September 30, 2009

Gerald Prante of the Tax Foundation: Property Taxes

The Tax Foundation recently released a report on property taxes compiled from the Census Bureau's 2008 American Community Survey, which found that homeowners in counties and states in the Northeast - especially New York and New Jersey - along with parts of the Midwest tend to pay the most in property taxes.

In this week's Tax Policy Podcast, Tax Foundation Senior Economist Gerald Prante discusses which counties and states have the highest and lowest median real estate taxes - both in dollars paid and as a percentage of median home value - and why.

View Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 191, "New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners." See the full county list, ranked by property taxes paid, online at http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/23649.html. See the full county list, ranked by taxes as a percentage of home value, online at http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/1888.html. See the list by state online at http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/1913.html.

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