Rhode Island Property Tax Calculator 2026 — 1.02% Effective

Rhode Island property tax at the effective rate real bills actually land at — 1.02% of value at the ACS 2025 medians — applied to your home’s value.

Rhode Island's median bill is $4,901 on a $478,700 median home. On the page's $450,000 test home the model gives $4,590 a year ($383 a month).

The home Tax = assessed value × effective rate.

Current market value ($)

Estimated annual property tax

$4,590

$383 a month

The assessment

Assessed value	$450,000
Homestead exemption	$0
Effective rate	1.02%
Annual tax	$4,590

How property tax works in Rhode Island

The effective rate

Rhode Island's median homeowner pays $4,901 on a $478,700 home — 1.02% 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$4,590

Rhode Island Property Tax Calculator for 2026: at Rhode Island's 1.02% effective rate (ACS 2025), a $450,000 home pays about $4,590 a year. The state median bill is $4,901.

UNDERSTAND YOUR RESULTS

Rhode Island Property Tax Calculator (Pilot) guide

What property tax typically costs in Rhode Island: 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

Rhode Island’s effective rate is 1.02%; the median bill is $4,901.

What you can do with this tool

Rhode Island’s effective rate (1.02%) 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 $4,590 a year.

Frequently asked questions

How much is property tax in Rhode Island?

Typically $4,901 a year at the median (1.02% effective).

Is this my exact bill?

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