How are property tax rates determined in Washington?

Property tax rates in Washington are set by each taxing district (municipality, school district, park district, library, etc.) based on their annual levy (the amount of tax revenue they need). The rate is calculated by dividing the levy by the total assessed value of all property in the district.

What is the composite tax rate?

The composite tax rate is the sum of all overlapping taxing district rates that apply to a specific property. A typical property may be taxed by several overlapping districts. The composite rate determines your total tax bill when multiplied by your property's assessed value.

Why do tax rates vary within the same town?

Properties within the same municipality can have different composite rates because overlapping districts (school, park, fire, library) have different boundaries. A home in one school district may have a different rate than a home two blocks away in a different school district.

Sultan, WA Property Tax Rate 2026 — Full Breakdown by District

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Property Tax — Tax Year 2025 (payable 2026)i

WA DOR Levy Detail

Municipal levy rate only. Does not include county, school, or special district levies. Your total property tax rate will be higher.

Composite Ratei

0.42%–0.77%+1.2%YoY

Varies by school district

Municipal Portioni

0.0926%-2.3%YoY15.5% of total

Effective Ratei

0.42%–0.77%

Est. Annual Taxi

$2K–$4K

Median Home Valuei

$526,100

Total Leviedi

$1.6B

Tax Per Capitai

$195

Rate varies by school district. Your actual rate depends on which school district your property falls in.

Rate Trend — click a year to explorei

20242025

Municipal

Other Districts

Where Your Tax Dollar Goesi

$0.31 Everett #2 Enrichment

$0.30 Lake Stevens #4 Enrichment

$0.29 Snohomish #201 Bond

$0.29 Snohomish #201 Enrichment

$0.29 Marysville #25 Enrichment

$0.28 Lakewood #306 Enrichment

$0.27 Everett #2 Cap Proj

$0.26 Arlington #16 Enrichment

$0.26 Mukilteo #6 Enrichment

$0.26 State School Part 1

$0.25 Monroe #103 Enrichment

$0.25 Sultan #311 Enrichment

$0.25 Fire Dist #15

$0.25 Fire Dist #22

$0.25 Fire Dist #4

$0.24 Fire Dist #5

$0.24 Fire Dist #26

$0.24 Snohomish RFA #7/8

$0.24 Northshore #417 Bond

$0.24 Fire Dist #19

$0.23 Fire Dist #21

$0.23 Granite Falls #332 Enrichment

$0.22 North County RFA #14/18

$0.21 Edmonds #15 Enrichment

$0.21 Granite Falls #332 Bond

$0.21 Fire Dist #17

$0.21 Stanwood #401 Enrichment

$0.21 Darrington #330 Enrichment

$0.20 Northshore #417 Enrichment

$0.19 Lake Stevens #4 Bond

$0.17 Marysville RFA

$0.16 Lakewood #306 Bond

$0.16 Sultan #311 Cap Proj

$0.16 Fire Dist #10

$0.16 Stanwood #401 Bond

$0.15 Sultan

$0.15 Mukilteo #6 Bond

$0.14 Lakewood #306 Cap Proj

$0.14 State School Part 2

$0.14 South County RFA

$0.14 Fire Dist #27

$0.13 Snohomish County

$0.13 Edmonds #15 Bond

$0.13 Fire Dist #24

$0.12 Arlington #16 Cap Proj

$0.11 Fire Dist #16

$0.11 Marysville #25 Bond

$0.11 Monroe #103 Bond

$0.10 Fire Dist #25

$0.10 Edmonds #15 Cap Proj

$0.10 Snohomish #201 Cap Proj

$0.08 EMS FD #26

$0.08 EMS FD #5

$0.08 EMS FD #17

$0.08 Mukilteo #6 Cap Proj

$0.08 EMS FD #15

$0.08 EMS Marysville

$0.08 EMS FD #24

$0.08 EMS North County RFA #14/18

$0.07 Index #63 Enrichment

$0.07 EMS FD #21

$0.06 EMS Everett

$0.06 EMS FD #4

$0.06 Northshore #417 Cap Proj

$0.06 EMS South County RFA

$0.06 EMS FD #19

$0.06 Hospital #3 GO Bond

$0.05 Sno-Island Inter-Co Library

$0.05 EMS FD #25

$0.05 EMS Edmonds

$0.04 EMS Mukilteo

$0.04 EMS Snohomish RFA #7/8

$0.04 Fire Dist #5 G.O. Bond

$0.04 EMS Bothell

$0.04 King Co Rural Library Dist

$0.04 EMS FD #22

$0.04 EMS FD #10

$0.04 Lake Stevens #4 Cap Proj

$0.03 Granite Falls #332 Cap Proj

$0.03 Hospital #3

$0.03 Everett #2 Bond

$0.03 Central Puget Sound RTA

$0.03 Hospital #1

$0.02 Port of Everett

$0.01 Port of Everett - GO Bond

$0.01 Fire Dist #19 Bond

$0.01 Fire Dist #26 Bond

$0.01 Port of Edmonds

$0.01 Hospital #2

$0.01 Northshore Park & Rec

Estimated Tax by Home Valuei

$300K

$1,270–$2,318

$400K

$1,693–$3,091

$500K

$2,117–$3,864

$600K

$2,540–$4,637

$700K

$2,963–$5,410

$800K

$3,386–$6,182

$900K

$3,810–$6,955

Highlighted value is closest to median home value ($526K)

90 Overlapping Taxing Districtsi

Everett #2 EnrichmentUnit K-12

31%0.1853%

$64.8M levied

Lake Stevens #4 EnrichmentUnit K-12

29.7%0.1777%

$21.8M levied

Snohomish #201 BondUnit K-12

29.5%0.1765%

$30.0M levied

Snohomish #201 EnrichmentUnit K-12

29.2%0.1748%

$29.7M levied

Marysville #25 EnrichmentUnit K-12

29%0.1734%

$26.6M levied

Lakewood #306 EnrichmentUnit K-12

27.6%0.1650%

$7.6M levied

Everett #2 Cap ProjUnit K-12

27.1%0.1618%

$56.6M levied

Arlington #16 EnrichmentUnit K-12

26.3%0.1572%

$13.5M levied

Mukilteo #6 EnrichmentUnit K-12

25.9%0.1548%

$47.5M levied

State School Part 1Community College

25.5%0.1527%

$341.7M levied

Monroe #103 EnrichmentUnit K-12

25.3%0.1515%

$17.8M levied

Sultan #311 EnrichmentUnit K-12

25.2%0.1509%

$4.8M levied

Fire Dist #15i

25.1%0.1500%

$1.1M levied

Fire Dist #22i

25.1%0.1500%

$2.2M levied

Fire Dist #4i

25.1%0.1500%

$12.6M levied

Fire Dist #5i

24.4%0.1461%

$3.2M levied

Fire Dist #26i

24.3%0.1454%

$1.5M levied

Snohomish RFA #7/8i

24.2%0.1445%

$63.6M levied

Northshore #417 BondUnit K-12

23.8%0.1422%

$31.5M levied

Fire Dist #19i

23.7%0.1419%

$1.3M levied

Fire Dist #21i

23.4%0.1401%

$2.9M levied

Granite Falls #332 EnrichmentUnit K-12

22.5%0.1348%

$5.0M levied

North County RFA #14/18i

22%0.1317%

$15.3M levied

Edmonds #15 EnrichmentUnit K-12

21.5%0.1287%

$65.8M levied

Granite Falls #332 BondUnit K-12

21.4%0.1282%

$4.7M levied

Fire Dist #17i

21.3%0.1271%

$4.1M levied

Stanwood #401 EnrichmentUnit K-12

21.2%0.1270%

$6.6M levied

Darrington #330 EnrichmentUnit K-12

21.2%0.1269%

$837K levied

Northshore #417 EnrichmentUnit K-12

20%0.1195%

$26.5M levied

Lake Stevens #4 BondUnit K-12

18.8%0.1121%

$13.7M levied

Marysville RFAi

17.3%0.1037%

$19.4M levied

Lakewood #306 BondUnit K-12

16%0.0958%

$4.4M levied

Sultan #311 Cap ProjUnit K-12

16%0.0957%

$3.1M levied

Fire Dist #10i

15.9%0.0949%

$2.6M levied

Stanwood #401 BondUnit K-12

15.7%0.0940%

$4.9M levied

Sultani

15.5%0.0926%

$1.2M levied

Mukilteo #6 BondUnit K-12

15.1%0.0902%

$27.7M levied

Lakewood #306 Cap ProjUnit K-12

13.9%0.0829%

$3.8M levied

State School Part 2Community College

13.8%0.0822%

$182.1M levied

South County RFAi

13.7%0.0817%

$50.7M levied

Fire Dist #27i

13.6%0.0812%

$126K levied

Snohomish Countyi

13.1%0.0783%

$75.2M levied

Edmonds #15 BondUnit K-12

13%0.0776%

$39.6M levied

Fire Dist #24i

12.5%0.0746%

$470K levied

Arlington #16 Cap ProjUnit K-12

12.4%0.0740%

$6.4M levied

Fire Dist #16i

11.4%0.0680%

$644K levied

Marysville #25 BondUnit K-12

11.3%0.0674%

$10.3M levied

Monroe #103 BondUnit K-12

11%0.0657%

$7.7M levied

Fire Dist #25i

10.4%0.0623%

$133K levied

Edmonds #15 Cap ProjUnit K-12

10%0.0595%

$30.4M levied

Snohomish #201 Cap ProjUnit K-12

9.7%0.0583%

$9.9M levied

EMS FD #26i

8.3%0.0499%

$535K levied

EMS FD #5i

8.3%0.0495%

$1.1M levied

EMS FD #17i

8.2%0.0492%

$1.6M levied

Mukilteo #6 Cap ProjUnit K-12

8.2%0.0489%

$15.0M levied

EMS FD #15i

8%0.0480%

$345K levied

EMS Marysvillei

7.9%0.0472%

$8.9M levied

EMS FD #24i

7.8%0.0466%

$305K levied

EMS North County RFA #14/18i

7.8%0.0464%

$5.5M levied

Index #63 EnrichmentUnit K-12

7.2%0.0428%

$97K levied

EMS FD #21i

6.5%0.0387%

$823K levied

EMS Everetti

6.2%0.0370%

$10.3M levied

EMS FD #4i

6%0.0361%

$3.1M levied

Northshore #417 Cap ProjUnit K-12

5.9%0.0351%

$7.8M levied

EMS South County RFAi

5.7%0.0341%

$21.2M levied

EMS FD #19i

5.7%0.0340%

$319K levied

Hospital #3 GO Bondi

5.5%0.0328%

$3.0M levied

Sno-Island Inter-Co Libraryi

5.3%0.0315%

$58.8M levied

EMS FD #25i

4.8%0.0284%

$65K levied

EMS Edmondsi

4.6%0.0277%

$4.4M levied

EMS Mukilteoi

4.5%0.0272%

$2.1M levied

EMS Snohomish RFA #7/8i

4.5%0.0272%

$12.1M levied

Fire Dist #5 G.O. Bondi

4.5%0.0269%

$595K levied

EMS Bothelli

4.3%0.0256%

$2.1M levied

King Co Rural Library Disti

4.1%0.0245%

$2.0M levied

EMS FD #22i

4%0.0242%

$366K levied

EMS FD #10i

3.6%0.0217%

$590K levied

Lake Stevens #4 Cap ProjUnit K-12

3.5%0.0206%

$2.5M levied

Granite Falls #332 Cap ProjUnit K-12

3.4%0.0200%

$736K levied

Hospital #3i

3%0.0181%

$1.7M levied

Everett #2 BondUnit K-12

2.9%0.0174%

$6.1M levied

Central Puget Sound RTAi

2.7%0.0164%

$22.2M levied

Hospital #1i

2.7%0.0164%

$5.4M levied

Port of Everett

1.6%0.0097%

$2.9M levied

Port of Everett - GO Bond

1.5%0.0089%

$2.6M levied

Fire Dist #19 Bondi

1.4%0.0084%

$85K levied

Fire Dist #26 Bondi

1.2%0.0074%

$61K levied

Port of Edmonds

1.1%0.0067%

$637K levied

Hospital #2i

0.8%0.0048%

$2.7M levied

Northshore Park & Reci

0.5%0.0027%

$609K levied