Residential Property Tax Rates in Selected Cities: statistics


		1995
	Effective Tax		Assess-	Nominal
City	Rate per $100		ment	rate per
			level	$100
	Rank	Rate	(percent)

Bridgeport, CT	1	4.75	70.0	6.78
Newark, NJ	2	3.68	17.0	21.64
Milwaukee, WI	3	3.58	98.2	3.65
Manchester, NH	4	3.43	116.0	2.96
Des Moines, IA	5	2.98	68.0	4.38
Detroit, MI	6	2.89	50.0	5.77
Providence, RI	7	2.82	100.0	2.82
Houston, TX	8	2.67	100.0	2.67
Philadelphia, PA	9	2.64	32.0	8.26
Sioux Falls, SD	10	2.55	100.0	2.55
Omaha, NE	11	2.49	90.0	2.77
Portland, ME	12	2.46	100.0	2.46
Baltimore, MD	13	2.42	40.0	6.06
Jacksonville, FL	14	2.20	100.0	2.20
Fargo, ND	15	2.06	4.4	46.85
Atlanta, GA	16	2.00	40.0	4.99
Burlington, VT	17	1.96	100.0	1.96
Boise City, ID	18	1.82	97.3	1.87
Phoenix, AZ	18	1.82	10.0	18.19
Portland, OR	20	1.80	100.0	1.80
Chicago, IL	21	1.79	19.0	9.44
Columbus, OH	22	1.73	35.0	4.94
Billings, MT	23	1.66	3.9	42.67
New Orleans, LA	24	1.61	10.0	16.13
Jackson, MS	24	1.61	10.0	16.06
Indianapolis, IN	26	1.59	15.0	10.60
Salt Lake City, UT	27	1.55	80.3	1.93
Memphis, TN	28	1.53	24.1	6.34
Columbia, SC	29	1.42	4.0	35.46
Anchorage, AK	30	1.40	100.0	1.40
Boston, MA	31	1.39	100.0	1.39
Louisville, KY	32	1.38	100.0	1.38
Wichita, KS	32	1.38	12.0	11.47
Albuquerque, NM	34	1.34	33.3	4.02
Minneapolis, MN	34	1.34	91.6	1.46
Little Rock, AR	36	1.27	18.9	6.72
Charlotte, NC	37	1.14	92.6	1.23
Virginia Beach, VA	38	1.12	100.0	1.12
Oklahoma City, OK	39	1.10	11.0	10.00
Wilmington, DE	40	1.09	100.0	1.09
Kansas City, MO	41	1.08	19.0	5.67
Las Vegas, NV	42	1.05	35.0	3.00
Seattle, WA	43	0.98	88.1	1.11
Charleston, WV	44	0.94	60.0	1.56
Washington, DC	44	0.94	97.5	0.96
New York City, NY	46	0.86	8.0	10.69
Denver, CO	47	0.84	10.4	8.12
Cheyenne, WY	48	0.76	9.5	8.01
Los Angeles, CA	49	0.74	70.0	1.06
Birmingham, AL	50	0.70	10.0	6.95
Honolulu, HI	51	0.33	93.4	0.35

Unweighted average	(X)	1.78	56.8	7.51
Median	(X)	1.59	(X)	(X)

		1996
	Effective tax		Assess-	Nominal
CITY	rate per $100		ment	rate per
			level	$100
	Rank	Rate	(percent)

Newark, NJ	1	4.02	17.6	22.85
Bridgeport, CT	2	3.96	58.6	6.75
Manchester, NH	3	3.48	113.0	3.08
Milwaukee, WI	4	3.32	94.9	3.50
Providence, RI	5	3.04	100.0	3.04
Des Moines, IA	6	2.95	68.0	4.34
Detroit, MI	7	2.76	46.9	5.88
Philadelphia, PA	8	2.64	32.0	8.26
Houston, TX	9	2.61	100.0	2.61
Portland, ME	10	2.46	100.0	2.46
Omaha, NE	11	2.43	90.0	2.70
Baltimore, MD	12	2.42	40.0	6.06
Sioux Falls, SD	13	2.23	87.6	2.55
Atlanta, GA	14	2.04	40.0	5.09
Burlington, VT	15	1.98	98.0	2.02
Fargo, ND	16	1.97	4.2	46.85
Indianapolis, IN	17	1.93	15.0	12.86
Charleston, WV	18	1.84	60.0	3.07
Boise City, ID	19	1.83	99.2	1.84
Phoenix, AZ	19	1.83	10.0	18.25
Columbus, OH	21	1.82	35.0	5.20
Chicago, IL	22	1.79	19.0	9.44
New Orleans, LA	23	1.61	10.0	16.13
Portland, OR	24	1.55	100.0	1.55
Salt Lake City, UT	24	1.55	80.3	1.93
Anchorage, AK	26	1.54	95.0	1.62
Memphis, TN	27	1.53	24.1	6.34
Billings, MT	28	1.48	3.9	37.95
Columbia, SC	29	1.42	4.0	35.47
Louisville, KY	30	1.38	100.0	1.38
Wichita, KS	30	1.38	12.0	11.47
Albuquerque, NM	30	1.38	33.3	4.13
Boston, MA	33	1.37	100.0	1.37
Minneapolis, MN	34	1.34	91.6	1.46
Little Rock, AR	35	1.25	18.6	6.71
Kansas City, MO	36	1.20	19.0	6.33
Seattle, WA	37	1.14	88.1	1.30
Wilmington, DE	38	1.13	51.9	2.19
Virginia Beach, VA	39	1.12	92.2	1.22
Charlotte, NC	39	1.12	88.9	1.26
Jacksonville, FL	41	1.11	100.0	1.11
Oklahoma City, OK	42	1.10	11.0	10.00
Las Vegas, NV	43	1.00	35.0	2.85
Jackson, MS	44	0.95	10.0	9.53
Washington, DC	44	0.95	98.9	0.96
New York City, NY	46	0.86	8.0	10.73
Denver, CO	47	0.84	10.4	8.07
Cheyenne, WY	48	0.77	9.5	8.10
Los Angeles, CA	49	0.74	70.0	1.05
Birmingham, AL	50	0.70	10.0	6.95
Honolulu, HI	51	0.33	95.0	0.35

Unweighted average	(X)	1.75	54.9	7.42
Median	(X)	1.54	(X)	(X)

		1997
	Effective Tax		Assess-	Nominal
CITY	Rate per $100		ment	rate per
			level	$100
	Rank	Rate	(percent)

Newark, NJ	1	3.91	16.4	23.85
Bridgeport, CT	2	3.73	56.9	6.55
Manchester, NH	3	3.40	109.0	3.12
Providence, RI	4	3.20	100.0	3.20
Milwaukee, WI	5	2.97	96.4	3.08
Houston, TX	6	2.70	100.0	2.70
Philadelphia, PA	7	2.64	32.0	8.26
Detroit, MI	8	2.58	43.9	5.88
Portland, ME	9	2.46	100.0	2.46
Baltimore, MD	10	2.42	40.0	6.06
Des Moines, IA	11	2.36	54.9	4.30
Omaha, NE	12	2.23	93.0	2.40
Atlanta, GA	13	2.05	40.0	5.11
Burlington, VT	14	2.02	100.0	2.02
Fargo, ND	15	1.93	4.1	46.96
Chicago, IL	16	1.92	20.4	9.44
Columbus, OH	17	1.82	35.0	5.20
Anchorage, AK	18	1.79	96.0	1.87
Boise City, ID	19	1.78	98.4	1.81
Sioux Falls, SD	20	1.75	85.0	2.06
Phoenix, AZ	21	1.69	10.0	16.90
New Orleans, LA	22	1.65	100.0	1.65
Portland, OR	22	1.65	10.0	16.50
Indianapolis, IN	24	1.53	15.0	10.21
Memphis, TN	25	1.42	22.4	6.34
Columbia, SC	25	1.42	4.0	35.47
Albuquerque, NM	27	1.38	33.3	4.13
Boston, MA	28	1.35	100.0	1.35
Jackson, MS	29	1.28	10.0	12.75
Minneapolis, MN	30	1.25	87.5	1.43
Billings, MT	31	1.24	74.0	1.68
Wichita, KS	32	1.23	11.5	10.73
Salt Lake City, UT	33	1.21	97.0	1.25
Kansas City, MO	34	1.20	19.0	6.30

517. Residential Property Tax Rates in Selected Cities: