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The average single-family bill was $7,444 in FY2026, up 47.7% in ten years while the tax rate fell 26.6%.
Value, bill and rate since ten years ago
Average valueAverage billTax rate
Average value
Average bill
Tax rate
FY2016
0%
0%
0%
FY2017
4.0%
5.9%
1.9%
FY2018
10.1%
10.6%
0.5%
FY2019
20.2%
14.5%
-4.7%
FY2020
29.4%
19.5%
-7.6%
FY2021
36.7%
23.7%
-9.5%
FY2022
45.7%
27.7%
-12.3%
FY2023
83.0%
36.4%
-25.4%
FY2024
87.3%
34.7%
-28.1%
FY2025
96.5%
43.9%
-26.8%
FY2026
101.3%
47.7%
-26.6%
Change from FY2016, our arithmetic on the DLS Average Single-Family Tax Bill. The rate is the bill over the value.
1 · The facts
$7,444
average single-family bill, FY2026
$517,296
average single-family value, FY2026
$14.39
tax rate per $1,000, FY2026 (derived)
$5,039
average single-family bill, FY2016
$256,969
average single-family value, FY2016
$19.61
tax rate per $1,000, FY2016 (derived)
47.7%
rise in the bill, ten years (our arithmetic)
101.3%
rise in the value, ten years (our arithmetic)
$1,179
average bill, FY1988, the first year DLS publishes
2 · What it shows
1
In ten years the average home’s value rose 101.3% and its bill 47.7%; the rate fell 26.6%.
2
Proposition 2½ caps the levy, not values: the rate is the levy spread over total value.
3
Since FY1988 the average bill has risen 531%, from $1,179 to $7,444.
The average single-family home and its bill, by year
Year
Average value
Tax ratenot from the books
Average bill
FY2026
$517,296
$14.39
$7,444
FY2025
$504,937
$14.36
$7,251
FY2024
$481,417
$14.10
$6,788
FY2023
$470,165
$14.62
$6,874
FY2022
$374,392
$17.19
$6,436
FY2021
$351,358
$17.74
$6,233
FY2020
$332,447
$18.12
$6,024
FY2019
$308,864
$18.68
$5,770
FY2018
$282,996
$19.70
$5,575
FY2017
$267,155
$19.98
$5,338
FY2016
$256,969
$19.61
$5,039
FY2015
$246,347
$18.32
$4,513
FY2014
$245,371
$17.99
$4,414
FY2013
$247,776
$17.30
$4,287
FY2012
$248,038
$16.83
$4,174
FY2011
$251,469
$16.16
$4,064
FY2010
$281,062
$14.20
$3,991
FY2009
$298,662
$13.04
$3,895
FY2008
$308,614
$12.23
$3,774
FY2007
$304,179
$12.13
$3,690
DLS Average Single-Family Tax Bill. The rate is derived, the bill divided by the average value, per thousand dollars.