Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Blaine County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Blaine County pays $1,333 a year, an effective rate of 1.14%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,333
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.14%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -33%
- vs U.S. average
- #66 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Blaine County pay a median $1,333 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.14%, more affordable than 26% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,333
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.14%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2312 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -33%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($116,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 422. Owner-occupied homes: 145.
The median annual property tax in Blaine County is $1,333, which is 62% lower than the Nebraska state average and 33% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.14% on a median home value of $116,900. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Blaine County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Blaine County's 1.14% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 26%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Blaine County pay a median annual property tax of $1,333, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $116,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.14% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Blaine County ranks #66 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (29% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Blaine County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $69,583 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Blaine 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Blaine County rose 50.5%, from $77,700 to $116,900. 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 6.6%, to $1,333. 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 $1,250 to $1,333, a change of 7%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 65 of 145 owner-occupied homes (44.8%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 1.9% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Blaine County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Blaine County homeowners, 65 of 145 owner-occupied homes (44.8%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 15.9% (23)
- $800 to $1,499 44.8% (65)
- $1,500 to $1,999 23.4% (34)
- $2,000 to $2,999 2.1% (3)
- $3,000 or more 11.7% (17)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3 homes here (2.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Blaine County pay a substantially higher bill, 32% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Blaine County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Blaine County's effective rate is higher than 29% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #66 of 93.
Where Blaine County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.14% more affordable than 26% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Nebraska on both measures
Blaine County's effective rate runs 23% under the Nebraska median and its bill 62% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,333 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Nebraska norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Blaine County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Blaine County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.9% | - | - |
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.
Blaine County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Blaine County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,333 +10.1% | 1.14% |
| 2023 | $1,211 +3.1% | 1.19% |
| 2022 | $1,175 -3.8% | 1.37% |
| 2021 | $1,221 -2.3% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | $1,250 | 1.61% |
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.
Blaine County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Blaine County's effective rate
On effective rate, Blaine County sits nearest Dawson County (MT), Hennepin County (MN), St. Clair County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Allegany County (MD), Taylor County (GA), Grady County (GA).
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 Blaine County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Blaine 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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Blaine County rate FAQs
- How does Blaine County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Blaine County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.14% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Blaine County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Blaine County is $1,333, an effective rate of 1.14% on a $116,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Blaine County?
- Blaine County, Nebraska scores C- (54/100) 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+ (1.68×). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Blaine County?
- Property taxes in Blaine County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $69,583 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Blaine County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Blaine County ticked up 6.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,250 to $1,333, 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 to do with Blaine County's PAR rate
Blaine County's $1,333 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 1.9% of Blaine County's $69,583 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Blaine 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: 1.14%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,333/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Blaine County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Blaine County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Yuma County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Blaine County at $1,333/yr; rate 0.61% vs Blaine County 1.14%.
Cooper County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,334/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.66% vs Blaine County 1.14%.
Faribault County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,334/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.99% vs Blaine County 1.14%.
Shoshone County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,334/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.50% vs Blaine County 1.14%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Blaine County stamps PAR · 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 Blaine County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.