Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Butler County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Butler County pays $2,044 a year, an effective rate of 1.11%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,044
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.11%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +3%
- vs U.S. average
- #70 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Butler County pay a median $2,044 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.11%, more affordable than 28% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,044
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.11%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2262 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +3%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($184,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 8,424. Owner-occupied homes: 2,815.
The median annual property tax in Butler County is $2,044, which is 42% lower than the Nebraska state average and 3% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.11% on a median home value of $184,200. Property taxes represent 2.6% 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 1.11% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 28%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Butler County pay a median annual property tax of $2,044, modestly above the national median and well below the Nebraska state median. On a $184,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.11% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Butler County ranks #70 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (25% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Butler County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $79,268 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 5.3%, from $1,941 to $2,044. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 31% from $1,561 to $2,044. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 789 of 2,815 owner-occupied homes (28.0%) 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.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 2.6% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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, 789 of 2,815 owner-occupied homes (28.0%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 14.4% (404)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (379)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.4% (546)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.0% (592)
- $3,000 or more 28.0% (789)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
105 homes here (3.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Butler County, mortgaged homeowners pay 15% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
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 25% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #70 of 93.
Where Butler County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.11% more affordable than 28% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Butler County moved from $1,561 in the 2020 release to $2,044 in 2024, a change of about 31%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Butler County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Butler County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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 PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Butler County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,044 +5.3% | 1.11% |
| 2023 | $1,941 +7.2% | 1.17% |
| 2022 | $1,810 +9.6% | 1.20% |
| 2021 | $1,651 +5.8% | 1.22% |
| 2020 | $1,561 | 1.23% |
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-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Butler County's effective rate
On effective rate, Butler County sits nearest Freeborn County (MN), Dodge County (MN), Kent County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Santa Clara County (CA), Howard County (IA), Johnson County (KS).
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: 100 of 4,010 returns from Butler County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,240 - 40% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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 modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.11% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Butler County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Butler County is $2,044, an effective rate of 1.11% on a $184,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Butler County?
- Butler County, Nebraska scores D (43/100) 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+ (2.32×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Butler County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Butler County is recorded at $2,044 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,561 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 2,815 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Butler County?
- Property taxes in Butler County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $79,268 median household income.
What to do with Butler County's PAR rate
Inside Nebraska, Butler County's $2,044 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Butler County ranks #70 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 Butler 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: 1.11%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,044/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 (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Bradford County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Butler County at $2,044/yr; rate 1.09% vs Butler County 1.11%.
Bristol Bay Borough, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,045/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.83% vs Butler County 1.11%.
Tama County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,043/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.37% vs Butler County 1.11%.
Cameron County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,042/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.50% vs Butler County 1.11%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Butler County stamps PAR · MID - 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 (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.