Sugar Creek Township property tax rate

Hancock County, Indiana · 2026 rates

Combined rate, 2026

1.8878to1.8878per $100 of assessed value, depending on where in Sugar Creek Township the property is

3 tax areas · 3+ taxing units each

Why the rate depends on the address

An Indiana property is taxed by every unit its tax district covers: the county, the township, the city or town if it's in one, the school corporation, the library and any special districts. Sugar Creek Township spans more than one combination of these, so this page shows each one.

Your tax bill, or your county's appraisal or assessment office, lists the units for your property.

How Sugar Creek Township compares

  • Sugar Creek Township's lowest combined rate, 1.8878 per $100, is below the Hancock County median of 2.0114 and above the Indiana median of 1.7805.
  • In its Sugar Creek Township area, the combined rate fell 8.3% from 2022 (2.0591) to 2026 (1.8878).
  • Rates across Sugar Creek Township's 3 tax districts differ by 0.000 per $100, so the address matters.

Medians are of the lowest combined rate in each place, across 17 places in Hancock County. Percent changes compare two published rates; a rate change isn't the same as a bill change, because values change too.

What's in the rate

Sugar Creek Township

Taxing unitRateShare
Hancock CountyCounty 0.276915%
Sugar Creek TownshipTownship 0.521728%
Southern Hancock County Comm School CorpSchool district 1.089258%
CombinedTotal as published 1.8878100%

New Palestine Sugar Creek MTE

Taxing unitRateShare
Hancock CountyCounty 0.276915%
Sugar Creek TownshipTownship 0.521728%
Southern Hancock County Comm School CorpSchool district 1.089258%
CombinedTotal as published 1.8878100%

Cumberland Sugar Creek 1 MTE

Taxing unitRateShare
Hancock CountyCounty 0.276915%
Sugar Creek TownshipTownship 0.521728%
Southern Hancock County Comm School CorpSchool district 1.089258%
CombinedTotal as published 1.8878100%

Rates are per $100 of assessed value. Shares show how much of the combined rate each unit makes up.

Estimate your 2026 bill

Use the net assessed value from your notice, after deductions such as the homestead deductions.

Estimated annual tax before unit-specific exemptions

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Indiana caps a bill at 1% of gross assessed value for a homestead, 2% for other residential property and farmland, and 3% for other property. If this estimate is above your cap, expect the cap instead.

Combined rate by year

Tax district2022202320252026
Sugar Creek Township2.05911.78431.7571.8878
New Palestine Sugar Creek MTE2.05911.78431.7571.8878
Cumberland Sugar Creek 1 MTE2.05911.78431.7571.8878

Combined rate per $100 of assessed value, as published for each year. A dash means no rate is on file for that year, or the district changed.

Places in Hancock County with similar rates

See all 17 places in Hancock County →

How property tax works in Indiana

Our Indiana property tax guide covers how assessments and rates work, when bills are due, relief programs and how to appeal.

Where these rates come from

Source: Indiana Department of Local Government Finance, 2026 Certified Tax Rates by District. Retrieved 2026-10-27.

Rates are shown exactly as published. Where the state doesn't publish a combined total, the combined figure is the sum of the published unit rates and is labelled that way. Spotted an error? Email [email protected].