Cost of living & value
US cities with the lowest property taxes
For buyers, the tax you pay every year you own.
Property tax follows you for as long as you own. These cities (40k+ residents) carry the lowest effective property-tax rate we track.
Published by WhereToHQ research. Calculated from committed source data with no generated editorial text.
What the ranking shows
- Honolulu, HI leads this list at 0.3% for property tax rate.
- Across the 15 published entries, property tax rate ranges from 0.3% to 0.5%. The other columns show tradeoffs that the headline order cannot capture.
| # | City | Property tax rate | Median home price | Cost of living index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honolulu, HI345k | 0.3% | $800,000 | 170 |
| 2 | Mobile, AL203k | 0.4% | $193,300 | 80 |
| 3 | Montgomery, AL197k | 0.4% | $161,900 | 78 |
| 4 | Tuscaloosa, AL111k | 0.4% | $255,500 | 83 |
| 5 | Hoover, AL93k | 0.4% | $412,200 | 97 |
| 6 | Auburn, AL81k | 0.4% | $364,800 | 90 |
| 7 | Colorado Springs, CO488k | 0.45% | $450,000 | 99 |
| 8 | Huntsville, AL223k | 0.45% | $330,000 | 90 |
| 9 | Denver, CO719k | 0.5% | $560,000 | 112 |
| 10 | Aurora, CO394k | 0.5% | $469,100 | 114 |
| 11 | Fort Collins, CO170k | 0.5% | $577,900 | 117 |
| 12 | Lakewood, CO157k | 0.5% | $574,400 | 119 |
| 13 | Charleston, SC154k | 0.5% | $550,000 | 108 |
| 14 | Thornton, CO144k | 0.5% | $517,500 | 118 |
| 15 | Arvada, CO123k | 0.5% | $632,600 | 123 |
Ranked from public data we track (US Census/ACS, BLS, EIA, FEMA, NOAA, Tax Foundation) and recomputed on every data refresh. Figures are estimates for comparison, not advice; open any city to see all facets.
Candidate rules: 40,000 or more residents. Ranking rule: Property tax rate, lowest first.
WhereToHQ loads at most the 500 largest eligible national candidates, or 300 candidates for a state list, before applying the published rules. Missing values are excluded from a direct sort or hard filter. In a weighted score, an unknown value is neutral rather than favorable.