Property owners in Verona paid a property tax rate of 0.3% of their home’s value during the first quarter of 2026—below 0.3 times the U.S. average—BlockShopper.com reports.
Data show Verona’s median home sales price was $81,500 for the first quarter of 2026, based on 11 transactions. That year, the city’s median property tax bill was $225, or 0.3% of the median assessed value.
The average effective property tax rate nationally stood at 0.888% in 2024.
Within Allegheny County, four cities posted the highest effective property tax rate at 0.5%.
This article uses estimated inflation values and the county’s 2022 tax data to calculate the effective property tax rate for 2026. Actual effective tax rates may differ in some instances.
Home prices in the U.S. continued increasing in 2025, with the national median hitting about $447,000 in June—up 1.13% over the prior year, Redfin reports. The data point to a sizable imbalance in housing supply, with 36% more sellers than buyers—a difference of 508,715 homes. According to Redfin, a balanced market typically has seller and buyer totals within 10% of one another.
The table below compares Elizabeth and several other Allegheny County cities by their median effective property tax rates, calculated from first-quarter 2026 transaction and property tax data.
| City | Q1 2026 Sales | Q1 2026 Median Price | Median tax 2026 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | 5 | $75,000 | $409 | 0.5% |
| Homestead | 7 | $23,000 | $121 | 0.5% |
| Liberty | 4 | $63,500 | $296 | 0.5% |
| Bakerstown | 2 | $266,000 | $1,379 | 0.5% |
| North Braddock | 13 | $25,472 | $108 | 0.4% |
| Turtle Creek | 8 | $52,500 | $187 | 0.4% |
| Lincoln | 3 | $89,948 | $333 | 0.4% |
| Oakdale | 5 | $142,000 | $500 | 0.4% |
| Bellevue | 17 | $125,000 | $468 | 0.4% |
| Dravosburg | 3 | $71,000 | $253 | 0.4% |
| Franklin Park | 30 | $395,000 | $1,432 | 0.4% |
| Imperial | 8 | $178,500 | $646 | 0.4% |
| Clinton | 2 | $305,266 | $951 | 0.3% |
| Ingram | 8 | $129,000 | $383 | 0.3% |
| East McKeesport | 5 | $85,000 | $252 | 0.3% |
| Jefferson Hills | 35 | $220,000 | $689 | 0.3% |
| Carnot-Moon | 26 | $232,500 | $702 | 0.3% |
| Glassport | 12 | $56,057 | $196 | 0.3% |
| Tarentum | 15 | $55,000 | $188 | 0.3% |
| Brackenridge | 11 | $75,000 | $239 | 0.3% |
| Green Tree | 10 | $200,000 | $692 | 0.3% |
| Cheswick | 4 | $170,993 | $503 | 0.3% |
| Crafton | 15 | $185,000 | $514 | 0.3% |
| Bethel Park | 64 | $272,500 | $722 | 0.3% |
| Upper St. Clair | 36 | $419,000 | $1,187 | 0.3% |
| Clairton | 27 | $45,000 | $118 | 0.3% |
| Port Vue | 9 | $82,000 | $228 | 0.3% |
| Bairdford | 2 | $155,000 | $431 | 0.3% |
| Bridgeville | 15 | $170,000 | $437 | 0.3% |
| Gibsonia | 9 | $337,000 | $853 | 0.3% |
| Churchill | 9 | $255,000 | $730 | 0.3% |
| Aspinwall | 5 | $335,000 | $937 | 0.3% |
| Heidelberg | 3 | $150,000 | $414 | 0.3% |
| Verona | 11 | $81,500 | $225 | 0.3% |
| Chalfant | 5 | $130,000 | $356 | 0.3% |
| Braddock Hills | 3 | $151,000 | $335 | 0.2% |
| Pittsburgh | 622 | $185,000 | $351 | 0.2% |
| Allison Park | 37 | $395,000 | $905 | 0.2% |
| Baldwin | 41 | $190,000 | $474 | 0.2% |
| Plum | 52 | $233,250 | $567 | 0.2% |
| Forest Hills | 27 | $217,000 | $491 | 0.2% |
| Swissvale | 30 | $169,100 | $301 | 0.2% |
| White Oak | 20 | $163,500 | $381 | 0.2% |
| South Park Township | 35 | $280,000 | $645 | 0.2% |
| Brentwood | 32 | $164,500 | $398 | 0.2% |
| Monroeville | 47 | $244,500 | $534 | 0.2% |
| Harwick | 4 | $201,000 | $359 | 0.2% |
| Springdale | 9 | $185,000 | $366 | 0.2% |
| McKeesport | 57 | $53,000 | $124 | 0.2% |
| West View | 15 | $200,000 | $464 | 0.2% |
| West Mifflin | 49 | $159,900 | $320 | 0.2% |
| Wilmerding | 9 | $55,000 | $127 | 0.2% |
| Emsworth | 2 | $186,000 | $456 | 0.2% |
| Avalon | 18 | $209,500 | $387 | 0.2% |
| Ben Avon Heights | 2 | $272,375 | $668 | 0.2% |
| Whitehall | 20 | $253,000 | $619 | 0.2% |
| McKees Rocks | 19 | $85,172 | $154 | 0.2% |
| Castle Shannon | 22 | $212,250 | $460 | 0.2% |
| Coraopolis | 23 | $160,000 | $304 | 0.2% |
| Dormont | 30 | $260,000 | $510 | 0.2% |
| Greenock | 3 | $147,500 | $362 | 0.2% |
| Etna | 10 | $108,356 | $267 | 0.2% |
| Boston | 4 | $169,950 | $316 | 0.2% |
| Sewickley Heights | 3 | $1,623,774 | $3,344 | 0.2% |
| Pleasant Hills | 19 | $260,000 | $596 | 0.2% |
| Carnegie | 19 | $185,000 | $425 | 0.2% |
| Glenshaw | 15 | $325,000 | $673 | 0.2% |
| Pennsbury Village | 4 | $183,250 | $399 | 0.2% |
| Munhall | 25 | $122,000 | $275 | 0.2% |
| McDonald | 4 | $268,950 | $505 | 0.2% |
| Oakmont | 24 | $342,500 | $710 | 0.2% |
| Edgewood | 3 | $430,000 | $791 | 0.2% |
| Noblestown | 2 | $409,000 | $915 | 0.2% |
| Glenfield | 2 | $238,000 | $569 | 0.2% |
| Whitaker | 4 | $97,500 | $212 | 0.2% |
| Sharpsburg | 6 | $115,000 | $236 | 0.2% |
| Bradford Woods | 5 | $539,900 | $1,082 | 0.2% |
| Blawnox | 2 | $162,850 | $400 | 0.2% |
| Braddock | 3 | $49,000 | $81 | 0.2% |
| Duquesne | 14 | $76,989 | $127 | 0.2% |
| Pitcairn | 19 | $105,000 | $181 | 0.2% |
| Sewickley | 9 | $683,000 | $1,065 | 0.2% |
| Millvale | 8 | $117,300 | $189 | 0.2% |
| Rankin | 5 | $59,000 | $99 | 0.2% |
| Versailles | 5 | $144,900 | $205 | 0.1% |
| Trafford | 5 | $169,000 | $250 | 0.1% |
| Sewickley Hills | 2 | $430,000 | $571 | 0.1% |
| Fox Chapel | 4 | $2,032,500 | $2,722 | 0.1% |
| Wilkinsburg | 35 | $133,000 | $184 | 0.1% |
| Enlow | 3 | $330,000 | $232 | 0.1% |
| Mount Oliver | 16 | $117,000 | $173 | 0.1% |
| East Pittsburgh | 5 | $111,000 | $148 | 0.1% |
This article’s information comes from BlockShopper.com. Source data is available here.
