Taxes in Muncie
Muncie's tax picture carries a real, disclosed nuance: a property-tax rate running above national and state medians despite genuinely low home values, plus Delaware County's real local income tax layer.
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Learn moreA property-tax premium on a low base
Muncie's median effective property tax rate ran 1.10% per Ownwell -- above the 1.02% national median -- with real, disclosed ZIP-level variance up to 2.13% (47305).
A real combined income tax rate
Delaware County's real 1.5% local income tax layers onto Indiana's flat 2.95% state rate, for an approximate combined 4.45%.
Indiana's simple, uniform sales tax applies
Indiana's uniform 7% statewide sales tax applies in Muncie, with no local add-on -- see indiana.js for the full structure.
Key takeaways
- Muncie's effective property-tax rate (1.10%) runs above the national median despite low home values.
- Muncie's combined state-plus-county income tax rate runs approximately 4.45%.
- Indiana's uniform 7% statewide sales tax applies, with no local add-on.
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