Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in Barbour County is $298.00 per year, based on a median home value of $88,200.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.34% of property value.

Barbour County collects fairly low property taxes, and is among the lower 25% of all counties in the United States ranked by property tax collections. Of the sixty-seven counties in Alabama, Barbour County is ranked 36th by median property taxes, and 35th by median tax as percentage of home value.

While Barbour County collects a median of 0.34% of a property's each year as property tax, the actual amount of property tax collected is lower compared to the rest of Alabama. This is partially because the median property value in Barbour County is $31,400.00 lower than the Alabama median property value of $119,600.00.

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36th out of 67 By median yearly property tax

35th out of 67 By percentage of median home value

35th out of 67 By percentage of median income

You can see how Barbour County (highlighted in green) compares to the sixty-seven other counties in Alabama with the bar chart above, sorted by median property tax in dollars. For a visual map of county property tax rates in Alabama, see our Alabama county property tax map.

Remember: Real estate prices also play a large part in which Alabama counties have the highest and lowest median property taxes. Higher-valued properties will generally have higher taxes, even if the median percentage of home value levied as property tax is different. For comparisons, you can also use Percentage Of Home Value.

Property tax assessments in Barbour County are the responsibility of the Barbour County Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Eufaula, Alabama.

If you need to pay your property tax bill, ask about a property tax assessment, look up the Barbour County property tax due date, or find property tax records, visit the Barbour County Tax Assessor's page. Applications for the Barbour County homestead exemption, any property tax appeals, and applications for a current use tax reduction must also be submitted to the Barbour County Assessor's Office.

For some properties, you can easily find the most recent tax assessment by looking up the property address with our property records search. You can also use our Barbour County Property Tax Calculator to estimate your property tax based on median tax values (results open in new page).