During the fourth quarter of 2025, Livermore property owners were taxed at 0.8% of their home values, amounting to less than 0.9 times the national average, according to BlockShopper.com.
Livermore’s median home sales price for that same period reached $1,032,500, based on 106 property transactions. The city’s median tax bill in 2025 stood at $8,562, which represented 0.8% of the taxable median home value.
The average effective property tax rate nationwide was 0.888% in 2024.
Within Alameda County, Emeryville and Oakland reported the highest property tax rates.
The effective property tax rate for 2025 in this article was estimated using inflation projections and county-issued 2024 tax data. Actual effective rates may differ marginally in some cases.
Across the United States, home prices saw continued growth in 2025, bringing the national median to around $447,000 in June, an increase of 1.13% from the prior year, according to Redfin. The platform indicated a sizable mismatch between buyers and sellers, with sellers outnumbering buyers by 36%, a gap of 508,715 homes. Redfin defines a balanced market as one with seller and buyer totals within 10% of each other.
The table below displays a comparison of Emeryville and several other Alameda County cities, using their median effective property tax rates derived from fourth-quarter 2025 sales and tax data.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emeryville | 17 | $355,000 | $5,715 | 1.6% |
| Oakland | 529 | $710,000 | $8,003 | 1.1% |
| Cherryland | 5 | $635,000 | $5,889 | 0.9% |
| Alameda | 78 | $1,049,000 | $9,707 | 0.9% |
| Dublin | 43 | $1,050,000 | $9,938 | 0.9% |
| Berkeley | 113 | $1,335,000 | $11,647 | 0.9% |
| Ruby Hill | 4 | $2,290,000 | $17,923 | 0.8% |
| Ashland | 10 | $704,000 | $5,616 | 0.8% |
| Piedmont | 27 | $2,625,000 | $21,083 | 0.8% |
| Livermore | 106 | $1,032,500 | $8,562 | 0.8% |
| San Leandro | 102 | $821,500 | $6,482 | 0.8% |
| Albany | 25 | $1,300,000 | $10,316 | 0.8% |
| Hayward | 36 | $912,500 | $6,408 | 0.7% |
| San Lorenzo | 20 | $808,000 | $5,922 | 0.7% |
| Castro Valley | 53 | $1,050,000 | $7,751 | 0.7% |
| Fairview | 13 | $1,050,500 | $7,190 | 0.7% |
| Pleasanton | 87 | $1,500,000 | $9,805 | 0.7% |
| Newark | 39 | $1,088,000 | $6,650 | 0.6% |
| Union City | 60 | $1,280,000 | $8,105 | 0.6% |
| Fremont | 182 | $1,495,000 | $7,975 | 0.5% |
Details for this article were sourced from BlockShopper.com. Access the source data here.