Everyone who follows the Guilford County Tax Department to any extent knows the department does their main job very well.
Its main job each year is to collect as much of the property tax money owed to the county by property owners – and, each year, the Guilford County department shows up near the top of the list when it comes to the percentage of money owed in each county that’s actually collected. The department has a number of ways of getting what is owed, with the final step in the collection process being foreclosure on homes and parcels of land.
However, not all sections of the county are equally willing to pay the tax man. In particular, the town of Sedalia comes in way behind the other towns and cities in Guilford County. A 96.15 percent collection rate might sound very high; but, in the world of property tax collections, it’s a woefully bad number.
Nine of the county’s 12 towns and cities come in over 99 percent in the tax collection percentage rate, and the lowest collection rate other than Sedalia is Pleasant Garden at 98.80 percent.
Here are the latest collection rates as of June 30, 2023:
• Burlington- 99.91 percent
• Kernersville – 99.91 percent
• Jamestown – 99.87 percent
• Summerfield – 99.79 percent
• Archdale- 99.76 percent
• Oak Ridge- 99.72 percent
• Greensboro – 99.41 percent
• High Point – 99.34 percent
• Gibsonville – 99.19 percent•
• Whitsett – 98.92 percent
• Pleasant Garden – 98.80 percent
• Sedalia – 96.15 percent
When it comes to the two largest cities in Guilford County, Greensboro tax payers are able to claim a slight lead over High Point payers, though the collection rates in both cities are nearly equal and are acceptable as collection rates go.
The Guilford County Tax Department did not respond immediately as to why the collection rate from Sedalia was so much lower than the other towns and cities in Guilford County,
Can we guess?
We all know why
Then explain PG being second worst? Doesn’t fit your narrative does it?
Fits mine chris, Sedalia is black and PG is redneck. And I have relatives who live there that’s why I know about PG
Sedalia’s “Deadbeat Rate” is over three times that of PG or any of the other localities.
A good article for this “paper” would be to educate the public about the process for determining how a property is foreclosed upon. This would include time frame, state laws and the process.
Greensboro is little Portland; Sedalia is little Greensboro.
Even more reason to get out of this County.
Whenever me or my wife check out, the survivor is leaving Blacksboro. Socialism may work until you run out of other people’s money.
Please leave tomorrow!