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Union County reappraisal drives a 69% rise in Unionville assessed value; resident urges tax pause
Summary
Union County officials told the Unionville Town Council that a countywide reappraisal raised assessed values in town by about 69%, with median home assessments climbing from $243,000 to $378,000; a resident asked the council to pause collections or lower town tax rates while appeals proceed (deadline May 28, 2025).
Union County Deputy Tax Administrator Michael Thompson told the Unionville Town Council on March 17 that the county's recent reappraisal increased assessed values in Unionville from about $826 million to nearly $1.4 billion — an increase of roughly 69%.
Thompson said the countywide reappraisal reflected several drivers, including statutory cycles, mandatory adjustments when sales ratios fall outside thresholds and strong local real-estate market activity. He reported class-level average increases of about 60.05% overall, with residential properties up about 63.45%, commercial up about 45.5%, exempt properties up about 33.45%, and rural lands up about 94.71% (noting that 65–70% of rural land remains covered by Present-Use Value protections and may not see the same tax impact).
For Unionville specifically, Thompson reported that median home assessments rose from $243,000 to $378,000 and that the median home in town measures about 1,852 square feet. He said commercial assessments rose from about $5.5 million to $9.8 million (approximately a 76% increase).
Thompson described the appeals process available to property owners: an initial informal staff review followed by hearings before the Board of Equalization and Review. He said the deadline to file appeals is May 28, 2025.
During public comment, resident Wendy Griffin asked the council to consider pausing collections or lowering the town's property tax rate until the county finalizes its rates, arguing that the town provides relatively few services and could use reserves to soften the impact on homeowners. Council members and residents asked follow-up questions about how specific property characteristics (for example, water access) affect valuations and about potential impacts to municipal tax rates, but the council did not take immediate action on tax policy at the meeting.
No vote or formal town tax change was recorded; officials provided information on the reappraisal, described the appeals process and left any town-level tax decisions for a future meeting.
