 | Glenn | 0.62 |
| 9 | Monterey | 0.62 |
| 10 | Tehama | 0.63 |
| 11 | Santa Cruz | 0.64 |
| 12 | Orange | 0.64 |
| 13 | Tuolumne | 0.64 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 0.64 |
| 15 | Santa Barbara | 0.65 |
| 16 | San Diego | 0.66 |
| 17 | Siskiyou | 0.66 |
| 18 | Marin | 0.66 |
| 19 | Los Angeles | 0.67 |
| 20 | San Luis Obispo | 0.67 |
| 21 | Ventura | 0.67 |
| 22 | Merced | 0.67 |
| 23 | Madera | 0.68 |
| 24 | Tulare | 0.69 |
| 25 | Sierra | 0.69 |
How this ranking works
This page ranks California counties by effective property tax rate, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.
For property tax, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh property tax against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.
Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of effective property tax rate.