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Property tax appeals in Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024Last checked

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Median home value
$257,300
Median property tax paid per year
$4,239
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What do we know about Berks County so far?

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What do Berks County property taxes and assessments look like?

Figures from public records and the Census, each with its source. They describe the county's homes as a group, not the value of any one home.

What do homeowners in Berks County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Berks County was worth $257,300, and the median property tax its owners paid was $4,239 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value
$257,300
Margin of error ±$3,633.
Median property tax paid per year
$4,239
Margin of error ±$63.
Median tax as a share of median value
1.65%
A ratio of two medians, not a tax rate. Your own bill depends on your assessment and local levies.
Owner-occupied homes
116,334
Margin of error ±1,443.

These are survey estimates of what owners reported about their own homes. They are not assessed values, not tax rates, and not an opinion of what any home is worth.

They cannot tell you whether your own assessment is fair. That takes a comparison with similar homes, which we offer only in counties we have researched.

Median home value: Berks County compared

  1. Berks County$257,300
  2. Typical Pennsylvania county$202,200
  3. Typical US county$185,300

Berks County $257,300; Typical Pennsylvania county $202,200; Typical US county $185,300

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 67 in Pennsylvania and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077.

Median property tax paid: Berks County compared

  1. Berks County$4,239
  2. Typical Pennsylvania county$2,365
  3. Typical US county$1,619

Berks County $4,239 a year; Typical Pennsylvania county $2,365 a year; Typical US county $1,619 a year

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 67 in Pennsylvania and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25103.

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Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25077: Median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units — Berks County, Pennsylvania
  2. 2.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25103: Median real estate taxes paid, owner-occupied housing units — Berks County, Pennsylvania
  3. 3.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25003: Tenure (owner- and renter-occupied housing units) — Berks County, Pennsylvania

Data credits: Census ACS (public domain) · Census county adjacency (public domain)

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