North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Benson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Benson County pays $817 a year, an effective rate of 0.91%, far below the U.S. average.
- $817
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.91%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -59%
- vs U.S. average
- #31 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Benson County pay a median $817 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.91%, more affordable than 42% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $817
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.91%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1821 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -59%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($90,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 5,808. Owner-occupied homes: 1,480.
The median annual property tax in Benson County is $817, which is 67% lower than the North Dakota state average and 59% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.91% on a median home value of $90,000. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Benson County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Benson County pay a median annual property tax of $817, far below the national median and far below the North Dakota state median. On a $90,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.91% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Benson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $64,033 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Benson County's 0.91% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 42%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of North Dakota counties by effective rate
Benson County ranks #31 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (42% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Benson 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 held while the market moved
Benson County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.1% down, against a median home value that rose 12.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 10.4%, from $740 to $817.
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 $740 to $817, a gain of 10%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 530 of 1,480 homes (35.8%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 1.3% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Benson County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Benson County homeowners are not billed at all: 530 of 1,480 owner-occupied homes (35.8%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 31.8% (471)
- $800 to $1,499 13.2% (195)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.8% (71)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.2% (107)
- $3,000 or more 7.2% (106)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
530 homes here (35.8%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Benson County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Benson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+162%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Benson County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Benson County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Benson County's median bill is 67% below the North Dakota median and 59% below the U.S. median.
Same rate as North Dakota, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 8% of the North Dakota median, yet the median bill runs 67% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $817 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Benson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Benson County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Benson County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Benson County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $817 +12.8% | 0.91% |
| 2023 | $724 -10.6% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | $810 +17.1% | 1.02% |
| 2021 | $692 -6.5% | 0.86% |
| 2020 | $740 | 0.93% |
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.
Benson County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Benson County's median bill
On effective rate, Benson County sits nearest Orange County (NC), Bladen County (NC), Kent County (MD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Sheboygan County (WI), Roosevelt County (NM), Crawford County (PA).
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 Benson County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Benson 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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Benson County bill FAQs
- How does Benson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Benson County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.91% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Benson County?
- Property taxes in Benson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $64,033 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Benson County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Benson County is $817, an effective rate of 0.91% on a $90,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Benson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Benson County climbed 10.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $740 to $817, 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 is the tax affordability score for Benson County?
- Benson County, North Dakota scores C+ (64/100) 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 A+ (1.41×). 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 to do with Benson County's LIGHT bill
Benson County's $817 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.3% of Benson County's $64,033 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Benson County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.91%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $817/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Benson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Benson County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Green County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Benson County at $817/yr; rate 0.65% vs Benson County 0.91%.
Garvin County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $818/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Benson County 0.91%.
Hamilton County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $816/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.73% vs Benson County 0.91%.
Mineral County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $818/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs Benson County 0.91%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Benson County stamps UNDER · 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 Benson County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.