The top six states in the ranking have an average effective real-estate tax rate of 0.48%. 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 $1,176.50.
Scroll through to see which states are in the top 24 and how they compare.
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