Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Banner County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Banner County pays $2,592 a year, an effective rate of 1.26%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,592
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.26%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +30%
- vs U.S. average
- #49 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Banner County pay a median $2,592 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.26%, more affordable than 21% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,592
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.26%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2487 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +30%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($205,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 742. Owner-occupied homes: 207.
The median annual property tax in Banner County is $2,592, which is 27% lower than the Nebraska state average and 30% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.26% on a median home value of $205,700. Property taxes represent 3.3% of the median household income in this county.
Banner County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Banner County's 1.26% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 21%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Banner County pay a median annual property tax of $2,592, well above the national median and well below the Nebraska state median. On a $205,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.26% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Banner County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $78,839 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 3.0%, from $2,516 to $2,592. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Banner County ranks #49 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Banner 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 44% from $1,804 to $2,592. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 85 of 207 owner-occupied homes (41.1%) 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.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 3.3% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Banner County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Banner County homeowners, 85 of 207 owner-occupied homes (41.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.5% (28)
- $800 to $1,499 13.0% (27)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.1% (23)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.4% (38)
- $3,000 or more 41.1% (85)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
6 homes here (2.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
Banner County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Banner County's effective rate is higher than 47% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #49 of 93.
Where Banner County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.26% more affordable than 21% 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 Banner County moved from $1,804 in the 2020 release to $2,592 in 2024, a change of about 44%. 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.
Banner County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Banner County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.3% | - | - |
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.
Banner County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Banner County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,592 +3.0% | 1.26% |
| 2023 | $2,516 +35.0% | 1.51% |
| 2022 | $1,864 -0.1% | 1.07% |
| 2021 | $1,865 +3.4% | 1.05% |
| 2020 | $1,804 | 1.04% |
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.
Banner County: tax-to-income at 3.3%
Counties near Banner County's effective rate
On effective rate, Banner County sits nearest Pennington County (MN), Jackson County (MI), Chippewa County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pike County (GA), Eddy County (NM), Reeves County (TX).
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 Banner County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Banner 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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Banner County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Banner County?
- Banner County, Nebraska scores F (28/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 4 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- (2.61×). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Banner County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Banner County is $2,592, an effective rate of 1.26% on a $205,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Banner County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Banner County is recorded at $2,592 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,804 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 207 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- How does Banner County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Banner County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.26% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Banner County?
- Property taxes in Banner County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $78,839 median household income.
What to do with Banner County's PAR rate
Banner County's $2,592 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Banner County ranks #49 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 Banner County's PAR 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: 1.26%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,592/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Banner County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Banner County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Jefferson County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,591/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.69% vs Banner County 1.26%.
Winchester city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,591/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.76% vs Banner County 1.26%.
Ford County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,587/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 2.12% vs Banner County 1.26%.
Hamilton County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,597/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 1.00% vs Banner County 1.26%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Banner County stamps PAR · 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 Banner County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.