Lowest Property Tax in California

Top 100 cities ranked by lowest property tax

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Lowest Property Tax - California

1 Susanville $3,356
2 Orland $3,708
3 Corning $3,708
4 Willows $3,708
5 Blythe $3,768
6 Red Bluff $3,827
7 Happy Valley $3,827
8 Anderson $3,827
9 Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County) $3,827
10 Avenal $4,105
11 Earlimart $4,105
12 Lemoore $4,105
13 Tulare $4,105
14 Coalinga $4,105
15 Exeter $4,105
16 Visalia $4,105
17 Lindsay $4,105
18 Corcoran $4,105
19 Farmersville $4,105
20 Delano $4,105
21 Lemoore Station $4,105
22 Huron $4,105
23 Porterville $4,105
24 Hanford $4,105
25 Crescent City $4,167
26 Imperial $4,268
27 Salton City $4,268
28 Brawley $4,268
29 Holtville $4,268
30 Heber $4,268
31 El Centro $4,268
32 Calexico $4,268
33 Calipatria $4,268
34 Truckee $4,270
35 Yreka $4,403
36 Escalon $4,616
37 Delhi $4,616
38 McSwain $4,616
39 Waterford $4,616
40 Hilmar-Irwin $4,616
41 Oakdale $4,616
42 Los Banos $4,616
43 Franklin CDP (Merced County) $4,616
44 Mendota $4,616
45 Dos Palos $4,616
46 Ceres $4,616
47 Atwater $4,616
48 Denair $4,616
49 Winton $4,616
50 Turlock $4,616
51 Keyes $4,616
52 Riverbank $4,616
53 Madera Acres $4,616
54 Firebaugh $4,616
55 Gustine $4,616
56 Livingston $4,616
57 Chowchilla $4,616
58 Merced $4,616
59 Hughson $4,616
60 Shasta Lake $4,628
61 Redding $4,628
62 Yosemite Lakes $4,667
63 Madera $4,667
64 Grass Valley $4,709
65 Palermo $4,709
66 Alta Sierra CDP (Nevada County) $4,709
67 Gridley $4,709
68 Lake of the Pines $4,709
69 Olivehurst $4,755
70 Linda $4,755
71 Yuba City $4,755
72 Marysville $4,755
73 Fortuna $4,760
74 McKinleyville $4,760
75 Eureka $4,760
76 Myrtletown $4,760
77 Arcata $4,760
78 Lakeport $4,782
79 Colusa $4,783
80 Williams $4,783
81 Ione $4,981
82 Cameron Park $4,981
83 Jackson $4,981
84 Modesto $5,104
85 Salida $5,104
86 West Modesto $5,104
87 Ripon $5,104
88 Patterson $5,104
89 Newman $5,104
90 Paradise $5,175
91 Oroville East $5,175
92 Oroville $5,175
93 Durham $5,175
94 Chico $5,175
95 Thermalito $5,175
96 Magalia $5,175
97 Ridgecrest $5,285
98 Shafter $5,285
99 McFarland $5,285
100 East Niles $5,285

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Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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