Atlanta homeowners pay less in property taxes compared to the national average, according to new data from ATTOM Data Solutions.
The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Rosewell MSA had an average property tax rate of $2,079 in 2016 and an effective tax rate 0.87 percent, which ranks No. 136 out of 217 MSAs nationally. The average estimated home value in the area was $238,230.
Fulton County homeowners paid the highest in average property taxes in 2016 at $3,324 in Atlanta. However, Gwinnett County and Dekalb County had the highest effective tax rate in the area at 1.03 percent.
Property taxes nationwide on single-family homes in 2016 totaled $277.7 billion, an average of $3,296 per home and an effective tax rate of 1.15 percent. The average annual property tax for owner-occupied single-family homes nationwide was $3,658, an effective tax rate of 1.21 percent. The average annual property tax for investment homes nationwide is $2,437, and the effective tax rate is 1.03 percent.
| County | No. of single family homes | Average home value | Average Property Taxes | Effective Tax Rate |
| Fulton | 251,691 | $350,436 | $3,324 | 0.95% |
| Fayette | 38,026 | $283,331 | $2,649 | 0.94% |
| Gwinnett | 203,590 | $242,541 | $2,506 | 1.03% |
| Dekalb | 202,849 | $235,274 | $2,431 | 1.03% |
| Forsyth | 56,896 | $319,913 | $2,367 | 0.74% |
| Cobb | 192,614 | $274,597 | $1,912 | 0.70% |
| Cherokee | 88,501 | $257,001 | $1,776 | 0.69% |
| Henry | 79,948 | $186,709 | $1,731 | 0.93% |
| Coweta | 45,417 | $206,885 | $1,598 | 0.77% |
| Paulding | 34,733 | $172,409 | $1,566 | 0.91% |
| Douglas | 49,806 | $167,142 | $1,369 | 0.82% |
| Newton | 34,995 | $151,108 | $1,328 | 0.88% |
| Bartow | 35,732 | $172,886 | $1,223 | 0.71% |
| Carroll | 35,659 | $158,397 | $1,032 | 0.65% |
| Clayton | 70,461 | $102,201 | $984 | 0.96% |