Summary of Rankings of Property Tax Rates; all State & Local Taxes; Utility Charges; and Livability Ratings for Wake County & Competing Areas in U.S.
Rank of Utility RatesRank of Utility Rate Rank in 1993 Rank in 9/95
Rank of Effective Rank of All State for 22K gal/mo for 374K gal/mo Places Rated Money Magazine
Jurisdiction Property Tax Rates & Local Taxes Business Business Almanac* Places to Live*
Georgia:
Dekalb Co. (Atlanta) 15 12 10 10 12 252
Fulton Co. (Atlanta) 16 14 10 10 12 252
North Carolina:
Forsyth Co. (Winston-Salem) 5 7 2 1 18 90
Guilford Co. (Greensboro) 8 8 1 2 18 90
Mecklenburg Co. (Charlotte) 4 6 5 5 100 206
Wake Co. (Raleigh) 1 5 3 4 6 8
Wake Co. (Cary) N/A N/A 16 15 6 8
Florida:
Hillsborough Co. (Tampa) 14 16 9 13 62 11
Pinellas Co. (St. Petersburg) 12 13 7 7 62 11
Jacksonville-Duval Co. (Jacksonville) 9 11 12 12 126 3
Orange Co. (Orlando) 13 15 14 14 121 17
South Carolina
Greenville Co. (Greenville) 10 9 4 3 58 147
Spartanburg Co. (Spartanburg) 11 10 8 6 58 147
Texas:
Travis Co. (Austin) 17 17 17 16 152 35
Virginia:
Hampton Co. (Hampton) 2 1 6 8 97 283
Henrico Co. (Richmond) 7 4 15 9 78 276
Norfolk Co. (Norfolk) 6 3 13 11 97 283
Virginia Beach Co. (Virginia Beach) 3 2 11 17 97 283
* Identical rankings of some areas (e.g., Winston-Salem and Greensboro) indicate they were rated as combined areas in livability indexes
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