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Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024

Dade County Property Taxes

The median homeowner in Dade County pays $1,055 a year, an effective rate of 0.62%, well below the U.S. average.

$1,055
Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
0.62%
Effective rate · Below-median rate
-47%
vs U.S. average
#81 of 115
rank in MO

The verdict

Homeowners in Dade County pay a median $1,055 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.62%, more affordable than 69% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).

$1,055
Median annual tax bill, 2024
0.62%
Effective rate on median home
#974 of 3135
U.S. counties by tax burden
-47%
vs the national average bill

Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($170,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.

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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 7,641. Owner-occupied homes: 2,355.

The median annual property tax in Dade County is $1,055, which is 46% lower than the Missouri state average and 47% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.62% on a median home value of $170,600. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.

Dade County's rate standing among U.S. counties

Primary signal

The effective rate sits near the national middle

Dade County's 0.62% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 69%).

Decision signal 2

The bill sits well below the national median

Homeowners in Dade County pay a median annual property tax of $1,055, well below the national median and well below the Missouri state median. On a $170,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.62% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.

Decision signal 3

Near the middle of Missouri counties by effective rate

Dade County ranks #81 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (30% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).

Decision signal 4

Income carries a light tax share

Property taxes in Dade County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $53,750 median household income.

Decision signal 5

The latest release moved the bill up

Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 3.2%, from $1,022 to $1,055. 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 Dade 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.

Median Annual Tax
$1,055
Below-median bill
-46% vs State -47% vs US
Median Home Value
$170,600
-26% vs State -25% vs US
Effective Tax Rate
0.62%
Below-median rate
-27% vs State -33% vs US

How to read this county's bill

The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 32% from $799 to $1,055. 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 856 of 2,355 owner-occupied homes (36.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.

Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 2.0% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.

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 Dade County Homeowners Actually Pay

The single largest group of Dade County homeowners, 856 of 2,355 owner-occupied homes (36.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.

  • Less than $800 34.3% (807)
  • $800 to $1,499 36.3% (856)
  • $1,500 to $1,999 9.7% (229)
  • $2,000 to $2,999 7.5% (177)
  • $3,000 or more 10.3% (243)

Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.

43 homes here (1.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.

With vs Without Mortgage

With Mortgage
$1,038
$87/mo
Without Mortgage
$1,078
$90/mo

Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Dade County pay about the same bill, within a 4% gap either way.

Dade County's effective rate vs peers

Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.

Dade County 0.62%
Missouri average 0.85%
U.S. average 0.92%

Dade County's effective rate is higher than 30% of the 115 counties in Missouri - ranking #81 of 115.

Where Dade County sits among every U.S. county

Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)

0.62% Among the most affordable more affordable than 69% of 3,135 U.S. counties

Show national distribution This county 0.00% 4.00% every U.S. county, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more U.S. counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024

What changed since 2020

The median bill in Dade County moved from $799 in the 2020 release to $1,055 in 2024, a change of about 32%. 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.

Dade County vs Benchmarks

Metric Dade County Missouri Avg U.S. Avg
Median Annual Tax Below-median bill $1,055 $1,948 $1,993
Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate 0.62% 0.85% 0.92%
Median Home Value $170,600 $230,300 $227,791
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.

Dade County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.

Dade County rate trail · QUIET

$700$800$900$1,000$1,100 20202021202220232024 $1,055
Dade County ACS median tax 2020–2024: +32% ($799 → $1,055).
Year Median Tax (vs prior release) Effective Rate
2024 $1,055 +3.2% 0.62%
2023 $1,022 +7.9% 0.65%
2022 $947 +7.6% 0.69%
2021 $880 +10.1% 0.80%
2020 $799 0.78%

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.

Dade County: tax takes only 2.0% of income

Tax-to-Income Ratio
2.0%
of median household income
Median Income
$53,750
per year
Monthly Tax
$88
per month

Counties near Dade County's effective rate

On effective rate, Dade County sits nearest Perry County (MS), Caddo Parish (LA), Powell County (KY).

On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Greene County (TN), Dodge County (GA), King County (WA).

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.

Dade County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax

Tax year 2022: 70 of 3,310 returns from Dade County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,000 - 71% 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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Dade County rate FAQs

What is the tax affordability score for Dade County?
Dade County, Missouri scores B (71/100) 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+ ($-40). 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.
How does Dade County property tax compare to the national average?
Property taxes in Dade County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.62% versus 0.92% nationally.
What is the average property tax in Dade County, Missouri?
The median annual property tax in Dade County is $1,055, an effective rate of 0.62% on a $170,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
Are property taxes increasing in Dade County?
The ACS median property-tax bill for Dade County is recorded at $1,055 in the 2024 5-year release against $799 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 2,355 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 Dade County?
Property taxes in Dade County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $53,750 median household income.

What to do with Dade County's QUIET rate

Dade County's $1,055 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 Dade County's $53,750 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.

Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)

Rate-first peers for Dade 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: 0.62%.

Similar median bill

Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,055/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.

Read with Dade County

Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dade County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.

QUIET LIGHT

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 Dade County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.