Amherst County property tax rates, 2025

Combined rates for each of 2 places, lowest first. Each page shows the rate of every taxing unit that makes up the total.

Lowest combined rate
0.610Amherst
Highest combined rate
0.610Amherst County (outside towns)
Places
22025
Amherst 1 0.610 0.610
Amherst County (outside towns) 1 0.610 0.610

Rates are per $100 of assessed value, 2025.

Source: Virginia Department of Taxation, TY 2025 Tax Rates for County, City, Town, and Districts. Retrieved 2026-10-24.

Property tax in Amherst County

In 2025, combined rates in Amherst County run from 0.610 in Amherst to 0.610 in Amherst County (outside towns), per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $1,830 to $1,830 a year before credits or relief.

In Virginia, counties and independent cities each set a real estate tax rate. Towns sit inside counties, so a town property pays the county rate and the town rate. Independent cities belong to no county and set one rate.

Choose a place above to see each rate that makes up its total and estimate a bill, or read the Virginia property tax guide.