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Palm Beach County, Florida · your tax bill

Your tax bill, explained

A homestead in the City of West Palm Beach (which runs its own library and fire department, so the county library and fire-rescue districts aren’t on this bill). Enter your own assessed value to see where every dollar of your property tax goes — and how it compares with each government’s “no-raise” rate. Updated 2026-10-06.

$7,276 a year — about $606 a month

On an assessed value of $400,000, as a homestead. An estimate from published rates — your own tax notice is the final word.

Of every $100 you pay

City of West Palm Beach$38.95 · $2,834 a year

School District of Palm Beach County$32.40 · $2,358 a year

Palm Beach County$21.56 · $1,569 a year

Health Care District$3.14 · $229 a year

Children’s Services Council$2.35 · $171 a year

South Florida Water Management District (three levies)$1.10 · $80 a year

City of West Palm Beach — voted debt$0.26 · $19 a year

Florida Inland Navigation District$0.13 · $9 a year

Palm Beach County — voted debt$0.10 · $7 a year

Where it ends up — every government’s share, by what it pays for

City services$38.95 · $2,834

Running the schools$32.40 · $2,358

County services$21.56 · $1,569

Health Care District$3.14 · $229

Children’s Services Council$2.35 · $171

Water management$1.23 · $90

Paying off bonds (debt)$0.36 · $26

Each government’s share is one slice, except voted debt levies, which are shown as debt.

The “no-raise” rate — the rolled-back rate

The rolled-back rate is the “no-raise” rate: the rate that would bring each government the same property tax as last year from the same properties. Florida’s Truth in Millage law makes each one publish it; if the adopted rate is higher, its ad must call it a tax increase.

At these rates you pay $345.97 more a year than you would at every government’s no-raise rate.

City of West Palm Beach 8.13 mills vs. no-raise 7.69 mills	+$153.14
School District of Palm Beach County 6.29 mills vs. no-raise 6.06 mills	+$86.06
Palm Beach County 4.50 mills vs. no-raise 4.27 mills	+$80.94
Health Care District 0.6561 mills vs. no-raise 0.6205 mills	+$12.41
Children’s Services Council 0.4908 mills vs. no-raise 0.4642 mills	+$9.27
South Florida Water Management District (three levies) 0.2301 mills vs. no-raise 0.2195 mills	+$3.70
Florida Inland Navigation District 0.0270 mills vs. no-raise 0.0257 mills	+$0.45

Rates are set at two September hearings. Palm Beach County adopted 4.5000 operating and 0.0210 debt on September 15, 2026; the other rates shown are the July proposals (the ceilings). Districts without a published no-raise rate here aren’t in the comparison. Meetings are on the calendar.

Each government, line by line

City of West Palm Beach — $2,834 a year

8.13 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · not-to-exceed rate approved July 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

City services$2,834

City of West Palm Beach — voted debt — $19 a year

0.0533 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · proposed (TRIM) July 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

Voter-approved city bonds$19

Palm Beach County — $1,569 a year

4.50 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · adopted Sept 15, 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

County services$1,569

Palm Beach County — voted debt — $7 a year

0.0210 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · adopted Sept 15, 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

Voter-approved county bonds$7

School District of Palm Beach County — $2,358 a year

6.29 mills on $375,000 of taxable value · tentative July 29, 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

Local school levies (capital, discretionary and the voter-approved mill)$1,218

State-required local effort$1,140

Health Care District — $229 a year

0.6561 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · proposed (TRIM) July 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

Health Care District$229

Children’s Services Council — $171 a year

0.4908 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · proposed (TRIM) July 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

Children’s Services Council$171

South Florida Water Management District (three levies) — $80 a year

0.2301 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · proposed (TRIM) July 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

Water management and Everglades restoration$80

Florida Inland Navigation District — $9 a year

0.0270 mills on $348,589 of taxable value · proposed (TRIM) July 2026 · Palm Beach County Property Appraiser — 2026 proposed and rolled-back millage

Intracoastal Waterway$9

What this doesn’t show — the honest limits

Fees and assessments on the same bill — stormwater, trash, street lights and others — aren’t property taxes and aren’t included.
Florida’s 2026 homestead exemption: $25,000 off school taxes and $51,411 off all others (Florida Dept. of Revenue). Senior, veteran, widow and disability exemptions aren’t modeled.
Except for the county, rates are the July proposed (not-to-exceed) rates; final September rates may be the same or lower.
Amendment 3 on the November 3 ballot would change Florida’s homestead exemptions (facts only on this site).
Spreading a government’s tax across its whole budget is a fair picture, not a receipt: most budgets also run on other money (sales tax, state aid, fees).

Related: Tax lab — change the rates · The money trail · What if we saved?. This page computes and cites; it doesn’t say what any rate should be. Spot an error? Report it.