The median owner-occupied home in Albemarle County had a real-estate tax bill of $3,482 (± $96) a year, compared with $2,686 in Virginia and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $471,000 (± $10,540), compared with $360,700 in Virginia and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Albemarle County | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 113,683 | 8,657,499 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $3,482 ± $96 | $2,686 ± $12 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $471,000 ± $10,540 | $360,700 ± $1,182 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $102,617 ± $3,655 | $90,974 ± $485 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.74% ± 0.03 points | 0.74% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 66.0% ± 1.4 points | 67.2% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 37.1% ± 1.5 points | 31.5% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 19.0% ± 2.1 points | 20.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Albemarle County (1)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Scottsville (partly in this county)
Census-designated places in Albemarle County (12)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Crozet
- Earlysville
- Esmont
- Free Union
- Hollymead
- Ivy
- Keswick
- North Garden
- Pantops
- Piney Mountain
- Rivanna
- University of Virginia
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (2)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in Albemarle County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Afton CDP
- Rio CDP
Other named communities in Albemarle County (225)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Advance Mills
- Advance Mills Village
- Airport Acres
- Alberene
- Arbor Park
- Ardwood
- Arrowhead
- Ashcroft
- Ashmere
- Ballard Woods
- Barracks
- Barterbrook
- Batesville
- Bedford Hills
- Bell Haven
- Bellair
- Bentivar
- Berkeley
- Berkmar
- Birnam Wood
- Blenheim
- Blue Ridge Acres
- Blue Ridge View
- Blueridge Forest
- Boiling Spring
- Boonesville
- Branchland
- Briarwood
- Brinnington
- Broad Axe (historical)
- Brookville Manor
- Brookwood
- Brownsville
- Brownton (historical)
- Browntown
- Buckingham Circle
- Bungletown
- Burnley
- Camellia Garden
- Camelot
- Campbell
- Candlewyck
- Canterbury Hills
- Carrsbrook
- Cash Corner
- Castle Hill
- Cedarmere
- Chapel Hills
- Chestnut Grove
- Cismont
- Clearview Knolls
- Clearview Meadows
- Clover Hill
- Cobham
- Cobham Park
- Colthurst
- Commonwealth
- Country Green
- Country View
- Covesville
- Crossroads
- Damon
- Davis Shop
- Decca (historical)
- Deer Run
- Deerwood
- Doylesville
- Dunlora Plantation
- Earlysville Heights
- Eastham
- Ednam
- Ednam Forest
- Ednam Village
- Ehart
- Everettsville
- Fairgrove
- Farmington
- Fieldbrook
- Flordon
- Foothill Village
- Four Seasons
- Foxwood
- Franklin
- Frays Mountain Estates
- Freetown
- Georgetown Green
- Gilbert
- Gilbert Heights
- Glenaire
- Glendower
- Glenmore
- Glenorchy
- Greenfields
- Greenwood
- Hatton
- Heards
- Hessian Hills
- Hickory Ridge
- Howardsville
- Hunters Hall
- Huntington Village
- Hydraulic
- Inglecress
- Ivy Farms
- Ivy Meadows
- Ivy Oaks
- Ivy Ridge
- Ivy Woods
- Jefferson Village
- Keene
- Key West
- Knollwood
- Lake Acres
- Lake Hills
- Langford
- Laurel Hills
- Lewis Hill East
- Lewis Hill West
- Lexington
- Liberty Hill
- Lindsay
- Little Clover Hill
- Loch Leigh
- Lochridge
- Loftlands Wood
- Logan Village
- Mallard Lake
- Marshall Manor
- McCullough
- Mechunk Acres
- Meriwether Hill
- Midway
- Mill Creek
- Mill Ridge
- Mill Run
- Millington
- Milton
- Milton Heights
- Milton Hills
- Miran Forest
- Monacan Town (historical)
- Monasukapanough (historical)
- Montvue
- Mountain Laurel
- Mountfair
- Newtown
- Nob Hill
- North Pines
- Northfields
- Nortonsville
- Norwood
- Oak Hill
- Oak Terrace
- Old Dominion
- Orchard Acres
- Overton
- Owensville
- Parkview
- Patterson Store
- Peacock Hill
- Pen Park
- Porters
- Powell Corner
- Proffit
- Queen Charlotte
- Raintree
- Redland
- Reynard Woods
- Rio Heights
- Riverrun
- Rockbrook
- Rose Hill
- Rosena
- Royal Acres
- Rugby
- Running Deer
- Shadwell
- Shadwell Estates
- Shadwell Mountain
- Sherwood Farms
- Sherwood Manor
- Simeon
- Skyline Crest
- Solaris
- Springfield
- Squire Hill
- Stillfield
- Stonehenge
- Stony Point
- Tapscott
- Templeton Acres
- Terrybrook
- The Country Store
- The Meadows
- The Pines
- Thurston
- Tillmans
- Totier Hills
- Townwood
- University Heights
- Valmont Estates
- Village Square
- Warren
- Watts
- Waverly
- Wayland Park
- West Leigh
- West Woods
- Westfield
- Westgate
- Westmoreland
- Westover Hills
- Whipporwill Hollow
- Whispering Pines
- White Hall
- Wildwood
- Wilhait
- Willoughby
- Willow Heights
- Windrift
- Windsor
- Woodbrook
- Woodridge
- Wyngate
- Yancey Mills