Barring floods and asbestos, property taxes are the highest cost of homeownership after a mortgage — and taxes never end.

In 2013, the median U.S. property tax bill was $2,132, according to a Zillow analysis that used the most recent data available.

That’s a whole lot less than residents paid in Westchester County, NY, where the median tax bill was $13,842. In Tunica County, MS, the median tax bill was $216.

All 10 of the most expensive counties for property taxes, based on the median paid for single-family homes, are in the same vicinity:

County	Median taxes
Westchester, NY	$13,842
Rockland, NY	$10,550
Bergen, NJ	$9,546
Essex, NJ	$9,288
Nassau, NY	$9,091
Passaic, NJ	$8,978
Union, NJ	$8,926
Morris, NJ	$8,549
Hudson, NJ	$8,407
Hunterdon, NJ	$8,392

Four of the 10 least expensive counties are in Alabama, with the other six scattered among several states..

 

 

http://www.zillow.com/blog/property-taxes-2015-173854/