Homeowners in La Harpe paid property taxes totaling 1.8% of their home’s value in the fourth quarter of 2025, which is more than twice the U.S. average, according to BlockShopper.com.
Data show the median sales price for a La Harpe home in the fourth quarter of 2025 was $81,500, calculated from four property sales during that period. For 2025, the city’s median property tax bill was $1,460, which equals 1.8% of the median assessed value.
The U.S. average effective property tax rate stood at 0.888% in 2024.
Plymouth, Nauvoo and Warsaw reported the three highest median effective property tax rates in Hancock County.
This article’s effective property tax rate calculations for 2025 use estimated inflation-adjusted values and 2023 county tax data. Actual rates may differ slightly in some situations.
U.S. home prices kept climbing in 2025, with the national median reaching roughly $447,000 in June, a 1.13% increase from a year before, Redfin reports. The data reveal a pronounced supply and demand imbalance, with 36% more sellers than buyers (a difference of 508,715 homes). Redfin considers a housing market balanced when seller and buyer numbers are within 10% of each other.
The table below compares Plymouth and other Hancock County cities by median effective property tax rates, based on fourth quarter 2025 sales and property tax figures.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | 2 | $21,000 | $590 | 2.8% |
| Nauvoo | 5 | $98,000 | $2,571 | 2.6% |
| Warsaw | 8 | $93,500 | $1,939 | 2.1% |
| Hamilton | 10 | $115,000 | $2,146 | 1.9% |
| La Harpe | 4 | $81,500 | $1,460 | 1.8% |
| Carthage | 8 | $117,500 | $2,013 | 1.7% |
| Augusta | 4 | $139,000 | $1,200 | 0.9% |