During the fourth quarter of 2025, homeowners in Duquesne paid property taxes equivalent to 0.2% of their homes’ value, which is under 0.2 times the national average, according to BlockShopper.com.
Duquesne’s median home sale price reached $63,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025, based on 13 properties sold in that period. The city reported a median property tax bill of $124 in 2025, matching 0.2% of the median assessed home value.
The national average effective property tax rate was 0.888% in 2024.
Within Allegheny County, Russellton and Elizabeth held the highest effective property tax rates among cities.
This article determines the 2025 effective property tax rate using estimated inflation and 2022 county tax records. Actual effective tax rates may differ slightly in some situations.
U.S. home prices kept increasing in 2025, with the national median hitting about $447,000 in June, an increase of 1.13% compared to a year before, according to Redfin. Redfin data also indicate a wide supply-demand gap, with 36% more sellers than buyers—a difference of 508,715 homes. The market is considered balanced when the number of sellers and buyers are within 10% of each other by Redfin’s criteria.
The following table provides a comparison of Russellton and several other Allegheny County cities by their median effective property tax rate, based on home sales and tax data from the fourth quarter of 2025.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellton | 7 | $36,500 | $422 | 1.2% |
| Elizabeth | 6 | $41,089 | $399 | 1% |
| Glen Osborne | 2 | $208,500 | $1,423 | 0.7% |
| Sewickley Heights | 5 | $460,000 | $3,258 | 0.7% |
| Wall | 2 | $26,706 | $133 | 0.5% |
| Tarentum | 16 | $44,000 | $183 | 0.4% |
| McDonald | 4 | $114,500 | $492 | 0.4% |
| Chalfant | 4 | $87,500 | $347 | 0.4% |
| West Elizabeth | 3 | $50,369 | $194 | 0.4% |
| Glenfield | 2 | $144,125 | $555 | 0.4% |
| Bakerstown | 6 | $361,950 | $1,343 | 0.4% |
| Braddock Hills | 7 | $110,566 | $326 | 0.3% |
| Emsworth | 10 | $135,917 | $444 | 0.3% |
| Ben Avon | 2 | $304,500 | $881 | 0.3% |
| Clairton | 34 | $40,000 | $115 | 0.3% |
| East McKeesport | 11 | $72,000 | $246 | 0.3% |
| Jefferson Hills | 33 | $195,000 | $672 | 0.3% |
| Versailles | 6 | $58,000 | $200 | 0.3% |
| Leetsdale | 4 | $107,099 | $370 | 0.3% |
| Noblestown | 2 | $273,456 | $891 | 0.3% |
| Rennerdale | 4 | $207,500 | $699 | 0.3% |
| Bethel Park | 69 | $270,000 | $703 | 0.3% |
| Forest Hills | 25 | $179,000 | $479 | 0.3% |
| Swissvale | 29 | $107,500 | $293 | 0.3% |
| Upper St. Clair | 49 | $445,000 | $1,156 | 0.3% |
| White Oak | 22 | $144,327 | $371 | 0.3% |
| Brentwood | 37 | $155,000 | $388 | 0.3% |
| Springdale | 11 | $127,000 | $356 | 0.3% |
| Whitehall | 33 | $232,000 | $603 | 0.3% |
| Dravosburg | 4 | $92,500 | $246 | 0.3% |
| Bell Acres | 6 | $322,500 | $854 | 0.3% |
| Franklin Park | 40 | $530,000 | $1,395 | 0.3% |
| Sewickley | 10 | $383,750 | $1,038 | 0.3% |
| Etna | 10 | $93,929 | $260 | 0.3% |
| Glassport | 17 | $72,000 | $191 | 0.3% |
| Fox Chapel | 7 | $940,000 | $2,652 | 0.3% |
| Oakmont | 25 | $265,000 | $692 | 0.3% |
| Edgewood | 18 | $299,000 | $771 | 0.3% |
| Mount Oliver | 11 | $62,500 | $169 | 0.3% |
| Green Tree | 17 | $260,000 | $674 | 0.3% |
| Crafton | 13 | $220,000 | $501 | 0.2% |
| Allison Park | 61 | $360,000 | $882 | 0.2% |
| Baldwin | 52 | $227,500 | $462 | 0.2% |
| Plum | 65 | $228,000 | $553 | 0.2% |
| North Braddock | 7 | $47,800 | $105 | 0.2% |
| South Park Township | 52 | $287,500 | $629 | 0.2% |
| Braddock | 6 | $40,000 | $79 | 0.2% |
| Monroeville | 81 | $226,000 | $521 | 0.2% |
| Harwick | 4 | $179,000 | $350 | 0.2% |
| Ingram | 9 | $200,000 | $373 | 0.2% |
| McKeesport | 61 | $52,800 | $120 | 0.2% |
| Turtle Creek | 10 | $86,950 | $183 | 0.2% |
| West View | 22 | $232,000 | $452 | 0.2% |
| West Mifflin | 46 | $166,000 | $312 | 0.2% |
| Duquesne | 13 | $63,000 | $124 | 0.2% |
| Wilmerding | 5 | $65,272 | $124 | 0.2% |
| Avalon | 18 | $167,500 | $377 | 0.2% |
| Oakdale | 2 | $205,000 | $487 | 0.2% |
| McKees Rocks | 20 | $67,250 | $150 | 0.2% |
| Bellevue | 23 | $210,000 | $456 | 0.2% |
| Castle Shannon | 38 | $208,000 | $448 | 0.2% |
| Coraopolis | 22 | $166,726 | $296 | 0.2% |
| Pitcairn | 5 | $85,000 | $177 | 0.2% |
| Port Vue | 18 | $107,500 | $222 | 0.2% |
| Carnot-Moon | 37 | $320,000 | $684 | 0.2% |
| Dormont | 27 | $290,000 | $497 | 0.2% |
| Greenock | 5 | $185,000 | $353 | 0.2% |
| Boston | 5 | $164,450 | $308 | 0.2% |
| Liberty | 7 | $125,000 | $289 | 0.2% |
| Trafford | 3 | $112,000 | $244 | 0.2% |
| Sewickley Hills | 5 | $225,000 | $557 | 0.2% |
| Millvale | 9 | $78,000 | $184 | 0.2% |
| Pleasant Hills | 23 | $249,000 | $580 | 0.2% |
| Carnegie | 29 | $216,000 | $414 | 0.2% |
| Glenshaw | 21 | $266,500 | $656 | 0.2% |
| West Homestead | 3 | $196,000 | $370 | 0.2% |
| Pennsbury Village | 9 | $170,000 | $389 | 0.2% |
| Munhall | 44 | $128,000 | $268 | 0.2% |
| Bridgeville | 17 | $192,500 | $426 | 0.2% |
| Imperial | 13 | $265,000 | $630 | 0.2% |
| Gibsonia | 11 | $395,000 | $831 | 0.2% |
| Churchill | 9 | $310,000 | $711 | 0.2% |
| Sharpsburg | 13 | $105,000 | $230 | 0.2% |
| Aspinwall | 5 | $369,000 | $913 | 0.2% |
| Heidelberg | 4 | $223,000 | $403 | 0.2% |
| Cheswick | 8 | $237,500 | $490 | 0.2% |
| Verona | 14 | $100,000 | $219 | 0.2% |
| Curtisville | 3 | $117,012 | $252 | 0.2% |
| Blawnox | 3 | $215,000 | $390 | 0.2% |
| Pittsburgh | 790 | $204,000 | $342 | 0.2% |
| Homestead | 9 | $75,000 | $118 | 0.2% |
| Whitaker | 7 | $130,000 | $206 | 0.2% |
| Bradford Woods | 4 | $650,000 | $1,054 | 0.2% |
| Ben Avon Heights | 3 | $589,900 | $651 | 0.1% |
| Lincoln | 3 | $289,000 | $325 | 0.1% |
| Brackenridge | 3 | $194,000 | $233 | 0.1% |
| Wilkinsburg | 38 | $127,750 | $179 | 0.1% |
| Enlow | 2 | $205,550 | $226 | 0.1% |
| Rankin | 3 | $135,000 | $96 | 0.1% |
| Edgeworth | 2 | $1,643,700 | $2,064 | 0.1% |
| East Pittsburgh | 4 | $120,000 | $145 | 0.1% |
Information in this article was sourced from BlockShopper.com. Find the source data here.
