Property Taxes in Arizona
Arizona's property taxes are genuinely low by national standards -- a statewide effective rate under half the national average -- but this record discloses real, unresolved disagreement in county-level figures rather than presenting false precision.
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Learn moreA genuinely low statewide average, with a disclosed methodology caveat
Tax Foundation cites Arizona's statewide effective property tax rate at 0.48% (2026), roughly half the national average -- the anchor figure used throughout this dataset. A separate aggregator cited 0.581% using a different methodology; both figures agree Arizona runs well below the national average regardless of which is used, though this record discloses the disagreement rather than picking one silently.
Real, disclosed county-level variation -- and one unreconciled outlier
County-level research found a low end clustered around Coconino and Greenlee counties (roughly 0.36%) and a high end around Pima County (roughly 0.65%), corroborated across the most internally-consistent sources found. A separate source cited Apache County at 0.838%, but that figure could not be reconciled against the rest of that same source's own results -- it is disclosed here rather than silently dropped, but should be treated as unverified rather than the county-level high.
City-level rates can run below or above their county's broader average
Real, sourced city-specific figures illustrate this: Scottsdale's cited effective rate (0.37%-0.47%) runs below Maricopa County's roughly 0.44% average, while Prescott's city-specific rate (0.36%) runs notably below Yavapai County's broader county-level range (1.64%-1.94%, cited under a different assessed-value-based methodology not directly comparable to the city figure). Confirm your specific target city's rate directly rather than assuming a county or statewide figure applies uniformly.
A statewide median annual dollar bill was intentionally left undetermined
This record does not cite a single statewide median annual property tax bill: one secondary aggregator cited $1,349, internally consistent with that source's own 0.581% effective-rate figure, but it was not cross-checked against a second independent source or the Arizona Dept. of Revenue directly. Given the disclosed disagreement in the underlying rate figures themselves, stacking an unverified median dollar figure on top risked false precision -- confirm your specific target property's actual bill with the relevant county assessor.
Key takeaways
- Arizona's statewide average effective property tax rate (0.48%, Tax Foundation) runs roughly half the national average -- genuinely low, with a disclosed methodology caveat (a separate source cites 0.581%).
- County-level rates range from roughly 0.36% (Coconino/Greenlee) to roughly 0.65% (Pima); a separate, unreconciled figure cites Apache County at 0.838% and should be treated as unverified.
- City-specific rates can run below their broader county average (e.g., Scottsdale vs. Maricopa County, Prescott city vs. Yavapai County) -- confirm your specific target city directly.
- No single statewide median annual property tax bill is asserted here -- confirm your specific target property's actual bill with the relevant county assessor.
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