What a Fayette County home really costs in property tax: the 2025 millage, Georgia's 40% assessment rule, and the exemptions that lower the bill. Unincorporated Fayette County levies total about 23.36 mills.
Fayette County is part of Momentum's Georgia coverage through the Georgia MLS (GAMLS), which we carry statewide. Its 2025 digest rates: county maintenance & operations 3.763 mills, schools 19.600 mills; unincorporated parcels also carry emergency svc 0.210 mills. Inside a city the city's own millage applies instead of some unincorporated levies: no city levies in this county. All figures are from the Georgia Department of Revenue's 2025 County Ad Valorem Tax Digest.
Georgia's homestead exemption reduces the assessed value each levy taxes. The statewide base exemption is modest, but counties and cities layer their own - senior, veteran, floating, and school-tax exemptions differ across all nine counties here. File once with the Fayette County Tax Commissioner by April 1 and it renews while you own and occupy the home.
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