Property owners in Alum Rock paid property taxes at a rate of 0.7% of their home’s value for the fourth quarter of 2025, which is less than 0.8 times the national average, BlockShopper.com reported.
The median sales price for a home in Alum Rock during the fourth quarter of 2025 was $965,000, based on the sale of eight properties in that period. The median tax bill in the city for 2025 was $6,521, corresponding to 0.7% of the median assessed home value.
The average effective property tax rate nationwide was 0.888% in 2024.
Gilroy posted the highest effective rate in Santa Clara County.
This article calculated the 2025 effective property tax rate using estimated inflation and 2021 county tax data. Actual rates in some cases may show minor differences.
Nationally, home prices increased further in 2025, with the median U.S. home price reaching about $447,000 in June, according to Redfin, a 1.13% rise from a year earlier. Data point to a notable imbalance between supply and demand, with 36% more sellers than buyers (a 508,715-home difference). By Redfin’s measure, a balanced market requires seller and buyer counts not to differ by more than 10%.
See the table below for a comparison of median effective property tax rates, based on home sales and tax data from the fourth quarter of 2025, among Gilroy and other Santa Clara County cities.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilroy | 85 | $950,000 | $8,281 | 0.9% |
| Lexington Hills | 4 | $1,014,000 | $8,124 | 0.8% |
| Burbank | 8 | $1,075,000 | $8,317 | 0.8% |
| Morgan Hill | 86 | $1,207,000 | $9,228 | 0.8% |
| Los Altos Hills | 24 | $5,095,000 | $35,273 | 0.7% |
| Milpitas | 85 | $1,280,000 | $8,613 | 0.7% |
| Alum Rock | 8 | $965,000 | $6,521 | 0.7% |
| East Foothills | 13 | $1,500,000 | $10,197 | 0.7% |
| San Jose | 1,343 | $1,400,000 | $9,139 | 0.7% |
| Mountain View | 134 | $1,705,000 | $11,275 | 0.7% |
| Fruitdale | 2 | $1,247,500 | $8,209 | 0.7% |
| Campbell | 69 | $1,680,000 | $10,338 | 0.6% |
| Los Gatos | 66 | $2,222,500 | $14,293 | 0.6% |
| Monte Sereno | 10 | $4,277,500 | $24,139 | 0.6% |
| San Martin | 7 | $1,500,000 | $8,998 | 0.6% |
| Loyola | 11 | $4,300,000 | $25,195 | 0.6% |
| Palo Alto | 138 | $3,200,000 | $15,267 | 0.5% |
| Sunnyvale | 173 | $1,830,000 | $9,601 | 0.5% |
| Saratoga | 62 | $4,137,500 | $19,271 | 0.5% |
| Cupertino | 73 | $2,850,000 | $13,570 | 0.5% |
| Cambrian Park | 4 | $2,300,000 | $9,799 | 0.4% |
| Los Altos | 56 | $4,562,500 | $19,687 | 0.4% |
| Santa Clara | 26 | $2,225,000 | $8,768 | 0.4% |
