Property Tax

How tax bills are calculated

The face value amount of your tax bill is determined by taking the assessed value of your property, less any exemptions, and multiplying this value by the tax rate for the applicable taxing districts or property type.

Real Property Tax Rates

2024 Real Property Tax Rates - Per $100
State	0.109
Metro Louisville	0.121
Jefferson County Public School	0.735
Urban Service District	0.319
Louisville Downtown Mgt. District	0.0831
Anchorage / Middletown Fire also includes Eastwood, Harrods Creek & Worthington Fire	0.173
Fairdale Fire	0.10
Fern Creek Fire also includes Buechel / Camp Taylor / Highview Fire	0.18
Jeffersontown / McMahan Fire	0.17
Okolona Fire	0.17
Pleasure Ridge Park Fire also includes Lake Dreamland	0.20
St. Matthews / Lyndon Fire	0.15
City of Mockingbird Valley	0.08

Tangible Tax Rates

2024 Personal Property Tax Rates - Per $100
File	Name	State	Metro Louisville	USD	School
1.7	Total Schedule A	0.45	0.166	0.566	0.735
2.7	Total Schedule B	0.15
3.1	Merchants Inventory	0.05			0.735
3.2	Finished Goods	0.05			0.735
3.3	Raw Materials	0.05
3.4	Goods in Process	0.05
3.5	Goods in Warehouse Resident	0.05			0.735
3.6	Goods in Warehouse Transit	0.00
3.7	Agr. Products Tobacco	0.015	0.015
3.8	Agr. Products Other	0.015	0.045
3.9	Agr. Products At Plant	0.015
4.0	Total Aircraft & Watercraft	0.015			0.735
4.1	Documented Boats	0.015	0.166	0.566	0.735
5.0	Livestock & Farm Machinery	0.001
6.0	Total Other Schedule C	0.45	0.166	0.566	0.735
7.0	Foreign Trade Zone	0.001
8.1	Manufactured Machinery	0.15
8.2	Other Tangible Property	0.45	0.166	0.566	0.735
9.0	Recycling Machinery	0.45