Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Benton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Benton County pays $4,884 a year, an effective rate of 0.95%, far above the U.S. average.
- $4,884
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.95%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +145%
- vs U.S. average
- #3 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Benton County pay a median $4,884 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.95%, more affordable than 39% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $4,884
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.95%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1904 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +145%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($513,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 96,303. Owner-occupied homes: 21,945.
The median annual property tax in Benton County is $4,884, which is 26% higher than the Oregon state average and 145% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.95% on a median home value of $513,000. Property taxes represent 6.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Benton County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Benton County pay a median annual property tax of $4,884, far above the national median and well above the Oregon state median. On a $513,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.95% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Benton County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 6.3% of the $77,702 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Low among Oregon counties by effective rate
Benton County ranks #3 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (92% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Benton County's 0.95% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 39%).
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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 12.1% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 51% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 43.3%, the median bill rose 26.0% to $4,884: 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 26% from $3,876 to $4,884. 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: 17,183 of 21,945 owner-occupied homes (78.3%) 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 6.3% 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 Benton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Benton County homeowners, 17,183 of 21,945 owner-occupied homes (78.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 2.9% (647)
- $800 to $1,499 3.3% (714)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.7% (813)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.0% (2,184)
- $3,000 or more 78.3% (17,183)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
404 homes here (1.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oregon handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Benton County pay about the same bill, a 0% gap.
Benton County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Benton County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Benton County's median bill is 26% above the Oregon median and 145% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Benton County moved from $3,876 in the 2020 release to $4,884 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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 | Oregon Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 6.3% | - | - |
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.
Is Benton County's $4,884 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Benton County's $4,884 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $488/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Oregon.
Benton County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,884 +3.6% | 0.95% |
| 2023 | $4,713 +3.8% | 0.98% |
| 2022 | $4,539 +8.9% | 1.03% |
| 2021 | $4,167 +7.5% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | $3,876 | 1.08% |
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 6.3% of income
Counties near Benton County's median bill
On effective rate, Benton County sits nearest Shelby County (OH), Perry County (OH), Marion County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Contra Costa County (CA), Jones County (NC), Jay County (IN).
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 11% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 4,550 of 43,060 returns from Benton County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,646 - 36% 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 bill FAQs
- How does Benton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Benton County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.95% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Benton County?
- Property taxes in Benton County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 6.3% of the $77,702 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Benton County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Benton County is $4,884, an effective rate of 0.95% on a $513,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Benton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Benton County jumped 26.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,876 to $4,884, 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 Benton County?
- Benton County, Oregon scores F (25/100) 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 (+$13). 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 Benton County's HEAVY bill
Benton County's $4,884 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is elevated here: about 6.3% of Benton County's $77,702 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Benton County's HEAVY 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: 0.95%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $4,884/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 · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Onondaga County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,880/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 2.44% vs Benton County 0.95%.
Saratoga County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,875/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 1.40% vs Benton County 0.95%.
Monterey County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,910/yr (near-tied bill ABS $26); rate 0.63% vs Benton County 0.95%.
Columbia County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,852/yr (near-tied bill ABS $32); rate 1.40% vs Benton County 0.95%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Benton County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.