Your tax bill, explained

A home in the City of Greensboro, Guilford 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.

$6,352 a year — about $529 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

City of Greensboro$50.28 · $3,194 a year

Guilford County$49.72 · $3,158 a year

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

City services$50.28 · $3,194

County services$49.72 · $3,158

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

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

A one-year state moratorium (Senate Bill 889) blocked Guilford County’s 2026 revaluation, so FY2027 bills use the old values — which is why both rates rose. A revenue-neutral rate applies only in a revaluation year.

The county and city adopt their rates with the budget each June. Meetings are on the calendar.

Each government, line by line

Guilford County — $3,158 a year

$0.7895 per $100 on $400,000 of taxable value · adopted June 2026 (FY2027) · Guilford County — FY2027 budget adopted

County services (including school operations funding)$3,158

City of Greensboro — $3,194 a year

$0.7985 per $100 on $400,000 of taxable value · adopted June 16, 2026 (FY2027) · City of Greensboro — FY2026-27 budget adopted

City services$3,194

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.
North Carolina’s elderly, disabled and veteran relief programs aren’t modeled.
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.