Taxes in Norristown
Pennsylvania's real, flat 3.07% state income tax applies to Norristown residents, layered with the municipality's own combined 1.6% local EIT and a real, elevated cited property tax rate.
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Learn morePennsylvania's flat state income tax, plus Norristown's combined local EIT
Pennsylvania levies a flat 3.07% state income tax with no exemption threshold. Norristown levies a combined 1.6% resident EIT (1% for non-residents working in the municipality) -- this record discloses honestly that it could not confirm the precise municipal-versus-school-district split with full confidence this pass.
A real, elevated cited property tax rate
Norristown's median effective property tax rate ran 4.66% per one source -- well above the national median, with a 2026 municipal millage rate of 19 mills.
A disclosed source inconsistency
This record discloses honestly that the cited property-tax source's own framing appeared internally inconsistent (describing Norristown's rate as below the PA state median while citing a state median figure actually lower than Norristown's own rate).
Key takeaways
- Norristown's combined local EIT runs 1.6% (1% for non-residents), atop Pennsylvania's flat 3.07% state rate.
- Norristown's cited effective property tax rate (4.66%) runs genuinely elevated.
- This record discloses an apparent internal inconsistency in one cited property-tax source rather than silently resolving it.
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