the higher the price of house, the lower rate of tax, which applies across all counties and states in US, because the governent of county need charge more on the cheap house which all are located in the poor communities to meet the ends meet, for example, the lowest tax rate in NY state is kings county (0.43%) which the median house price is $407000, while the highest rate in Niagara county(2.8%) which the median price is $90500, across the US, Texas and Wisconsin have the highest tax rate, which median house price is much lower than the nation's average level, you can get more from google search engine.