Waynesboro property tax: where it goes

A Waynesboro house at the typical market value ($245,500) pays about $2,140 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Waynesboro house pays 0.87% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $245,500 of market value, that's about $2,136 a year.

Tax is levied on a tax of eighty-seven cents ($0.87) on every $100.00 of the assessed value.

The city's ordinance imposing taxes for calendar year 2026 levies $0.87 on every $100.00 of assessed real estate value, up from $0.82.

Pay or manage it

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $245,500
City of Waynesboro0.87%$2,136
Total0.87%$2,136

2026 (City of Waynesboro).

How Waynesboro compares with nearby cities

Property tax rate

  1. Front Royal · 71 mi0.65%
  2. Lynchburg · 49 mi0.84%
  3. Waynesboro0.87%
  4. Warrenton · 75 mi0.97%
  5. Harrisonburg · 26 mi1.01%

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

Dates

WhenWhat
Jul 31 · Dec 5The first half real estate taxes are due July 31 of each year. The second half real estate taxes are due December 5 of each year.

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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