Property owners in Lexington Hills paid property taxes equal to 0.8% of their home’s value during the fourth quarter of 2025, representing less than 0.9 times the national average, as reported by BlockShopper.com.
Lexington Hills saw a median sale price of $1,014,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025, calculated from four sales during that period. The median tax bill for the city in 2025 was $8,124, equating to 0.8% of the median home value for properties subject to taxation.
The U.S. average effective property tax rate stood at 0.888% in 2024.
Within Santa Clara County, the city of Gilroy recorded the highest effective property tax rate.
This article uses estimated inflation for 2025 and 2021 tax data from the county to calculate the effective property tax rate. As a result, individual effective property tax rates may differ slightly.
Nationally, home prices continued their upward trend in 2025, with a national median of approximately $447,000 in June. That reflects a 1.13% increase compared to the previous year, Redfin data show. Redfin also reported a sizable gap in housing supply and demand, with 36% more sellers than buyers – a difference of 508,715 residential homes. A balanced market, according to Redfin, occurs when seller and buyer numbers fall within 10% of each other.
The table below provides a comparison of Gilroy and other cities in Santa Clara County by their median effective property tax rates, using fourth quarter 2025 sales and property tax information.
| 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% |
This article includes information from BlockShopper.com. Access the original source data here.
