2009 Orange County Tax Rates

Your Orange County tax bill amount varies depending on where you live within the county. A rate code is assigned according to where you live and identifies which combination of taxes are applicable to your tax bill. Your bill may include:

  • County Tax
  • Special District School Tax
  • City Tax
  • Fire District Tax

The county rate is determined by the Board of Commissioners. The city rate is determined by City Governing Boards. There are three additional fees that may be assessed and included on your bill: 3R Fee, Chapel Hill Storm Water Management Fee, and City Vehicle Fee .

To simplify calculating an estimate of  taxes, the rates on this chart are shown as rate per 1 dollar value. These rates are for the 2009 fiscal year and are updated in July. This information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Rate Code Total Rate County (Rate) Special District School Tax (Rate) City (Rate) Rural Fire District (Rate)
00 0.009116 County (0.00858)     Orange Fire (0.000536)
01 0.00918 County (0.00858)     White Cross Fire (0.0006)
02 0.011064 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)   White Cross Fire (0.0006)
03 0.009046 County (0.00858)     Efland Fire (0.000466)
04 0.011249 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)   South Orange Fire (0.000785)
06 0.009365 County (0.00858)     South Orange Fire (0.000785)
07 0.011034 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)   New Hope Fire (0.00057)
08 0.00915 County (0.00858)     New Hope Fire (0.00057)
09 0.009179 County (0.00858)     Eno Fire (0.000599)
10 0.008938 County (0.00858)     Orange Grove Fire (0.000358)
11 0.010822 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)   Orange Grove Fire (0.000358)
13 0.010464 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)  
14 0.01068 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)   Chapel Hill Fire (0.000216)
15 0.008986 County (0.00858)     Little River Fire (0.000406)
16 0.009216 County (0.00858)     Cedar Grove Fire (0.000636)
17 0.010964 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)   Southern Triangle Fire (0.0005)
19 0.010964 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884)   Damascus Fire (0.0005)
21 0.016358 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884) Carrboro City (0.005894)
22 0.015404 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884) Chapel Hill City (0.00494)
23 0.01478 County (0.00858)   Hillsborough City (0.0062)
24 (Mebane City) 0.00858 County (0.00858)    
25 (Durham City) 0.00858 County (0.00858)    
26 (Vehicle) 0.01328 County (0.00858)   Mebane City (0.0047)
27 (Vehicle) 0.01398 County (0.00858)   Durham City (0.0054)
32 0.016114 County (0.00858) Chapel Hill/Carrboro (0.001884) Chapel Hill City (0.00494) Downtown Revitalization Municipality (0.00071)