Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home · Photo: Annalisa.frazier · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Augusta run?
Who represents Augusta, what homeowners pay in property tax, and how Augusta voted.
What stands out about how Augusta is run
Read from the city’s official records.
The typical homeowner pays $1,508 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.84% of the home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Augusta’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Augusta’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Augusta →
Who’s in charge in Augusta
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
How Augusta compares with the towns next door
Augusta’s own figures are not in the Census files, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 2 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $506 to $749 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Augusta’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Augusta’s government
What is the property tax rate in Augusta?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,508 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.84% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Augusta’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Augusta yet.
Ask neighbors about Augusta’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →