Minnesota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Cass County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Cass County pays $1,615 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,615
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -19%
- vs U.S. average
- #86 of 87
- rank in MN
The verdict
Homeowners in Cass County pay a median $1,615 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,615
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -19%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($288,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Minnesota. Population: 30,992. Owner-occupied homes: 11,096.
The median annual property tax in Cass County is $1,615, which is 52% lower than the Minnesota state average and 19% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $288,300. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Cass County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Cass County's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Minnesota median
Homeowners in Cass County pay a median annual property tax of $1,615, notably lower than the national median and far below the Minnesota state median. On a $288,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Minnesota counties by effective rate
Cass County ranks #86 of 87 counties in Minnesota by effective rate (1% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Cass County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $68,874 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Cass 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 11.9% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 52% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 43.6%, the median bill rose 26.6% to $1,615: 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 27% from $1,276 to $1,615. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 2,807 of 11,096 owner-occupied homes (25.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 2.3% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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.
Cass County is an outlier inside Minnesota
Across the 87 Minnesota counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.96%. Cass County is at 0.56%, which sits 2.7 standard deviations below that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Cass County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Cass County homeowners, 2,807 of 11,096 owner-occupied homes (25.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 18.7% (2,078)
- $800 to $1,499 25.3% (2,807)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.5% (1,606)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.2% (1,799)
- $3,000 or more 20.0% (2,216)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
590 homes here (5.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Minnesota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Cass County pay about the same bill, within a 6% gap either way.
Cass County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Cass County's effective rate is higher than 1% of the 87 counties in Minnesota - ranking #86 of 87.
Where Cass County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% 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 Cass County moved from $1,276 in the 2020 release to $1,615 in 2024, a change of about 27%. 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.
Cass County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Cass County | Minnesota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low 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.
Cass County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Minnesota counties.
Cass County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,615 +6.8% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $1,512 +4.7% | 0.58% |
| 2022 | $1,444 +8.1% | 0.60% |
| 2021 | $1,336 +4.7% | 0.64% |
| 2020 | $1,276 | 0.64% |
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.
Cass County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Cass County's effective rate
On effective rate, Cass County sits nearest Wayne County (KY), Trigg County (KY), Ripley County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Putnam County (TN), Benzie County (MI), Kenton County (KY).
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
Cass County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 860 of 15,480 returns from Cass County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,634 - 35% 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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Cass County rate FAQs
- How does Cass County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Cass County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Cass County, Minnesota?
- The median annual property tax in Cass County is $1,615, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $288,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Cass County?
- Cass County, Minnesota scores C+ (63/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-104). 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 Cass County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Cass County jumped 26.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,276 to $1,615, 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 Cass County?
- Property taxes in Cass County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $68,874 median household income.
What to do with Cass County's QUIET rate
Inside Minnesota, Cass County's $1,615 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Minnesota overview →
Cass County ranks #86 of 87 Minnesota counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Minnesota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Cass 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,615/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Cass County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Cass County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Bee County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Cass County at $1,615/yr; rate 1.45% vs Cass County 0.56%.
Lanier County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Cass County at $1,615/yr; rate 1.00% vs Cass County 0.56%.
Lincoln County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Cass County at $1,615/yr; rate 0.54% vs Cass County 0.56%.
Sweet Grass County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Cass County at $1,615/yr; rate 0.49% vs Cass County 0.56%.
Minnesota county set
State ACS overview for every published Minnesota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Cass County stamps QUIET · 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 Cass County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.