Emma
unincorporated, Buncombe County · 2,657 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.56% of the median home value
North Carolina rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in North Carolina
Emma has the lowest property-tax bills of North Carolina’s 290 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $518 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $1,821.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
$518
Brogden
unincorporated, Wayne County · 2,733 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.70% of the median home value
#3Windsor
Bertie County · 3,469 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.76% of the median home value
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Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 36 towns here).
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Which North Carolina town has the lowest property taxes?
Emma (unincorporated, Buncombe County): homeowners’ median bill is $518 a year. Brogden ($672) and Windsor ($785) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (290 in North Carolina); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. Every town is on the North Carolina page.
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