Watauga County property tax rates, 2025–26

5 places, ranked from lowest to highest effective rate. The median in Watauga County is 0.4751 per $100.

Lowest combined rate
0.318Unincorporated Watauga County
Highest combined rate
0.968Beech Mountain
County rate only
0.318outside town limits
Places
52025–26
1 Unincorporated Watauga County 0.318 0.2104
2 Blowing Rock 0.718 0.4751
3 Boone 0.718 0.4751
4 Seven Devils 0.788 0.5214
5 Beech Mountain 0.968 0.6405

Rates are per $100 of assessed value. Rank 1 has the lowest effective rate in the county.

Source: North Carolina Department of Revenue, 2025-2026 County and Municipal Tax Rates and Effective Tax Rates. Retrieved 2026-10-24.

Property tax in Watauga County

In 2025–26, the combined tax rate in Watauga County ranges from 0.318 in Unincorporated Watauga County to 0.968 in Beech Mountain, per $100 of assessed value. On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $954 to $2,904 a year before exemptions. Because assessments sit at different shares of market value from place to place, compare places with the effective rate, which is what the ranking above uses.

Outside town limits, only the county rate applies: 0.318 per $100.

Choose a place above for its rate history and a bill calculator, or read the North Carolina property tax guide for how assessments, due dates and appeals work.