Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Butler County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Butler County pays $645 a year, an effective rate of 0.58%, far below the U.S. average.
- $645
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.58%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -68%
- vs U.S. average
- #102 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Butler County pay a median $645 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.58%, more affordable than 74% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $645
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.58%
- Effective rate on median home
- #816 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -68%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($111,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 12,393. Owner-occupied homes: 3,367.
The median annual property tax in Butler County is $645, which is 58% lower than the Kentucky state average and 68% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.58% on a median home value of $111,100. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Butler County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Butler County's 0.58% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 74%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Butler County pay a median annual property tax of $645, far below the national median and far below the Kentucky state median. On a $111,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.58% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Kentucky counties by effective rate
Butler County ranks #102 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (15% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Butler County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $56,092 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Butler 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 7.9% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 68% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 20.8%, the median bill rose 11.2% to $645: 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $580 to $645, a gain of 11%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,917 of 3,367 owner-occupied homes (56.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.1% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Butler County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Butler County homeowners, 1,917 of 3,367 owner-occupied homes (56.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 56.9% (1,917)
- $800 to $1,499 20.2% (679)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.1% (308)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.0% (169)
- $3,000 or more 1.5% (49)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
245 homes here (7.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Butler County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+60%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Butler County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Butler County's effective rate is higher than 15% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #102 of 120.
Where Butler County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.58% Among the most affordable more affordable than 74% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Kentucky on both measures
Butler County's effective rate runs 23% under the Kentucky median and its bill 58% 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 $645 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Kentucky norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Butler County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Butler County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.1% | - | - |
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.
Butler County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Butler County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $645 +8.6% | 0.58% |
| 2023 | $594 -3.4% | 0.56% |
| 2022 | $615 +2.3% | 0.60% |
| 2021 | $601 +3.6% | 0.64% |
| 2020 | $580 | 0.63% |
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.
Butler County: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near Butler County's effective rate
On effective rate, Butler County sits nearest Orange County (IN), Greene County (IN), Union County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are McHenry County (IL), Mississippi County (AR), Monroe 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
Butler County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 5,130 returns from Butler County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,856 - 56% 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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Butler County rate FAQs
- How does Butler County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Butler County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.58% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Butler County?
- Butler County, Kentucky scores A- (81/100) 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 income room at A+ (1.1%). 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 Butler County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Butler County is $645, an effective rate of 0.58% on a $111,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Butler County?
- Property taxes in Butler County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $56,092 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Butler County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Butler County climbed 11.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $580 to $645, 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 Butler County's QUIET rate
Butler County's $645 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 1.1% of Butler County's $56,092 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Butler County's QUIET 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: 0.58%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $645/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Butler County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Butler County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Etowah County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Butler County at $645/yr; rate 0.39% vs Butler County 0.58%.
Franklin County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Butler County at $645/yr; rate 0.49% vs Butler County 0.58%.
Decatur County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $644/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Butler County 0.58%.
Menifee County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $644/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.51% vs Butler County 0.58%.
Perry County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Butler County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.70% vs 0.58%).
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Butler County stamps QUIET · 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 Butler County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.