Spencer property tax rate

Owen County, Indiana · 2026 rates

Combined rate, 2026

1.3703to2.0094per $100 of assessed value, depending on where in Spencer the property is

2 tax areas · 5+ 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. Spencer 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 Spencer compares

  • Spencer's lowest combined rate, 1.3703 per $100, is above the Owen County median of 1.2801 and below the Indiana median of 1.7805.
  • In its Washington Township area, the combined rate fell 25.4% from 2022 (1.8358) to 2026 (1.3703).
  • Rates across Spencer's 2 tax districts differ by 0.6391 per $100, so the address matters.

Medians are of the lowest combined rate in each place, across 14 places in Owen 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

Washington Township

Taxing unitRateShare
Owen CountyCounty 0.360226%
Washington TownshipTownship 0.00821%
Town of SpencerCity or town 0.135710%
Spencer-Owen Community School CorpSchool district 0.792358%
Spencer-Owen County Public LibraryLibrary 0.07395%
CombinedTotal as published 1.3703100%

Spencer Town

Taxing unitRateShare
Owen CountyCounty 0.360218%
Washington TownshipTownship 0.00820%
Town of SpencerCity or town 0.774839%
Spencer-Owen Community School CorpSchool district 0.792339%
Spencer-Owen County Public LibraryLibrary 0.07394%
CombinedTotal as published 2.0094100%

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
Washington Township1.83581.6351.43061.3703
Spencer Town2.54212.46822.20552.0094

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.

Other places in Owen 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].