Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in Letcher County is $339.00 per year, based on a median home value of $51,500.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.66% of property value.

Letcher 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 one-hundred-twenty-no counties in Kentucky, Letcher County is ranked 117th by median property taxes, and 70th by median tax as percentage of home value.

While Letcher County collects a median of 0.66% 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 Letcher County is $66,300.00 lower than the Kentucky median property value of $117,800.00.

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117th out of 120 By median yearly property tax

70th out of 120 By percentage of median home value

118th out of 120 By percentage of median income

You can see how Letcher County (highlighted in green) compares to the one-hundred-twenty-no other counties in Kentucky with the bar chart above, sorted by median property tax in dollars. For a visual map of county property tax rates in Kentucky, see our Kentucky county property tax map.

Remember: Real estate prices also play a large part in which Kentucky 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 Letcher County are the responsibility of the Letcher County Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Whitesburg, Kentucky.

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