Patterson property tax: where it goes

A Patterson house at the typical market value ($450,200) pays about $5,090 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Patterson house pays 1.148% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $450,200 of market value with the homeowners' exemption, that's about $5,089 a year.

Tax is levied on The assessed value determined and enrolled by the county assessor is multiplied by the appropriate tax rate to form the basis of the current year's tax bill. Proposition 13 generally limits annual increases in the base year value of real property to no more than 2 percent.

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $450,200
Countywide 1% general tax (Prop 13)1%$4,432
Patterson Joint Unified school bonds (schools)0.1245%$552
Yosemite Community College District bonds (schools)0.0238%$106
Total1.148%$5,089

2025-26 tax year, Stanislaus County (tax rate areas 005 and 086, total 1.148282%; 2026-27 book not yet published). Exemptions applied: Homeowners' exemption ($7,000).

How Patterson compares with nearby cities

Property tax rate

  1. Ripon · 18 mi1.05%
  2. Turlock · 16 mi1.07%
  3. Patterson1.15%
  4. Newman · 13 mi1.16%
  5. Modesto · 14 mi1.17%
  6. Riverbank · 21 mi1.20%

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

Ways to pay less

  • The Constitution requires a $7,000 reduction of taxable value for qualifying owner-occupied homes..

Dates

WhenWhat
Nov 30 (in 25 days)Last day to file an appeal of the value on the annual tax roll, if the assessor mails assessment notices to all secured-roll taxpayers (otherwise Sept 15; the window starts July 2).
Feb 15Last day to file a timely homeowners' exemption claim.
Nov 1First property tax installment due. Delinquent after Dec 10, then a 10% penalty.

Sources

  1. 2025-tax-book-rate.pdf

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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