Property Taxes

Pierce County property taxes

Average property tax bills declined this year in some parts of the country, according to the assessor-treasurer's office. The maps below show where bills increased or decreased in Pierce County cities, unincorporated areas and school districts.
Source: Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer's Office

Change in Average Property Tax Bill by City and Unincorporated Areas

School District 2007 Assessed Value 2008 Tax Rate
(per $1000 of value)
 2008 Tax 2008 Assessed Value 2009 Tax Rate
(per $1000 of value)
 2009 Tax $ Change % Change
Incorporated
Auburn $372,637 $10.6496 $3,968 $363,964 $10.6568 $3,879 $-89 $-2.26
Bonney Lake $330,572 $10.7266 $3,546 $323,108 $10.9879 $3,550 $4 $0.12
Buckley $260,816 $10.1738 $2,653 $263,931 $10.1909 $2,690 $37 $1.36
Carbonado $208,956 $9.7940 $2,047 $203,047 $10.1581 $2,063 $16 $0.79
DuPont $293,167 $9.2757 $2,719 $273,795 $10.2881 $2,817 $98 $3.59
Eatonville $215,796 $9.0781 $1,959 $216,579 $10.6714 $2,311 $352 $17.98
Edgewood $366,656 $10.5703 $3,876 $375,484 $10.3437 $3,884 $8 $0.21
Fife $272,940 $9.0200 $2,462 $266,291 $8.1885 $2,181 $-281 $-11.43
Fircrest $298,857 $10.2451 $3,062 $288,368 $10.4651 $3,018 $-44 $-1.44
Gig Harbor $445,306 $8.5701 $3,816 $440,215 $8.3937 $3,695 $-121 $-3.18
Lakewood $284,397 $11.7574 $3,344 $283,531 $11.6348 $3,299 $-45 $-1.34
Milton $279,782 $8.6652 $2,424 $284,799 $8.1963 $2,334 $-90 $-3.72
Orting $226,412 $10.8190 $2,450 $230,666 $11.3589 $2,620 $170 $6.96
Pacific $220,073 $9.5295 $2,097 $252,700 $9.9753 $2,521 $424 $20.20
Puyallup $283,526 $10.4555 $2,964 $280,701 $10.1739 $2,856 $-108 $-3.66
Roy $200,612 $10.6275 $2,132 $198,135 $11.3128 $2,241 $109 $5.13
Ruston $300,563 $9.7014 $2,916 $296,719 $9.7138 $2,882 $34 $-1.15
South Prairie $211,275 $10.6858 $2,258 $211,629 $11.3937 $2,411 $153 $6.80
Steilacoom $350,427 $10.2135 $3,579 $350,886 $11.2954 $3,963 $384 $10.74
Sumner $262,293 $9.8966 $2,596 $262,726 $10.2579 $2,695 $99 $3.82
Tacoma $245,889 $11.6749 $2,871 $244,888 $11.6206 $2,846 $-25 $-0.87
University Place $340,814 $12.6863 $4,324 $339,130 $12.5833 $4,267 $-57 $-1.30
Wilkeson $193,124 $9.6129 $1,856 $192,288 $9.6721 $1,860 $4 $0.18
Unincorporated
Gig Harbor Peninsula $437,972 $9.2171 $4,037 $444,994 $9.2659 $4,123 $86 $2.14
Key Peninsula $437,972 $8.8904 $3,894 $444,494 $8.6302 $3,836 $-58 $-1.48
Parkland $232,386 $10.7401 $2,496 $229,459 $10.4796 $2,405 $-91 $-3.65
South Hill $293,375 $11.0044 $3,228 $289,185 $10.8215 $3,129 $-99 $-3.07
Spanaway $256,564 $10.5330 $2,702 $249,851 $11.1942 $2,797 $95 $3.50

Change in Average Property Tax Bill by School District

School District 2007 Assessed Value 2008 Tax Rate
(per $1000 of value)
 2008 Tax 2008 Assessed Value 2009 Tax Rate
(per $1000 of value)
 2009 Tax $ Change % Change
Auburn $316,213 $10.6496 $3,368 $322,928 $10.6568 $3,441 $73 $2.19
Bethel $236,308 $11.0711 $2,616 $228,583 $11.9670 $2,735 $119 $4.56
Carbonado $244,154 $9.7940 $2,391 $244,919 $10.1581 $2,488 $97 $4.04
Clover Park $275,972 $11.7574 $3,245 $275,685 $11.6348 $3,208 $-37 $-1.15
Dieringer $563,826 $10.8559 $6,121 $521,607 $10.8080 $5,638 $-483 $-7.90
Eatonville $208,307 $10.3340 $2,153 $213,729 $10.9182 $2,334 $181 $8.40
Fife $275,953 $9.0200 $2,489 $279,739 $8.1885 $2,291 $-198 $-7.97
Franklin Pierce $222,780 $10.7401 $2,393 $219,713 $10.4796 $2,303 $-90 $-3.77
Orting $248,211 $10.1819 $2,527 $242,495 $11.3589 $2,754 $227 $8.99
Peninsula $362,698 $9.2171 $3,343 $368,953 $9.2659 $3,419 $76 $2.26
Puyallup $283,799 $11.0044 $3,123 $278,145 $10.8215 $3,010 $-113 $-3.62
Steilacoom $203,319 $11.5479 $2,348 $206,578 $12.7865 $2,641 $293 $12.50
Sumner $297,527 $10.9608 $3,261 $294,344 $11.2229 $3,303 $42 $1.30
Tacoma $248,111 $11.6749 $2,897 $246,285 $11.6206 $2,862 $-35 $-1.20
University Place $327,341 $12.6863 $4,153 $327,963 $12.5833 $4,127 $-26 $-0.62
White River $283,126 $11.6433 $3,297 $286,952 $11.7006 $3,358 $61 $1.85
Yelm $222,288 $10.5957 $2,355 $227,883 $10.6888 $2,436 $80 $3.42