South Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clark County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clark County pays $1,389 a year, an effective rate of 0.88%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,389
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.88%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -30%
- vs U.S. average
- #54 of 66
- rank in SD
The verdict
Homeowners in Clark County pay a median $1,389 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.88%, more affordable than 44% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,389
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.88%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1749 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -30%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($158,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for South Dakota. Population: 3,917. Owner-occupied homes: 1,036.
The median annual property tax in Clark County is $1,389, which is 49% lower than the South Dakota state average and 30% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.88% on a median home value of $158,400. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Clark County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Clark County's 0.88% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 44%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Clark County pay a median annual property tax of $1,389, well below the national median and well below the South Dakota state median. On a $158,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.88% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among South Dakota counties by effective rate
Clark County ranks #54 of 66 counties in South Dakota by effective rate (18% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Clark County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $70,726 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clark 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Clark County's effective rate fell 16.5% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 46.0%, leaving the median bill 21.8% higher at $1,389. That rate move is larger than the one in 71% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $1,140 to $1,389, a gain of 22%. 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: 293 of 1,036 owner-occupied homes (28.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 2.0% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Clark County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clark County homeowners, 293 of 1,036 owner-occupied homes (28.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 28.3% (293)
- $800 to $1,499 23.8% (247)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.6% (162)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.8% (195)
- $3,000 or more 10.6% (110)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
29 homes here (2.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how South Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Clark County pay a substantially higher bill, 39% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Clark County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clark County's effective rate is higher than 18% of the 66 counties in South Dakota - ranking #54 of 66.
Where Clark County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.88% more affordable than 44% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below South Dakota on both measures
Clark County's effective rate runs 17% under the South Dakota median and its bill 49% 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 $1,389 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the South Dakota norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Clark County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clark County | South Dakota 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 | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Clark County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · South Dakota counties.
Clark County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,389 -0.2% | 0.88% |
| 2023 | $1,392 +8.2% | 0.98% |
| 2022 | $1,287 +12.1% | 0.95% |
| 2021 | $1,148 +0.7% | 0.99% |
| 2020 | $1,140 | 1.05% |
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.
Clark County: tax takes only 2.0% of income
Counties near Clark County's effective rate
On effective rate, Clark County sits nearest Allendale County (SC), Comanche County (OK), Towner County (ND).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Ashland County (OH), Ray County (MO), Bradley County (TN).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Clark County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Clark County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
Other Counties in South Dakota
Clark County rate FAQs
- How does Clark County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Clark County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.88% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Clark County, South Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Clark County is $1,389, an effective rate of 0.88% on a $158,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Clark County?
- Clark County, South Dakota scores C (55/100) 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 A- (2.24×). 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 Clark County?
- Property taxes in Clark County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $70,726 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Clark County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Clark County jumped 21.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,140 to $1,389, 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 Clark County's UNDER rate
Clark County's $1,389 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 2.0% of Clark County's $70,726 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Clark County's UNDER 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: 0.88%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,389/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clark County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clark County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Garfield County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Clark County at $1,389/yr; rate 0.87% vs Clark County 0.88%.
Elk County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,388/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 2.03% vs Clark County 0.88%.
Bristol city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,387/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.75% vs Clark County 0.88%.
Glacier County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,391/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.84% vs Clark County 0.88%.
South Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published South Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Clark County stamps UNDER · 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 Clark County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.