South Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Corson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Corson County pays $1,009 a year, an effective rate of 1.45%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,009
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 1.45%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -49%
- vs U.S. average
- #4 of 66
- rank in SD
The verdict
Homeowners in Corson County pay a median $1,009 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.45%, more affordable than 13% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,009
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2737 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -49%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($69,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for South Dakota. Population: 3,806. Owner-occupied homes: 667.
The median annual property tax in Corson County is $1,009, which is 63% lower than the South Dakota state average and 49% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.45% on a median home value of $69,800. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Corson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Corson County's 1.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 13%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Corson County pay a median annual property tax of $1,009, well below the national median and far below the South Dakota state median. On a $69,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among South Dakota counties by effective rate
Corson County ranks #4 of 66 counties in South Dakota by effective rate (94% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Corson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $46,406 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 2.2%, from $987 to $1,009. 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 Corson 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 35% from $746 to $1,009. 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 204 of 667 owner-occupied homes (30.6%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 2.2% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
30.3% of Corson County homes owned free and clear (162 of 535) report no property tax at all, against 5.3% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Corson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Corson County homeowners, 204 of 667 owner-occupied homes (30.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.5% (150)
- $800 to $1,499 30.6% (204)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.4% (43)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.5% (30)
- $3,000 or more 10.6% (71)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
169 homes here (25.3%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Corson County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how South Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Corson County pay about the same bill, within a 3% gap either way.
Corson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Corson County's effective rate is higher than 94% of the 66 counties in South Dakota - ranking #4 of 66.
Where Corson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.45% more affordable than 13% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Corson County taxes property at 1.45%, about 37% above the South Dakota average, yet its median bill of $1,009 lands roughly 63% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Corson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Corson County | South Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Corson County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Corson County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $69,800 median home carries a $1,009 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $101 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for South Dakota.
Corson County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,009 +2.2% | 1.45% |
| 2023 | $987 +9.9% | 1.34% |
| 2022 | $898 +18.6% | 1.18% |
| 2021 | $757 +1.5% | 1.31% |
| 2020 | $746 | 1.34% |
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.
Corson County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Corson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Corson County sits nearest Mifflin County (PA), Luzerne County (PA), Webster County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Houston County (MN), Clark County (IN), Ouray County (CO).
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 Corson County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Corson 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.
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Corson County rate FAQs
- How does Corson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Corson County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Corson County, South Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Corson County is $1,009, an effective rate of 1.45% on a $69,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Corson County?
- Corson County, South Dakota scores C (59/100) 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+ (1.50×). 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 Corson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Corson County is recorded at $1,009 in the 2024 5-year release against $746 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 667 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 Corson County?
- Property taxes in Corson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $46,406 median household income.
What to do with Corson County's STEEP rate
Corson County's $1,009 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 →
Corson County ranks #4 of 66 South Dakota counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. South Dakota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Corson County's STEEP 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: 1.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,009/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Corson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Corson County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Jefferson County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Corson County at $1,009/yr; rate 0.96% vs Corson County 1.45%.
Avery County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,010/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.38% vs Corson County 1.45%.
Logan County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,010/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.61% vs Corson County 1.45%.
Laclede County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,011/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.60% vs Corson County 1.45%.
South Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published South Dakota county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Corson County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Corson County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.