During our recent coverage of the Blue Mountain school board drama, some of our readers commented that property owners in the district pay the highest property taxes in all of Schuylkill County.
Now, while the average assessed value of a property may be higher in Blue Mountain School District than any other in the area and that may lead to higher tax bills, it’s definitely not the highest tax rate in Schuylkill County.
So, we set out to find where in Schuylkill County property owners are actually paying the highest tax rates. We combined the Schuylkill County, municipal, and school tax rates for every municipality in the area and found that some property owners in the Blue Mountain – those with properties in Orwigsburg – are actually at the 25th highest rate.
Blue Mountain actually has the 8th highest property tax rate in Schuylkill County. The highest rates are paid to Panther Valley, Mahanoy Area, Minersville Area, Shenandoah Valley, and Pine Grove Area.
The lowest rates are paid to Williams Valley, Tri-Valley, Saint Clair Area, Schuylkill Haven Area, and Tamaqua Area.
Total Property Tax Rates in Schuylkill County
Using a baseline of an assessed value of $100,000, the math shows that property owners in Coaldale, paying school taxes to Panther Valley SD, are at the highest rate in Schuylkill County. On a $100,000 assessed value, property owners pay approximately $2,290.30.
The lowest property tax rate in Schuylkill County is for those in Porter Township, where an owner pays less than half that in taxes, or about $1,038.
Here are the 10 highest combined tax rates in Schuylkill County:
- Coaldale Borough: $2,290.30 / year
- Mahanoy City Borough: $2,077.50
- Mahanoy Township: $1,982.30
- Minersville Borough: $1,874.30
- Ashland Borough: $1,867.90
- Pottsville: $1,814.90
- Shenandoah Borough: $1,808.20
- Girardville Borough: $1,792.40
- Gilberton Borough: $1,776.10
And here are the 10 lowest:
- Porter Township: $1,038.00 / year
- Eldred Township: $1,086.20
- Upper Mahantongo Township: $1,094.70
- Barry Township: $1,097.50
- Tower City Borough: $1,117.70
- Hubley Township: $1,140.90
- Hegins Township: $1,154.80
- Landingville Borough: $1,156.50
- East Norwegian Township: $1,157.80
- South Manheim Township: $1,172.30
Where does your property tax rate fall among the highest and lowest in Schuylkill County? Use our graphic below to see what you’d pay on a $100,000 assessed value (based on 2026 county and municipal and 2026-27 school rates):
Estimate Your Total Property Tax Bill in Schuylkill County
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Jessica Pretti
August 8, 2026 at 11:05 am
This is a great article!
HOWARD PRYDA
August 10, 2026 at 5:27 pm
People that live in mobile home parks pay the highest taxes. Because they pay the park owners property taxes in their rent plus each resident is assessed a property tax. In effect double taxing mobile home owners that live on rented land.