Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in Whitfield County is $757.00 per year, based on a median home value of $130,000.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.58% of property value.

Whitfield County collects relatively low property taxes, and is ranked in the bottom half of all counties in the United States by property tax collections. Of the one-hundred-fifty-nine counties in Georgia, Whitfield County is ranked 78th by median property taxes, and 145th by median tax as percentage of home value.

Whitfield County has lower property taxes than many other Georgia counties. The median home value is $130,000.00, compared to the median property value in Georgia of $162,800.00

Property tax assessments in Whitfield County are the responsibility of the Whitfield County Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Dalton, Georgia.

If you need to pay your property tax bill, ask about a property tax assessment, look up the Whitfield County property tax due date, or find property tax records, visit the Whitfield County Tax Assessor's page. Applications for the Whitfield County homestead exemption, any property tax appeals, and applications for a current use tax reduction must also be submitted to the Whitfield 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 Whitfield County Property Tax Calculator to estimate your property tax based on median tax values (results open in new page).