Hawaii Property Tax Calculator 2026 — 0.26% Effective

Hawaii property tax at the effective rate real bills actually land at — 0.26% of value at the ACS 2025 medians — applied to your home’s value.

Hawaii's median bill is $2,387 on a $901,500 median home. On the page's $450,000 test home the model gives $1,170 a year ($98 a month).

The home Tax = assessed value × effective rate.

Current market value ($)

Estimated annual property tax

$1,170

$98 a month

The assessment

Assessed value	$450,000
Homestead exemption	$0
Effective rate	0.26%
Annual tax	$1,170

How property tax works in Hawaii

The effective rate

Hawaii's median homeowner pays $2,387 on a $901,500 home — 0.26% effective (ACS 2025). Nominal rates mislead across states (assessment ratios differ); the effective rate is the honest comparator. Your parcel's bill follows its own assessment and the overlapping local levies.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2025 1-year estimates.

What a pilot covers

This family is the pilot the plan called for: all 51 state pages plus the 25 most populous counties — not thousands of county pages with rates nobody verified. County figures here are the same ACS medians at county level.

County assessors publish parcel-level figures.

Frequently asked questions

Why doesn't my bill match?

Assessments lag markets, exemptions differ (senior, veteran, disability), and local levies stack differently street by street. The effective-rate model gives the typical bill for the value, not your parcel's bill.

Which state has the highest property taxes?

By effective rate, Illinois (1.92%) and New Jersey (1.82%); by median dollars, high-value states like New Jersey ($9,648) and California ($5,537) — the hub table shows both lenses.

Sources & verification. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates — median real estate taxes paid and median home values (tables B25103/B25077); effective rate = the ratio of the medians, a survey measure, labelled as such. Assessment-cap and exemption mechanics from state sources (CA BOE Prop 13 guidance; Fla. Stat. §193.155 + Amendment 5 exemption; Texas Tax Code §§11.13, 23.23). Verified 4 November 2026. This is the PILOT: state pages + the 25 largest counties — not a 3,000-county build.

Annual tax$1,170

Hawaii Property Tax Calculator for 2026: at Hawaii's 0.26% effective rate (ACS 2025), a $450,000 home pays about $1,170 a year. The state median bill is $2,387.

UNDERSTAND YOUR RESULTS

Hawaii Property Tax Calculator (Pilot) guide

What property tax typically costs in Hawaii: the ACS 2025 effective rate applied to your home.

How to use this tool

Enter the home’s market value.
Optionally pick a pilot county.
Read the assessed value and exemption.
Read the annual estimate.

A worked example

Hawaii’s effective rate is 0.26%; the median bill is $2,387.

What you can do with this tool

Hawaii’s effective rate (0.26%) from ACS 2025 medians, with the state median bill alongside.
Market-value model with the state’s defining features explained on the page.
State-level pilot page (county pages were not built on unverified data).

How it works

On the $450,000 test home the model gives $1,170 a year.

Frequently asked questions

How much is property tax in Hawaii?

Typically $2,387 a year at the median (0.26% effective).

Is this my exact bill?

No — an effective-rate estimate; assessments and exemptions move real bills.