Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Brown County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Brown County pays $1,250 a year, an effective rate of 1.10%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,250
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.10%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -37%
- vs U.S. average
- #73 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Brown County pay a median $1,250 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.10%, more affordable than 28% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,250
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.10%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2246 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -37%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($113,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 2,869. Owner-occupied homes: 946.
The median annual property tax in Brown County is $1,250, which is 65% lower than the Nebraska state average and 37% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.10% on a median home value of $113,900. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Brown County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Brown County's 1.10% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 28%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Brown County pay a median annual property tax of $1,250, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $113,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.10% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Brown County ranks #73 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (22% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Brown County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $54,676 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Brown 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 Brown County rose 33.8%, from $85,100 to $113,900. The effective rate fell 18.6% over the same span, a steeper move than in 78% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 8.9%, to $1,250. 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 $1,148 to $1,250, a change of 9%. 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: 279 of 946 owner-occupied homes (29.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.3% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Brown County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Brown County homeowners, 279 of 946 owner-occupied homes (29.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 29.5% (279)
- $800 to $1,499 24.8% (235)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.7% (101)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.3% (192)
- $3,000 or more 10.9% (103)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
36 homes here (3.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Brown County, mortgaged homeowners actually pay 21% less than those without a mortgage, a mild inversion from the national norm worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Brown County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Brown County's effective rate is higher than 22% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #73 of 93.
Where Brown County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.10% more affordable than 28% 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
Brown County's effective rate runs 26% under the Nebraska median and its bill 65% 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 $1,250 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.
Brown County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Brown 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 | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Brown County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Brown County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,250 +15.5% | 1.10% |
| 2023 | $1,082 +10.7% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | $977 -5.7% | 1.09% |
| 2021 | $1,036 -9.8% | 1.30% |
| 2020 | $1,148 | 1.35% |
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.
Brown County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Brown County's effective rate
On effective rate, Brown County sits nearest Big Horn County (MT), Sibley County (MN), Chippewa County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Edmunds County (SD), Wilkes County (NC), Livingston County (IL).
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
Brown County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 1,470 returns from Brown County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,850 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Brown County rate FAQs
- How does Brown County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Brown County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.10% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Brown County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Brown County is $1,250, an effective rate of 1.10% on a $113,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Brown County?
- Brown County, Nebraska scores C+ (60/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-312). 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 Brown County?
- Property taxes in Brown County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $54,676 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Brown County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Brown County climbed 8.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,148 to $1,250, 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 Brown County's PAR rate
Brown County's $1,250 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 →
Brown County ranks #73 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Brown 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: 1.10%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,250/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Brown County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Brown County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Ripley County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Brown County at $1,250/yr; rate 0.56% vs Brown County 1.10%.
Gentry County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,249/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Brown County 1.10%.
Putnam County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,249/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.78% vs Brown County 1.10%.
Wayne County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,249/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.70% vs Brown County 1.10%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Brown 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 Brown County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.