Your tax bill, explained

A home in Arlington County. Enter your own assessed value to see where every dollar of your property tax goes — and how it compares with each government’s “no-raise” rate. Updated 2026-10-06.

$4,212 a year — about $351 a month

On an assessed value of $400,000. An estimate from published rates — your own tax notice is the final word.

Of every $100 you pay

Arlington County$100.00 · $4,212 a year

Where it ends up — every government’s share, by what it pays for

County services$100.00 · $4,212

Each government’s share is one slice unless it publishes a debt split.

The “no-raise” rate — how this state handles it

Virginia requires a lowered (equalized) rate to be advertised when reassessment raises the tax base. Arlington’s equalized rate wasn’t found in an official notice, so it isn’t shown.

The County Board sets the rate each April. Meetings are on the calendar.

Each government, line by line

Arlington County — $4,212 a year

$1.0530 per $100 on $400,000 of taxable value · adopted April 22, 2026 (CY2026) · Arlington County Board adopts FY2027 budget

County services (Arlington is a county with no separate cities; schools are funded by the county)$4,212

What this doesn’t show — the honest limits

Fees and assessments on the same bill — stormwater, trash, street lights and others — aren’t property taxes and aren’t included.
Senior, veteran, widow and disability exemptions aren’t modeled.
The stormwater utility fee ($268 per equivalent residential unit in 2026) is billed with the real estate tax but isn’t a property tax and isn’t included.
Spreading a government’s tax across its whole budget is a fair picture, not a receipt: most budgets also run on other money (sales tax, state aid, fees).

Related: Tax lab — change the rates · The money trail · What if we saved?. This page computes and cites; it doesn’t say what any rate should be. Spot an error? Report it.