RHODE ISLAND PROPERTY TAX · 2026

Rhode Island property tax calculator

Rhode Island's effective property tax rate is 1.116%: owner-occupiers paid a median $4,900 a year on homes with a median value of $404,200. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $3,348.00 a year.

Property tax estimate

Property tax a year: $3,348.00
A month: $279.00
Rate: 1.116%, statewide

Rhode Island property tax by county

Rhode Island property tax by county — 2020-2024
County	Effective rate	Median tax	Median home value
Bristol County	1.135%	$6,648	$513,800
Kent County	1.368%	$4,957	$366,100
Newport County	0.859%	$5,414	$609,700
Providence County	1.19%	$4,683	$373,600
Washington County	0.912%	$5,102	$510,800

Rhode Island homestead exemption

Each city or town assesses at full and fair cash value or a uniform percentage of it, up to 100%.
A city or town's property tax levy can rise at most 4% a year.

This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.

Rhode Island property tax questions

How much is property tax in Rhode Island?

Rhode Island's effective property tax rate is 1.116%: owner-occupiers paid a median $4,900 a year on homes with a median value of $404,200. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $3,348.00 a year.

Which county in Rhode Island has the highest property tax?

Kent County, with an effective rate of 1.368%; Newport County has the lowest, at 0.859%. On a $300,000 home that is $4,104.00 a year in Kent County and $2,577.00 in Newport County.

Why might a Rhode Island tax bill differ from this estimate?

The rate is what owner-occupiers in Rhode Island paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.

What the calculator leaves out

The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.

Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.

Sources

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