Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in Bath County is $503.00 per year, based on a median home value of $70,100.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.72% of property value.

Bath 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-twenty-no counties in Kentucky, Bath County is ranked 69th by median property taxes, and 41st by median tax as percentage of home value.

While Bath County collects a median of 0.72% of a property's each year as property tax, the actual amount of property tax collected is lower compared to the rest of Kentucky. This is partially because the median property value in Bath County is $47,700.00 lower than the Kentucky median property value of $117,800.00.

Property tax assessments in Bath County are the responsibility of the Bath County Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Owingsville, Kentucky.

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