Sacramento Standard

Property owners in Sacramento County paid 0.7% the value of their homes in property taxes in the second quarter of 2022 which is less than 1.6 times the national average, according to the real estate analysis posted by the Sacramento Standard.

The median sales price of a Sacramento County home in the second quarter of 2022 was $525,000, based on data from the 4,097 properties sold during that time. In 2021 the median tax bill for the county was $3,544, which is 0.7% of the median value of the homes that were taxed.

This is 1.6 times lower than the average effective property tax rate of 1.11% in the U.S. in 2023.

The analysis of Sacramento County real estate data showed homeowners in Gold River paid the highest tax rate of 0.9%.

The following table compares Gold River with some other cities belonging to Sacramento County by their median effective property tax rate, calculated using sales and property tax data from the second quarter of 2022.

City	Q2 2022 Sales	Q2 2022 Median Price	Median tax 2022	Effective tax rate
Gold River	31	$700,000	$6,373	0.9%
Elk Grove	372	$650,000	$5,151	0.8%
Folsom	209	$746,000	$5,652	0.8%
Fair Oaks	89	$668,000	$5,253	0.8%
Vineyard	112	$575,000	$4,523	0.8%
Rancho Murieta	24	$625,500	$5,072	0.8%
Sacramento	1,274	$500,000	$3,529	0.7%
Carmichael	210	$525,000	$3,770	0.7%
Rancho Cordova	221	$520,000	$3,829	0.7%
Orangevale	126	$564,750	$3,716	0.7%
Antelope	155	$528,500	$3,839	0.7%
Arden-Arcade	232	$520,000	$3,814	0.7%
Galt	74	$502,500	$3,760	0.7%
Foothill Farms	104	$425,000	$2,350	0.6%
Citrus Heights	298	$500,000	$3,119	0.6%
North Highlands	134	$410,000	$2,329	0.6%
Elverta	14	$487,000	$2,866	0.6%
Rosemont	76	$498,250	$2,815	0.6%
La Riviera	36	$488,000	$3,026	0.6%
Wilton	17	$1,100,000	$6,106	0.6%
Rio Linda	67	$430,000	$2,713	0.6%
Isleton	6	$327,500	$2,052	0.6%
Lemon Hill	30	$373,000	$1,839	0.5%
Florin	92	$460,000	$2,474	0.5%
Parkway	31	$428,500	$2,146	0.5%
Fruitridge Pocket	15	$355,000	$1,809	0.5%