#1Covington
Covington city · 5,680 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.82% of the median home value
Covington, #1 on this list · Photo: Jarek Tuszyński · CC BY-SA 3.0Virginia rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in Virginia
Covington has the lowest property-tax bills of Virginia’s 240 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $681 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $3,026.
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
#1$681
#2Tazewell
Tazewell County · 4,291 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.63% of the median home value
#3Blackstone
Nottoway County · 3,389 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.51% of the median home value
All 240 towns
Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 12 towns here).
240 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownMedian yearly billOf home valueHome value
88Spotsylvania Courthouseunincorporated, Spotsylvania County · 7,180 people0.56%$395,700median (ACS)
127University of Virginia College campusunincorporated, Albemarle County · 9,065 people0.73%$442,600median (ACS)
216George Mason College campusunincorporated, Fairfax County · 9,937 people0.99%$728,000median (ACS)
Not ranked
9 towns with bills of $10,000+
The survey reports a median bill of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so these towns can’t be placed against each other or the list.
- Difficult Run unincorporated, Fairfax County · 9,938 people
- Dunn Loring unincorporated, Fairfax County · 8,957 people
- Falls Church Falls Church city · 15,159 people
- Great Falls unincorporated, Fairfax County · 15,228 people
- Mantua unincorporated, Fairfax County · 8,298 people
- McLean unincorporated, Fairfax County · 49,627 people
- Union Mill unincorporated, Fairfax County · 4,484 people
- Vienna Fairfax County · 16,691 people
- Wolf Trap unincorporated, Fairfax County · 15,858 people
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Virginia town has the lowest property taxes?
Covington (Covington city): homeowners’ median bill is $681 a year. Tazewell ($708) and Blackstone ($716) 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 (240 in Virginia); 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. 9 Virginia towns are listed above at $10,000+. Every town is on the Virginia page.
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