Virginia Property Tax Rates by County

Property Tax Rates - 129 Virginia Jurisdictions

Ranked lowest to highest among the 129 Virginia jurisdictions in this property tax comparison. The "Annual Tax" column shows what each rate produces on a $400,000 assessed home as a common reference point.

Quick answer: across the 129 Virginia jurisdictions in the table below, the lowest real estate tax rate is $0.33 per $100 (Lunenburg County), the median is $0.705 per $100 (Northampton County), and the highest is $1.405 per $100 (Manassas Park).

Rates from the Virginia Department of Taxation Local Tax Rates Survey (TY2025). Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Prince William County rates are from official FY2026 county budget documents. All rates per $100 of assessed value. Dollar amounts are rate-only estimates on a $400,000 assessed home before exemptions.

Estimate your actual bill: Use the Property Tax Calculator to enter your assessed value and see results for your specific jurisdiction.

Understanding the Spread

The gap between the lowest and highest rate on this page is $1.075 per $100 - meaning on a $400,000 home, the difference between Lunenburg County and Manassas Park is $4,300 per year in property tax from the rate alone. Within Northern Virginia, the spread is tighter: Loudoun County ($3,220/yr on $400K) to Fairfax County ($4,490/yr on $400K) is a $1,270 annual difference. In high-value Northern Virginia localities, typical assessments are well above $400,000, so actual dollar bills are substantially higher than this illustration.

A low rate does not always mean a low bill. Loudoun County has a moderate rate ($0.805) but among the highest property values in Virginia. The rate-only comparison above tells you how aggressively a locality taxes property value - not what your actual bill will be. For that, use your assessed value in the Property Tax Calculator.

What Is Being Compared

This table compares the real property tax rate as reported in the Virginia Department of Taxation's Local Tax Rates Survey for tax year 2025, supplemented by confirmed FY2026 rates from official county budget documents where available.

All rates are expressed as dollars per $100 of assessed value. Virginia localities generally assess real property at 100% of fair market value, though reassessment frequency varies by jurisdiction (annual, biennial, or quadrennial cycles).

What Is Not Directly Comparable

The rate alone does not determine your actual tax bill. Several factors make direct rate-to-rate comparisons incomplete:

• Assessed value vs. market value: In rapidly appreciating markets, your assessed value may lag behind or exceed what you would consider fair market value, depending on when your locality last reassessed.
• Reassessment cycles: Annual reassessment (Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria) keeps values current. Biennial or quadrennial cycles in other localities can create lags.
• Exemptions and deferrals: Many Virginia localities offer elderly/disabled exemptions, tax deferrals, or land-use assessment programs that reduce the effective bill below what the rate alone would suggest.
• Special district levies: Some jurisdictions add special district rates (transportation, stormwater, mosquito control) on top of the base property tax rate. Prince William County's combined rate including fire levy is $0.9805, for example.
• Home values vary widely: A $0.48 rate in Frederick County where homes are assessed lower produces a different bill than a $1.1225 rate in Fairfax County where property values are substantially higher.

Regional Patterns

Property tax rates in Virginia tend to cluster by region:

• Northern Virginia: Rates vary widely but pair with high property values, so net bills are among the highest in the state.
• Hampton Roads: Moderate to high rates ($0.97-$1.23) with moderate property values.
• Richmond Region: Mixed. Richmond City is high ($1.200) while surrounding Henrico ($0.830) and Chesterfield ($0.890) are moderate.
• Shenandoah Valley: Clarke County ($0.451) and Frederick County ($0.48) have some of the lowest rates. Winchester city is higher ($0.795) - a common pattern where independent cities carry higher rates than surrounding counties.
• Historic Triangle: Low property tax rates ($0.620-$0.830) but the highest sales tax in Virginia (7.0%).

Methodology

Property tax rates for most jurisdictions are from the Virginia Department of Taxation's Local Tax Rates Survey for tax year 2025, extracted from the official PDF published at tax.virginia.gov. Rates for Fairfax County ($1.1225), Loudoun County ($0.805), and Prince William County ($0.906) are confirmed FY2026 rates from official county budget documents accessed in March-April 2026.

The "Sales Tax" column is included to show the full local tax picture - a low property tax locality with 7.0% sales tax (Historic Triangle) presents different tradeoffs than a high property tax locality with 5.3% sales tax.

Sources

• Virginia Department of Taxation - Local Tax Rates Survey (TY2025)
• Fairfax County - Department of Tax Administration - fairfaxcounty.gov/taxes/real-estate
• Loudoun County - Commissioner of the Revenue - loudoun.gov - Real Property
• Prince William County - Real Estate Assessments - pwcva.gov - Real Estate Assessments

All rates are subject to annual change. Verify current rates with your local commissioner of the revenue before making financial decisions.