North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Billings County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Billings County pays $1,211 a year, an effective rate of 0.37%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,211
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.37%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -39%
- vs U.S. average
- #52 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Billings County pay a median $1,211 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.37%, more affordable than 95% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,211
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.37%
- Effective rate on median home
- #162 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($331,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Billings County, ND
79/100
4 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Billings County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median tax as a share of Billings County's median household income
Billings County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median home value relative to Billings County's median income
Mortgage split not published for this county
Billings County affordability profile (scored ACS dimensions)
Read the chart values
- Rate relief: 98/100 (A+) · 0.37%
- Income room: 88/100 (A) · 1.4%
- Bill size: 68/100 (B-) · $1,211/yr
- Housing pressure: 23/100 (F) · 3.81×
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 1,024. Owner-occupied homes: 317.
The median annual property tax in Billings County is $1,211, which is 51% lower than the North Dakota state average and 39% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.37% on a median home value of $331,000. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Billings County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Billings County pay a median annual property tax of $1,211, well below the national median and far below the North Dakota state median. On a $331,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.37% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Billings County ranks #52 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (2% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Billings County's 0.37% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 95% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Billings County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $86,806 median household income.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Billings County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making 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 Billings County rose 42.4%, from $232,400 to $331,000. The effective rate fell 29.1% over the same span, a steeper move than in 97% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 1.0%, to $1,211. 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,199 to $1,211, a change of 1%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 118 of 317 owner-occupied homes (37.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 1.4% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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.
Billings County is an outlier inside North Dakota
Across the 53 North Dakota counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.88%. Billings County is at 0.37%, which sits 2.2 standard deviations below that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Billings County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Billings County homeowners, 118 of 317 owner-occupied homes (37.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 37.2% (118)
- $800 to $1,499 17.4% (55)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.5% (8)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.8% (50)
- $3,000 or more 19.9% (63)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
23 homes here (7.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
How Billings County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Billings County's effective rate is higher than 2% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #52 of 53 for property tax burden.
Where Billings County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.37% Among the most affordable more affordable than 95% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.37%, Billings County sits in the lowest 5% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $1,211, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Billings County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Billings County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Think your Billings County property tax bill is too high?
On Billings County's published figures, a $331,000 median home carries a $1,211 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $121 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in North Dakota.
Property Tax History
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,211 +1.9% | 0.37% |
| 2023 | $1,189 +4.9% | 0.37% |
| 2022 | $1,133 -5.7% | 0.48% |
| 2021 | $1,201 +0.2% | 0.58% |
| 2020 | $1,199 | 0.52% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate far below the national average of 0.92% puts Billings County in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Billings County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Billings County sits nearest Reynolds County (MO), Concordia Parish (LA), Assumption Parish (LA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Mellette County (SD), Hamilton County (IL), Jasper County (MS).
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
What tax filers report in Billings County
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Billings 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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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Billings County's numbers
- Billings County's $1,211 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 1.4% of Billings County's $86,806 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Billings County ranks #52 of 53 North Dakota counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state board. North Dakota overview →
- If Billings County's assessment looks high versus the $331,000 typical home, check North Dakota's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($331,000); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Billings County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.