the average yearly property tax paid by lancaster county residents amounts to about 4.01% of their yearly income. lancaster county ranked 231st of the 3143 united states counties for property taxes as a percentage of median income. according to a report prepared by the pennsylvania department of education, the total real estate taxes collected by all school districts in pennsylvania rose from $6,474,133,936 in 1999-00 to $10,438,463,356 in 2008-09 and to $11,153,412,490 in 2011. property taxes in pennsylvania are relatively high on a national scale. according to the tax foundation, pennsylvania ranked 11th in the u.s. in 2008 in terms of property taxes paid as a percentage of home value (1.34%) and 12th in the country in terms of property taxes as a percentage of income (3.55%).