Taxes in Hood River
Hood River applies Oregon's statewide tax structure -- a real, current progressive income tax topping out at 9.9% and a genuine, complete absence of sales tax -- alongside Hood River County's genuinely LOW effective property tax rate.
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Learn moreOregon's progressive income tax, up to 9.9%
Oregon's real, current progressive individual income tax runs four brackets from 4.75% up to a real 9.9% top marginal rate, the top rate applying above $125,000 of taxable income for single filers ($250,000 married filing jointly) -- applying identically in Hood River.
Hood River County's genuinely LOW property tax rate
Hood River County's effective property tax rate carries a real, disclosed spread across sources (0.57%-0.65%, cited at 0.59% as of March 2026) -- among the lowest documented in this Oregon manifest. The county's permanent tax rate ($1.42 per $1,000 assessed value) is cited as the 9th lowest of Oregon's 36 counties.
Measure 50's assessed-value cap
Ballot Measure 50 (1997) caps how fast a property's taxable 'maximum assessed value' can grow (generally 3%/year, with exceptions for new construction), so most Hood River homeowners pay tax on an assessed value below real market value.
Zero sales tax, statewide
Oregon has a genuine, complete absence of any state or local sales tax, applying identically in Hood River.
Key takeaways
- Oregon's real, current progressive income tax tops out at 9.9%, applying statewide including Hood River.
- Hood River County's effective property tax rate runs a genuinely LOW 0.57%-0.65%, among the lowest in this manifest.
- Oregon's Measure 50 caps taxable assessed-value growth at generally 3%/year, below real market value for most homeowners.
- Oregon has zero state or local sales tax, statewide.
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