Essex 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
0.550Essex County (outside towns)
Highest combined rate
0.640Tappahannock
Places
22025
Essex County (outside towns) 1 0.550 0.550
Tappahannock 1 0.640 0.640

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 Essex County

In 2025, combined rates in Essex County run from 0.550 in Essex County (outside towns) to 0.640 in Tappahannock, per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $1,650 to $1,920 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.