Get Gabby Rothman For St. Lucie County Tax Collector

Senior Citizen Exemption – Property tax benefits are available to persons 65 or older in Florida. Seniors may qualify for an extra exemption for an additional $50,000 of home value.

Lucie County Tax Collector, Chris Craft.

All you have to do is multiply what your home is worth by the effective property tax rate, and that's roughly how much you should expect to pay in property tax. For example, if the effective property tax rate in your county is 1% and your house is worth $300,000, that means you'll owe about $3,000 in property taxes.

What is the Florida Property Tax Rate? Florida's average real property tax rate is 0.98%, which is slightly lower than the U.S. average of 1.08%. The average Florida homeowner pays $1,752 each year in real property taxes, although that amount varies between counties.

The millage rate is your property tax rate, which is the rate of tax per thousand dollars of taxable value, this would equate to a resident paying $5.20 in taxes for every $1,000 of taxable property taxes. The budget approved by the City Council this year included a millage rate reduction for the eighth year in a row.

The Florida state sales tax rate is currently 6%. The St Lucie County sales tax rate is 1%.