Los Banos property tax: where it goes

A Los Banos house at the typical market value ($440,900) pays about $4,670 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Los Banos house pays 1.077% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $440,900 of market value with the homeowners' exemption, that's about $4,673 a year.

Tax is levied on A qualifying owner-occupied home gets a $7,000 reduction in taxable value. Los Banos Unified will put a $99 million bond on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot; the tax rate statement estimates $32.00 per $100,000 of assessed valuation for fiscal years 2027-2028 through 2059-2060..

Pay or manage it

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $440,900
Countywide 1% general tax (Prop 13)1%$4,339
Los Banos Unified School District bonds (schools)0.0636%$276
Merced College Los Banos 2024-1 bonds (schools)0.0134%$58
Total1.077%$4,673

2026–27 tax year, Merced County (tax rate area 004-001). Exemptions applied: Homeowners' exemption ($7,000).

How Los Banos compares with nearby cities

Property tax rate

  1. Livingston · 23 mi1.04%
  2. Atwater · 24 mi1.07%
  3. Turlock · 31 mi1.07%
  4. Los Banos1.08%
  5. Merced · 26 mi1.11%
  6. Newman · 20 mi1.16%

The combined rate of every agency on the bill, before exemptions.

Ways to pay less

  • 100% disabled veterans: property tax exemption. The basic Disabled Veterans' Exemption, also called the $100,000 exemption, is compounded annually by an inflation factor; a larger low-income exemption (the $150,000 exemption) is for claimants under a household income limit. How: File form BOE-261-G, Claim for Disabled Veterans' Property Tax Exemption, with the county assessor.
  • Seniors, blind or disabled: property tax postponement. The Merced County Tax Collector administers the Senior Citizen Postponement Program for seniors, blind and disabled people. How: Contact the Merced County Treasurer-Tax Collector.
  • Missed the homeowners' exemption deadline? File by December 10. Homeowners who miss the February 15 filing deadline have until December 10 to file for an 80% exemption. How: File the claim with the Merced County Assessor.

Dates

WhenWhat
Nov 30 (in 25 days)Last day to file an appeal of the value on the annual tax roll (the filing window runs July 2 to November 30).
Feb 15Last day to file the homeowners' exemption for the full year.
Nov 1First property tax installment due. Delinquent after Dec 10, then a 10% penalty.

Sources

  1. dv_exemption.htm
  2. Tax-Collector
  3. Property-Tax-Exemption-Filing
  4. Assessment-Appeals
  5. homeowners_exemption.htm

Checked October 28, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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