Minnesota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Aitkin County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Aitkin County pays $1,407 a year, an effective rate of 0.55%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,407
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.55%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -29%
- vs U.S. average
- #87 of 87
- rank in MN
The verdict
Homeowners in Aitkin County pay a median $1,407 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.55%, more affordable than 78% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,407
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.55%
- Effective rate on median home
- #694 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -29%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($255,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Minnesota. Population: 16,056. Owner-occupied homes: 6,160.
The median annual property tax in Aitkin County is $1,407, which is 58% lower than the Minnesota state average and 29% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.55% on a median home value of $255,800. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Aitkin County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Aitkin County's 0.55% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 78%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Aitkin County pay a median annual property tax of $1,407, well below the national median and far below the Minnesota state median. On a $255,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.55% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Minnesota counties by effective rate
Aitkin County ranks #87 of 87 counties in Minnesota by effective rate (0% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Aitkin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $60,833 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Aitkin County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 7.8% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 68% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 39.5%, the median bill rose 28.6% to $1,407: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 29% from $1,094 to $1,407. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 1,703 of 6,160 owner-occupied homes (27.6%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 2.3% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
Aitkin County is an outlier inside Minnesota
Across the 87 Minnesota counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.96%. Aitkin County is at 0.55%, which sits 2.8 standard deviations below that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Aitkin County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Aitkin County homeowners, 1,703 of 6,160 owner-occupied homes (27.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.8% (1,527)
- $800 to $1,499 27.6% (1,703)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.6% (839)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.0% (1,169)
- $3,000 or more 12.2% (751)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
171 homes here (2.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Minnesota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Aitkin County pay about the same bill, a 5% gap.
Aitkin County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Aitkin County's effective rate is higher than 0% of the 87 counties in Minnesota - ranking #87 of 87.
Where Aitkin County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.55% Among the most affordable more affordable than 78% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Aitkin County moved from $1,094 in the 2020 release to $1,407 in 2024, a change of about 29%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Aitkin County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Aitkin County | Minnesota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Aitkin County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Minnesota counties.
Aitkin County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,407 +4.5% | 0.55% |
| 2023 | $1,346 +4.6% | 0.57% |
| 2022 | $1,287 +11.0% | 0.58% |
| 2021 | $1,159 +5.9% | 0.59% |
| 2020 | $1,094 | 0.60% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Aitkin County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Aitkin County's effective rate
On effective rate, Aitkin County sits nearest Rapides Parish (LA), Wolfe County (KY), Todd County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Anderson County (SC), Aransas County (TX), Albany County (WY).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Aitkin County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 370 of 7,950 returns from Aitkin County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,500 - 41% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Aitkin County rate FAQs
- How does Aitkin County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Aitkin County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.55% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Aitkin County, Minnesota?
- The median annual property tax in Aitkin County is $1,407, an effective rate of 0.55% on a $255,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Aitkin County?
- Aitkin County, Minnesota scores C+ (63/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A- (+$69). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- Are property taxes increasing in Aitkin County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Aitkin County jumped 28.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,094 to $1,407, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Aitkin County?
- Property taxes in Aitkin County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $60,833 median household income.
What to do with Aitkin County's QUIET rate
Aitkin County's $1,407 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Aitkin County ranks #87 of 87 Minnesota counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Minnesota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Aitkin County's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.55%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,407/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Aitkin County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Aitkin County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Catawba County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Aitkin County at $1,407/yr; rate 0.58% vs Aitkin County 0.55%.
Coffee County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Aitkin County at $1,407/yr; rate 0.57% vs Aitkin County 0.55%.
Schoolcraft County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Aitkin County at $1,407/yr; rate 0.99% vs Aitkin County 0.55%.
Crawford County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,406/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.06% vs Aitkin County 0.55%.
Minnesota county set
State ACS overview for every published Minnesota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Aitkin County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Aitkin County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.