Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Arthur County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Arthur County pays $1,733 a year, an effective rate of 0.93%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,733
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.93%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -13%
- vs U.S. average
- #89 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Arthur County pay a median $1,733 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.93%, more affordable than 41% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,733
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.93%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1861 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -13%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($185,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 484. Owner-occupied homes: 149.
The median annual property tax in Arthur County is $1,733, which is 51% lower than the Nebraska state average and 13% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.93% on a median home value of $185,900. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Arthur County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Arthur County's 0.93% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 41%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Arthur County pay a median annual property tax of $1,733, notably lower than the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $185,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.93% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Arthur County ranks #89 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (4% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Arthur County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $76,250 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Arthur 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Arthur County rose 43.9%, from $129,200 to $185,900. The effective rate fell 17.7% over the same span, a steeper move than in 75% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 18.5%, to $1,733. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,463 to $1,733, a gain of 18%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 53 of 149 owner-occupied homes (35.6%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 2.3% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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.
What Arthur County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Arthur County homeowners, 53 of 149 owner-occupied homes (35.6%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 18.8% (28)
- $800 to $1,499 21.5% (32)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.1% (15)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.0% (6)
- $3,000 or more 35.6% (53)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
15 homes here (10.1%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Arthur County pay a substantially higher bill, 33% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Arthur County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Arthur County's effective rate is higher than 4% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #89 of 93.
Where Arthur County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.93% more affordable than 41% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Nebraska on both measures
Arthur County's effective rate runs 38% under the Nebraska median and its bill 51% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,733 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Nebraska norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Arthur County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Arthur County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median 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.
Arthur County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Arthur County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,733 +10.1% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | $1,574 -10.7% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | $1,762 +7.9% | 1.07% |
| 2021 | $1,633 +11.6% | 1.05% |
| 2020 | $1,463 | 1.13% |
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.
Arthur County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Arthur County's effective rate
On effective rate, Arthur County sits nearest Liberty County (MT), Gentry County (MO), Sunflower County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Shelby County (MO), Wirt County (WV), Benton County (TN).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Arthur County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Arthur County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Arthur County rate FAQs
- How does Arthur County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Arthur County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.93% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Arthur County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Arthur County is $1,733, an effective rate of 0.93% on a $185,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Arthur County?
- Arthur County, Nebraska scores D (48/100) 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 housing pressure at B (2.44×). 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 Arthur County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Arthur County climbed 18.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,463 to $1,733, 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 Arthur County?
- Property taxes in Arthur County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $76,250 median household income.
What to do with Arthur County's UNDER rate
Inside Nebraska, Arthur County's $1,733 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Arthur County ranks #89 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Arthur County's UNDER 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: 0.93%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,733/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Arthur County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Arthur County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Oglethorpe County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Arthur County at $1,733/yr; rate 0.75% vs Arthur County 0.93%.
Crawford County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,734/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.06% vs Arthur County 0.93%.
Pitt County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,734/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.83% vs Arthur County 0.93%.
Washington County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,732/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Arthur County 0.93%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Arthur County stamps UNDER · MID - 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 Arthur County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.