Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Benton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Benton County pays $1,165 a year, an effective rate of 0.77%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,165
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.77%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -42%
- vs U.S. average
- #20 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Benton County pay a median $1,165 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.77%, more affordable than 53% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,165
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.77%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1476 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -42%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($151,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 8,735. Owner-occupied homes: 2,755.
The median annual property tax in Benton County is $1,165, which is 28% lower than the Indiana state average and 42% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.77% on a median home value of $151,000. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Benton County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Benton County's 0.77% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 53%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Benton County pay a median annual property tax of $1,165, well below the national median and well below the Indiana state median. On a $151,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.77% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Indiana counties by effective rate
Benton County ranks #20 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Benton County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $65,875 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 13.8%, from $1,024 to $1,165. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Benton 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 70% from $686 to $1,165. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 925 of 2,755 owner-occupied homes (33.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 1.8% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Benton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Benton County homeowners, 925 of 2,755 owner-occupied homes (33.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 33.6% (925)
- $800 to $1,499 33.3% (917)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.9% (437)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.9% (272)
- $3,000 or more 5.7% (158)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
46 homes here (1.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Benton County pay about the same bill, within a 6% gap either way.
Benton County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Benton County's effective rate is higher than 78% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #20 of 92.
Where Benton County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.77% more affordable than 53% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Benton County moved from $686 in the 2020 release to $1,165 in 2024, a change of about 70%. 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.
Benton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Benton County | Indiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Benton County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Benton County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,165 +13.8% | 0.77% |
| 2023 | $1,024 +16.4% | 0.76% |
| 2022 | $880 +22.7% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $717 +4.5% | 0.67% |
| 2020 | $686 | 0.69% |
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.
Benton County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Benton County's effective rate
On effective rate, Benton County sits nearest Volusia County (FL), Martin County (FL), Yolo County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Stewart County (GA), Lynn County (TX), Jim Hogg 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
Benton County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 4,320 returns from Benton County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,100 - 50% 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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Benton County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Benton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Benton County is recorded at $1,165 in the 2024 5-year release against $686 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 2,755 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Benton County?
- Benton County, Indiana scores B (71/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-73). 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.
- How does Benton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Benton County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.77% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Benton County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Benton County is $1,165, an effective rate of 0.77% on a $151,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Benton County?
- Property taxes in Benton County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $65,875 median household income.
What to do with Benton County's UNDER rate
Benton County's $1,165 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 1.8% of Benton County's $65,875 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Benton 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: 0.77%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,165/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Benton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Benton County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Bradford County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,164/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Benton County 0.77%.
Cassia County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,166/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Benton County 0.77%.
Trousdale County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,166/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.35% vs Benton County 0.77%.
Wheeler County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,164/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Benton County 0.77%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Benton 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 Benton County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.