22 states with the highest property taxes

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The top five states in the ranking have an average effective real-estate tax rate of 2.17%. The average annual tax rate in these states on a $244,900 home — the median home value in the country as of 2021, the year of the most recent available data — is $5,310.

Scroll through to see which states are in the top 22 and how they compare.

Source: WalletHub

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