Property tax by ZIP code in Pennsylvania
Enter a Pennsylvania ZIP and see the median property tax paid, median home value, and effective tax rate from the 2020–2024 American Community Survey — plus how it compares to the Pennsylvania state median.
Look up a Pennsylvania ZIP code
Enter a 5-digit Pennsylvania ZIP code above to see its property tax data.
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Pennsylvania property tax is set by three independent local layers — county, municipality, and school district — with no state-level property tax. Counties assess property under the Consolidated County Assessment Law, and — unusually — Pennsylvania has no statewide reassessment cycle. Counties may hold values at a "base year" indefinitely, so assessed values drift from market value over time. To correct for that drift, the state publishes a Common Level Ratio for each county each year.
Enter a 5-digit Pennsylvania ZIP to see its median property tax, median home value, and effective rate from the US Census American Community Survey 2020–2024 vintage, plus how the ZIP compares to the Pennsylvania state and US national medians. The explainer below covers the base-year system, the relief programs, and the methodology behind the comparison rates.
How Pennsylvania property tax works
Three local governments tax your property independently: the county, your municipality (city, borough, or township), and the school district. Property is valued by the county assessment office, and Pennsylvania does not require periodic statewide reassessment — many counties keep values at a long-ago "base year." Because assessments drift from market value, the State Tax Equalization Board sets a Common Level Ratio for each county every year to translate assessed value back to market value for appeals and the realty transfer tax.
The main homeowner relief is the Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion (Act 1 of 2006), which reduces the assessed value of a qualifying primary residence by a flat dollar amount — capped at half the jurisdiction's median homestead value. Apply through your county assessment office by March 1.
Lower-income older homeowners and renters may also qualify for the Property Tax/Rent Rebate program. For the 2025 claim year, the income limit is $48,110, with standard rebates from $380 up to $1,000 (and supplemental rebates that can bring the total to $1,500). Eligibility starts at age 65 (or 50 for widows and widowers, or 18 for people with disabilities).
Why your actual bill differs
The numbers above describe a typical homeowner in this ZIP — not your specific bill. A few things move bills away from the median:
- Base-year assessments are uneven. Because many counties haven't reassessed in years, two similar homes can carry very different assessed values — which is why the Common Level Ratio exists in the first place.
- The Homestead Exclusion. A qualifying primary residence gets a flat reduction in assessed value, which lowers the bill relative to a non-homestead property of equal value.
- School district drives the rest. School taxes are the largest share of a Pennsylvania bill, so the district covering your address matters more than the county or municipal rate.
For your current assessment and bill, search your county assessment office (sometimes called the Board of Assessment or Tax Claim Bureau). Pennsylvania has no single statewide property-tax lookup — each of the 67 counties runs its own.
Methodology
Data on this page comes from the US Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 vintage (released January 29, 2026), at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level. After filtering ZCTAs the Census suppresses for privacy or small-sample reasons, this page covers 1,635 Pennsylvania ZIPs.
Pennsylvania topcoding. The Census caps median property tax at $10,000 — median tax appears as $10,001 for any ZIP where the true median is at or above the cap. In Pennsylvania this affects relatively few ZIPs, mostly high-value Philadelphia suburbs; effective-rate calculations for those ZIPs are floor estimates, not exact values.
See the full methodology page for source details (Census table IDs, the comparison-median rule, calculator formulas), how we handle topcoding across every state, and the refresh cadence.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the median tax in my ZIP different from what I pay?
Median is the middle of the distribution, not your bill. Pennsylvania's base-year assessments can be uneven property to property, and the Homestead Exclusion and Property Tax/Rent Rebate shift bills away from the ZIP median.
Why does my ZIP show $10,001 as the median tax?
That's the Census topcode. The ACS reports property-tax responses above $10,000 as $10,001 to protect privacy, so the true median is at least $10,000. In Pennsylvania these are mostly high-value Philadelphia suburbs such as the Main Line.
Where do I find my actual Pennsylvania property tax bill?
There's no single statewide lookup. Search your county assessment office for the parcel record and assessed value; bills come from the county, municipality, and school district that cover your address.
When does Pennsylvania data update on this page?
Annually, when the Census Bureau releases a new ACS 5-year vintage. The 2020–2024 vintage released January 29, 2026. The next vintage (2021–2025) typically follows the next year, though the Census has not yet posted its release date.
Why don't you cover other states yet?
State-by-state rollout. Each state needs its own context section (assessment method, exemptions, local taxing structure) to be genuinely useful. High-search-volume states are going live first.