Bishop, CA Property Tax Rate (FY 2025-26)
Bishop's property tax rate is 1.1295% for fiscal year 2025-26 in its primary tax rate area: the 1% Proposition 13 base plus 0.1295% in voter-approved bonds.
First-year property tax by purchase price
Under Proposition 13 the purchase price becomes the assessed value, so the first-year tax at the city rate is the price times 1.1295%. Fixed assessments come on top. Your true tax rate is the two together, the tax at the city rate plus fixed assessments, divided by the purchase price on a newly purchased home.
| Purchase price | Annual tax | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | $5,647.70 | $470.64 |
| $750,000 | $8,471.55 | $705.96 |
| $1,000,000 | $11,295.40 | $941.28 |
| $1,500,000 | $16,943.10 | $1,411.93 |
| $2,000,000 | $22,590.79 | $1,882.57 |
Property tax calculator
Search for a city, then change the price, rate or fixed assessments to estimate a first-year bill. It uses the same math as Mortgage Blueprint's tax breakdown.
What this rate leaves out
- This is the rate for Bishop's primary tax rate area. Other tax rate areas in the same city can have a different rate.
- Mello-Roos (Community Facilities District) taxes, flat parcel taxes and fixed special assessments are not included. Check the property's tax bill.
- Buyers get a supplemental tax bill after purchase for the change in assessed value.
- Under Proposition 13, the assessed value can rise by at most 2% a year while you own the home.
Look up a tax bill
Look up your Inyo County property tax bill on the Inyo County Treasurer-Tax Collector site. Inyo County property tax rates and due dates.
Loan limits
Bishop is in Inyo County, where the 2026 conforming loan limit for a one-unit home is $832,750. Inyo County loan limits.
Source
Rate from Inyo County Tax Rates By TAG, Tax Year 2025 (= FY 2025-26; printed 10/17/2025). TRA 001 is the City of Bishop per the county's GIS layers 'Bishop Boundary' and 'Parcels by Tax Rate Area'. All California city rates.