According to a report by Agent Advice on the cities with the highest property tax increase in the country, Greensboro has a shot at being number one in 2022-2023.
The data used for the report is from the 2021 tax year. Greensboro did not have a property tax rate increase in the 2021-2022 fiscal year and is not on the list for 2021.
However, judging from the number one city listed for 2021, Greensboro has a good shot at being number one in 2022.
According to a report from Greensboro city staff, the estimated average property tax increase in Greensboro in the current fiscal year is about 30 percent.
According to Agent Advice, in 2021 the highest property tax increase in the country was 29.2 percent in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
So, depending on exactly where that about 30 percent falls, Greensboro should certainly be near the top in the country in 2022.
In 2021, Winston-Salem had the highest property tax increase in North Carolina with 20.5 percent, which was high enough to be number five in the country.
Charlotte was second in North Carolina and number 16 in the country with a property tax increase of 10.8 percent.
Greenville, South Carolina, a city Greensboro’s leadership tries to emulate, was number 18 in the country with a 9.9 percent property tax increase.
The fact that the highest tax rate increase in the country in 2021 is close to the Greensboro property tax rate increase for 2022 is a good indication of just what a massive tax increase Greensboro property owners are facing this year.
Number 2 on the 2021 list is Nashville, Tennessee, with a tax increase of 27 percent and number 3 is Knoxville, Tennessee, with a tax increase of 22.2 percent, only slightly higher than Chattanooga, Tennessee, at number four with a 22 percent tax increase.
It does make you think something is going on next door in Tennessee.
Hey we are going to be number one in something after all. As for Tennessee, I do not believe they pay state income taxes so that local tax rates are going to be higher.
You’re number one in violent crime in North Carolina . You’re number one in not having at least one Republican in any elected city office .
Government greed knows no limits.
This is nothing more than confiscation of wealth. Wealth that most people earned.
Our house is in a decent neighborhood, but is hardly more than a 1600sqf rectangle with a basement. We worked hard to pay it off before we retired, and kept it up fairly well. But you know the drill: a new furnace, new central a/c, new roof, new siding, a new driveway destroyed by tree roots, five-figure’s worth of tree removal, etc. Now, when one of us checks out, the survivor soon will have to sell and move in with someone else.
Most all of this predicament due to our local and national governments.
We really shouldn’t complain; look at the people in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Syria, Argentina, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Haiti, too many to mention. Now the WEF, who wants govt by the elite to rule the world.
I am sure county and city council members are proud of their accomplishments…at least Greensboro is 1st in something.
Tennessee has no individual state income tax.
Of ALL the FINE QUALIFITED PROFESSIONAL OUTSTANIDING CARING GOOD people is Greensboro NOT one was qualified to be OUR City Manager. We had to hire one from a foreign country. A person who does NOT think like the citizens of OUT City. One who does not care about out City as WE do. WE the people who live here every day of our lives. What do we think will happen to OUR City!!! How will is effect US all? Are there NOT even ONE who would be better to manager OUR City?
sometimes it isn’t good to be the “highest” in the nation. Wonderful leaders we have here isn’t it?
So what are we getting for our taxes? Does our community have stellar crime control? No! Does our community look like other communities in the much lower brackets such as Charleston, Charlotte, or even Durham? With well manicured mediums and highways or nicely kept landscaping in public areas? No!
Instead we get reckless spending or loaning money with little to no % rates on payback or council members with ties to non-profits receiving thousands or hundreds of thousand dollars in an obvious conflict of interest. We paid a bender $400,000 thousand dollars to NOT have an event in GSO. The list goes on and soon we will fall from the 3rd largest and most desirable city in NC to have Durham pass us by….
Change is needed and people need to vote in a few weeks or even now for change. Write in Chris Meadows for Mayor!
It will be a super exciting day when Nancy Vaughn loses the mayoral race to write-in candidate, Chris Meadows. I have written before that Greensboro has become a town at the end of a dirt road. My comment was deleted. The fact is some of the most crime-ridden cities in the country started out much as Greensboro is now: a liberal city that gives taxpayer money to organizations that the residents would not freely donate to, decisions made that benefit a few at the expense of others, a city council obsessed with skin color rather than qualifications and merit and pass this obsession to city departments, a city council that is soft on crime and believe they know more than the police department on how to fight crime, and the list could go on and on. There are some districts that will vote the same effete candidates. There are some district residents that virtue-signal their vote. Regardless, the best opportunity to make a difference in the political climate and direction in Greensboro is to vote for solid mayoral and at-large candidates. Vote for write-in candidate, Chris Meadows and at-large candidate, Katie Rossabi. Your vote for these two candidates will be a vote for the future of Greensboro.
I wish you would give this pipe dream up spammer
Why haven’t we received our tax bills yet? Is there a conspiracy to withhold sending them out until after the Greensboro City Council election on July 26th?
There are no coincides.
Tony, the City doesn’t send your tax bill. The County does. I got mine this afternoon. Weren’t you a City Councilman at one time? Jeez. The more ya know…
Delay was caused by inability of local property tax bureaucrats to retain and train competent staff to process the billing. Bills are now (after hiring consultants to do the job) in the mail and will reflect the huge property tax increases. No use calling tax department to complain as (1) most “work” from home and won’t answer the phone, and (2) they are not responsible for the hikes. If you want to complain, call your local elected officials.
I received mine on 7/13 this year and on 7/12 last year. If memory serves me correctly, the bill arrives about the same time every year for me. The consultant didn’t help much apparently.
Hear, here!!!
I’ve wondered where my tax bill is too. Can’t find it online & hasn’t come in the mail. Maybe they are delaying sending them out so people will miss the Aug 5 deadline & not be able to save that whopping 0.05% discount for paying early.
You haven’t scratched the surface of property taxes until you’ve been to Bergen County NJ or Westchester NY. $27k per year not uncommon for a middle class house on half an acre.
Property taxes in Bergen County NJ and Westchester NY are not my concern. People here do not live in either place.
Everything is relative.
And that same council is about to be re-elected.
This headline is misleading at best and actually dishonest at worst. Yes, the tax bill will be higher this year as a result of the enormous increase in property values. Casting that increase in property values as a naked cash grab by the City Council is irresponsible and inflammatory. Those property values are increasing because people and businesses are coming to Greensboro. Property values are only low in places no one wants to be in. Arguing that the City Council should take action to mitigate harm to citizens who will suffer as a result of an increased tax bill is certainly valid, but the editorial direction of this paper leads me to think any such discussion here would be in bad faith.
I don’t think it’s an accident that the Rhino Times pursues this dishonest crusade, considering they are owned in part by Roy Carroll of the Carroll Company. Considering how much money the Carroll company has made by increasing rents in Greensboro, I think it’s fair his tax bill in particular increase to reflect the windfall generated. There really should be a disclaimer informing the reading audience about the Rhino’s conflict of interest on this subject.
Bull. They are putting a 30% increase in property taxes on the back of ordinary citizens who are already struggling with runaway inflation. Property owners are not suddenly awash in cash with the ncreased valuations. They have to pay the higher taxes out of their paychecks that are getting squeezed harder every day. This is something that affects EVERYONE no matter the size of their house. Even renters will be paying more. Obviously taxes cannot remain revenue neutral in this economy, but it is criminal that both the city and the county have provided no relief to taxpayers with lower tax rates. Nothing but a money grab. And this town is about to vote all the jerks back for another term.
Tax Bill are out on the county website. I stand ever-so-slightly correct. The county kept the same tax rate of 0.7305 (thanks Skip), but the city actually lowered their rate from 0.6625 to 0.6235. That’s a reduction of 4.5% in the tax rate compared to a 30% rise in valuations. Still a money grab.
The road in front of my place being destroyed by dump truck is never getting fixed, yet I pay taxes. For what?
30% Increase?
You are completely and utter insane thieves!
Oh, but it is legal confiscation.
What I don’t understand is we have a potential recession and inflation that is at a all time high and these council members who are out of touch with the poor and middle class citizens of this city bring about this major tax increase at the worst possible time possible.
I remember a time when a tax increase like this would surely get these people voted out but they do not seem to be worried about the consequences of this tax increase.
It’s good to be king and tax and spend other people’s monies that were stolen from them by force! Where does it end? Like Chicago, LA, San Francisco CA … ? Elitist faux liberals all! Replace them all in city county government!
Greensboro ICU…
in my rearview mirror.
Why would anyone want to stay?
Property tax RATES for Guilford county or Greensboro city have not increased at all. It is only the recent valuations that have increased. Thus, the tax bill has gone up, but it has nothing to do with anyone increasing tax rates. The article is just echoing the fact that property values have increased a lot here and pushed up the total on the property tax bill. Nothing more.