Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Box Butte County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Box Butte County pays $2,516 a year, an effective rate of 1.51%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,516
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.51%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +26%
- vs U.S. average
- #9 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Box Butte County pay a median $2,516 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.51%, more affordable than 10% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,516
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.51%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2808 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($166,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 10,714. Owner-occupied homes: 3,461.
The median annual property tax in Box Butte County is $2,516, which is 29% lower than the Nebraska state average and 26% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.51% on a median home value of $166,600. Property taxes represent 3.7% of the median household income in this county.
Box Butte County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Box Butte County's 1.51% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 90% pay more.
Decision signal 2
Low among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Box Butte County ranks #9 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (90% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Box Butte County pay a median annual property tax of $2,516, well above the national median and well below the Nebraska state median. On a $166,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.51% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Box Butte County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $68,892 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Box Butte 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
Box Butte County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.3% down, against a median home value that rose 28.9%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 23.5%, from $2,038 to $2,516.
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 $2,038 to $2,516, a gain of 23%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 1,304 of 3,461 owner-occupied homes (37.7%) 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.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 3.7% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to here.
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 Box Butte County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Box Butte County homeowners, 1,304 of 3,461 owner-occupied homes (37.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.2% (285)
- $800 to $1,499 14.6% (507)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.1% (488)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.9% (757)
- $3,000 or more 37.7% (1,304)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
120 homes here (3.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Box Butte County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Box Butte County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Box Butte County's effective rate is higher than 90% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #9 of 93.
Where Box Butte County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.51% more affordable than 10% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.51%, Box Butte County sits in the top 10% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. That is the rate, not the bill: a high rate on a modest home can still produce a smaller cheque than a low rate on an expensive one, which is why the $2,516 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Box Butte County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Box Butte County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.7% | - | - |
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.
Box Butte County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Box Butte County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $166,600 median home carries a $2,516 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $252 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Box Butte County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,516 +5.0% | 1.51% |
| 2023 | $2,397 -2.4% | 1.49% |
| 2022 | $2,455 +13.3% | 1.52% |
| 2021 | $2,167 +6.3% | 1.64% |
| 2020 | $2,038 | 1.58% |
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.
Box Butte County: tax-to-income at 3.7%
Counties near Box Butte County's effective rate
On effective rate, Box Butte County sits nearest Harvey County (KS), Grant County (KS), Chautauqua County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pittsylvania County (VA), Brown County (TX), Henry County (MO).
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
Box Butte County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 5,070 returns from Box Butte County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,150 - 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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Box Butte County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Box Butte County?
- Box Butte County, Nebraska scores F (30/100) 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 B (2.42×). 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 is the average property tax in Box Butte County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Box Butte County is $2,516, an effective rate of 1.51% on a $166,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Box Butte County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Box Butte County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.51% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Box Butte County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Box Butte County jumped 23.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,038 to $2,516, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Box Butte County?
- Property taxes in Box Butte County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $68,892 median household income.
What to do with Box Butte County's STEEP rate
Box Butte County's $2,516 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Box Butte County ranks #9 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Box Butte County's STEEP 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: 1.51%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,516/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Box Butte County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Box Butte County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Columbia County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,515/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.82% vs Box Butte County 1.51%.
Williamsburg city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,518/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.59% vs Box Butte County 1.51%.
Grays Harbor County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,512/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.80% vs Box Butte County 1.51%.
Isle of Wight County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,510/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 0.70% vs Box Butte County 1.51%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Box Butte County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Box Butte County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.